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Calyfield vent site loaded with large clams.

Calyfield vent site loaded with large clams.
Calyfield vent site loaded with large clams.
Calyfield vent site loaded with large clams.
Calyfield vent site loaded with large clams.
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Shank, Timothy
Calyfield vent site loaded with large clams.
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06/01/2003
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Caption from Oceanus magazine, Vol. 42, No. 2, Pg. 78:
GIANT CLAMS—This vent site on the Galápagos Rift, discovered in 2002, is called “Calyfield” after Calyptogena magnifica, a clam species that grows up to 1 foot long. It thrives on chemical nutrients in hydrothermal fluids seeping between crevices around seafloor pillow lava.
Courtesy of Tim Shank, WHOI/Alvin Operations Group
© Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
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