Nikko sulfur crust
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Description: English: Flatfish and crabs on top of a sulfur crust on the Nikko Seamount. The edge of the crust is covered by tube worms. Source: http://oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/explorations/06fire/logs/may12/media/biota_galore.html. Author: Submarine Ring of Fire 2006 Exploration, NOAA Vents Program.
Included On The Following Pages:
- Life (creatures)
- Cellular (cellular organisms)
- Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
- Opisthokonta (opisthokonts)
- Metazoa (Animal)
- Bilateria
- Deuterostomia (deuterostomes)
- Chordata (Chordates)
- Vertebrata (vertebrates)
- Gnathostomata (jawed fish)
- Osteichthyes
- Actinopterygii (ray-finned fishes)
- Neopterygii
- Teleostei
- Euteleostei
- Neoteleostei
- Acanthopterygii
- Pleuronectiformes (flatfishes)
- Pleuronectoidei
- Cynoglossidae (tonguefishes)
- Symphurus
- Symphurus thermophilus (Western Pacific tonguefish)
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- Submarine Ring of Fire 2006 Exploration, NOAA Vents Program
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