Table 2. Rimicaris exoculata samples used for amplification of lux genes indicating parts sampled from different vent sites.

		Vent sites
Samples		Rainbow	TAG	Snake Pit	Logatchev
R. exoculata adults	branchiostegite	✓	✓	✓	✓
	scaphognathite	✓	✓	✓	✓
	gut	✓	✓	✓	✓
	stomach	✓	✓	✓	✓
juvenile		⦸	✓	✓	⦸
eggs		⦸	✓	✓	✓

Samples available (✓) or not (⦸) for this study.