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News Release 10-058
Long-Distance Larvae Speed to New Undersea Vent Homes
Marine scientists discover ocean "superhighway" for tiny life forms
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"Pioneer" vent species travel hundreds of kilometers to settle new deep-ocean territories.
Credit: Nicole Rager Fuller, National Science Foundation
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Pictured: larvae of deep-sea hydrothermal vent species that travel unprecedented distances.
Credit: S. Beaulieu; S. Mills; D. Adams
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Larva of the gastropod Ctenopelta porifera make their way across vast ocean realms.
Credit: LADDER Project/WHOI Alvin Group
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A surviving anemone at the edge of lava that erupted at the deep-sea East Pacific Rise.
Credit: LADDER Project/WHOI Alvin Group
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Tubeworms and clams recolonize deep-sea hydrothermal vents after undersea eruptions.
Credit: LADDER Project/WHOI Alvin Group
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