Where Worms Hang Out
This expedition helped researchers find out more about these kinds of worms and other species, as well as where they prefer to live among the vents documented.
“There appear to be differences in which vent animals dominate these different hydrothermal features,” Victoria Orphan, one of the expedition’s lead researchers, said in a press release. “The sites to the south had the highest density of blue scale worms, while others appeared to be more densely colonized by chemosynthetic anemones or tube worms.”
