Alvinocaridid decapod shrimp, or vent shrimp, swarm to the ocean’s hydrothermal vents. Discovered in 1977 and sparsely scattered across mid-ocean ridges, the vents resemble tall chimney-like ...

We've all seen the surreal footage in nature documentaries showing hydrothermal vents on the frigid ocean ... and heat-sensing shrimp. In this new study, published today in the Journal of ...

Hydrothermal vents are openings on the ocean floor where ... There are also ghostly white crabs, eyeless shrimp with light sensors on their backs, and fish that seem almost alien in form.

There is strong evidence, based on stable isotope signatures and essential fatty acid composition, suggesting that the shrimp gets organic matter mainly from its epibionts, rather than from ...

Hydrothermal vents occur where tectonic plates ... There, they found a wide variety of life, including swarms of vent shrimp and a rare big fin squid, per a statement. The vents along the Mid ...

Much of the ocean floor is thought to be nearly uninhabitable, but around hydrothermal vents there’s an explosion of life. Communities of shrimp, crabs, tubeworms, mussels, and hundreds of ...

Called “hydrothermal lost cities,” such fields ... including “massive swarms of vent shrimp.” “It sounds like something out of a fairy tale: scenes of fantastical creatures — some ...

Their uniform body color also separates them from other related shrimp species, some of which have red or blue bands and yellow accent colors, according to the study. Hydrothermal vents were first ...

According to the United States Geological Survey (USGS), the Roadside Springs thermal area is a collection of distinct areas of altered rock and hydrothermal features. The new steam vent is at the ...

We’ve all seen the surreal footage in nature documentaries showing hydrothermal vents on the frigid ocean floor—bellowing ... red-and-white tubeworms, and heat-sensing shrimp. In this new study, ...