| Image ID: | 29376 |
| Common Name: | Hydrothermal vent mussel |
| Scientific Name: | Bathymodiolus |
| Description: | The vent mussel community: brittle stars, worms and limpets carpet the outside of vent mussel (Bathymodiolus) shells living near a hydrothermal vent. |
| Location: | Hydrothermal Vents, Equatorial Pacific |
| Keywords: | Hydrothermal vent mussel, Bathymodiolus, black smoker, Mollusca, Bivalvia, Mytiloida, Mytilidae, brittle star, worm, limpet, community, biodiversity |
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