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. 2012 Feb 9;109(8):2831-2835. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1112005109

Fig. 2.

Fig. 2.

Field photographs taken during the DSV Shinkai 6500 dive 1234. (A) Live vesicomyid clams on fractured and cemented serpentinized peridotite. (B) Extensive vesicomyid clam community at 5,622 m depth. (C) An outcrop of fractured serpentinized peridotite filled with aragonite. (D) Close-up view of the vesicomyid clam community at 5,622 m depth, showing close association with zoanthids (Zo) and a Beroe comb jelly (BC; enclosed by a white dotted circle) with illuminated spots. (E) Close-up view of the vesicomyid clam community at 5,622 m depth, showing close association with zoanthids (Zo), an actiniarian (Ac; enclosed by a white dotted circle), and a galatheid crab (GC; pointed to by a white arrow).