Discover an undersea cluster of mussels and alvinocaridid shrimp found at NW Eifuku located near the Mariana Islands
A cluster of mussels and shrimp found at NW Eifuku, an undersea volcano located near the Mariana Islands.
Major funding for this expedition was provided by NOAA Ocean Exploration Program and NOAA Vents Program; video clips edited by Bill Chadwick, Oregon State University/NOAA
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Transcript
SPEAKER: Okay. We're just settling down in front of a mound of mussels that we found down below the sample site. And so these are all the alvinocaridid shrimp.
Look at the way they come down. Yep, so lots of alvinocaridids, [unintelligible].
Yep. Yep. So, they're all--they're all the alvinocaridid shrimp. That's what so neat about Eifuku, is that they're separated. And all the shrimp on the mussels are one species. And all the shrimp on the white stuff are the other species--completely separated, unlike on Rota.
Look at the way they come down. Yep, so lots of alvinocaridids, [unintelligible].
Yep. Yep. So, they're all--they're all the alvinocaridid shrimp. That's what so neat about Eifuku, is that they're separated. And all the shrimp on the mussels are one species. And all the shrimp on the white stuff are the other species--completely separated, unlike on Rota.