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Animal Gallery - Index page 2 of 3

This is a gallery of the species of deep-sea animals found at Axial Seamount. Most of these are only found at hydrothermal vents. Click on an individual image to find out more about that animal. Use the arrow buttons below to go to other index pages. Images and text provided by Verena Tunnicliffe.

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photo of spire snail
Spire snail
photo of cap snail
Cap limpet
photo of spilit limpet
Split limpet
photo of parasitic isopods
parasitic amphipods
photo of parasitic isopods
parasitic amphipods
photo of round worm
Round worm
photo of ribbon worm
Ribbon worm
photo of ostracod
Ostracod
photo of ostracods
Ostracod
photo of fathead sculpin
Fathead sculpin
photo of rattail fish
Rattail fish
photo of vent fish
Vent fish
photo of scaleworm
Scale worm
photo of red scaleworm
Red scaleworm
photo of dela worm
Dela worm
photo of palm worm
Palm worm
photo of pandorae worm
Pandorae worm
photo of sulfide worm
Sulphide worm
photo of sulfide worm
Sulphide worm
photo of palm worm
Palm worm
photo of ampharetid worm
Ampharetid worm
photo of scale worm
Scale worm
photo of dorvellid worm
dorvellid worm
photo of dorvellid worm
dorvellid worm
diagram of dorvellid worm
dorvellid worm

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Links to animal video clips:
Octopus | Fathead Sculpin | Scaleworm | Tubeworms | Palmworms | Sulfideworms
Tubeworms and palmworms | Bag creatures | Octopus and fish | Crab on chimney

Pandorae worms | Scaleworm attack | Old tubeworm bush | Nascent tubeworms

Links to related concepts:
Hydrothermal vents | chemosynthesis | biological colonization of new lava

References cited in the Animal Gallery

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