Skip to main content
. 2024 Oct 15;15:8466. doi: 10.1038/s41467-024-52631-9

Fig. 3. Seafloor surface hydrothermal vents and respective excavation into cavity beneath lobate lava shelf.

Fig. 3

a Small Riftia pachyptila and Oasisia alvinae tubeworms growing in crack of lobate lava (dive S0543) and b lifted lava shelf seven days later (dive S0552, recovery dive #1); metal frame 40 × 40 cm. c R. pachyptila and O. alvinae tubeworms and Bathymodiolus thermophilus mussels at seafloor surface (dive S0545) and d lifted lava shelf seven days later (dive S0554, recovery dive #2). e R. pachyptila and O. alvinae tubeworms and B. thermophilus mussels (dive S0547) and f lifted lava shelf seven days later (dive S0556, recovery dive #3). g R. pachyptila and O. alvinae tubeworms and B. thermophilus mussels and h excavation (dive S0557, recovery dive #4). i B. thermophilus mussels and j excavation (dive S0558, recovery dive #5). k B. thermophilus mussels at seafloor surface and l excavation (dive S0560) (recovery dive #6). cm = centimeter.