Tubeworms
Image courtesy of the NOAA Office of Ocean Exploration and Research, Gulf of Mexico 2012.
An aggregation of
Lamellibrachia sp. tubeworms providing habitat for many smaller animals such as the small white anemones covering the tubeworm tubes and the shrimp
Alvinocaris muricola. The tiny white spots all around the tubeworms are copepods, tiny swimming crustaceans.
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