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Tubeworm Riftia pachyptila embryo

Syntactic foam float at location of an experimental block at tubeworm colony.

Crabs and mussels at a vent site.

Serpulid polychaete Laminatubus alvini thrives near a hydrothermal vent.

New high-pressure system for culturing vent species' larvae.

Newly designed high-pressure systems for culturing vent species’ larvae.

Vestimentiferan tubeworms colonize a block left 13 months on the seafloor.

Mullineaux fig 4 b

Ven crabs, tubeworms and mussels at a hydrothermal vent site.

Hundreds of basalt blocks have been deployed within and away from vent areas.

The life cycle of Riftia pachyptila (tubeworms).

Bob Ballard examining a recovered tubeworm.

Respirometer measuring O2 uptake of mussels on the seafloor.

Crab trap in place on the seafloor.

Temperature probe extending toward a galatheid crab community.

Fred Grassle in the DSV Alvin personnel sphere.

Alvin updated with new biology sampling equipment.

Researchers eating dinner on deck of Lulu.

Alvin deployment from R/V Lulu in 1979.

Hydrothermal vent black smoker chimney at EPR