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Humans know nothing about 95% of the oceans. We know much more about Mars or the lunar surface than about Earth's ocean floor. Although we are constantly exploring places beyond the Earth, there are many secrets in the ocean.
One of the most astonishing are marine life that lives in extreme environments. Today we will take a look at what kind of creatures live in the black sea water that cannot see five fingers, and near the hot water spouts that are hotter than hot pots.
"Marine Hydrothermal Vents"
Located near the Longqi hydrothermal vent in the southwestern Indian Ocean Ridge, there are many unknown magical creatures living nearby. The Longqi hydrothermal vent is located in the southeast of Madagascar, 2.8 km below the surface of the sea. In fact, as early as 2007, this area was first photographed by unmanned probes, but it was not until November 2011 that remote-controlled submersibles began to explore the area and discovered many new species.
Here, from time to time, black columns of smoke at a temperature of 300 degrees Celsius spew out from the hydrothermal vents. But some creatures are not afraid of this heat, and they thrive in this special habitat. Let's take a look at these strange-looking magical creatures!
True hairy crab
This Kiva crab is covered in fluff. It is a close relative of the "Hof crab", a strange-looking crab found on the East Scotia Ridge near The Antarctic. However, the distance between the two crabs can be 6,000 kilometers.
Shy conch
A gastropod of the genus Phymorhynchus has also been found in this hot place.
Glowing marshmallows
A species of marine scale insect of the genus Peinaleopolynoe has also been found in this area. Similar multi-segment worms have been found near other deep-sea hydrothermal vents, but this particular rainbow color worm is a scientific discovery.
Hundred-footed guests from afar
This marine worm called Hesiolyra bergi is also peculiar. Genetic sequencing showed that it shared the same genes as other worms found in the seafloor hydrothermal vents of the Eastern Pacific Seamount (the mid-ocean ridge that extends north-south in the Pacific Ocean). But the Eastern Pacific Seamount is about 10,000 kilometers from Longqi, so how did this worm travel?
Long-handled rattan pot
Remote-controlled submersibles have discovered a stalked vine of the genus Neolepas. This is a barnacles common near this hydrothermal vent.
How did you get into my shell?
The mussel in the picture, whose scientific name is Bathymodiolus marisindicus, is another dominant species in the area. The mussels have also been found in other hydrothermal vents on the ocean floor near the mid-Ridge of the Indian Ocean. Inhabiting this mussel is a pink species of sea scales of the genus Branchipolynoe.
Are you my friend?
The sea scales of branchipolynoe and the above-mentioned B. marisindicus mussels have a symbiotic relationship of partial benefit. Symbiosis means that the shells of mussels provide shelter for sea scales, but sea scales do not harm caps (but do not bring any benefit).
Sea intestines
This is a type of sea cucumber that refers to the genus Ginseng. Scientists aren't sure if this is a new species.
The big chimney under the sea
"Jabberwocky" is a black column of undersea smoke here. It is 6 meters tall, emits a high temperature of hydrothermal fluid, and emits liquids rich in iron sulfide.
White shrimp in hot water
Take a closer look at the outer wall of Jabberwocky's black plume of smoke, which is covered with hat shells. This newly discovered cap shell depends on hot springs for survival. Nearby are shrimp and scaly-horned gastropod snails (Chrysomallon squamiferum) wandering. This scaly-horned gastropod snail can also survive in other hydrothermal vents on the seafloor, and their gastropod edges have a row of iron-containing staggered scales, hence the name.
The meaning of scales ~
Cold water big chimney
The "Knucker's Gaff" column is 15 meters tall and spews out a clear liquid that is cooler than the black smoke column. This is the slowest-flowing column of smoke in the area. The animals here are dominated by barnacles, which grow on smoke posts.
Today's dinner is still bacteria
Conchs and furry "Hof crabs" curl up near hydrothermal vents, scrambling for a warm, mineral-rich source of water. Hof crabs have bacteria on their plush crab claws and breastplates, and Hof crabs feed on them. This is a unique way of life formed by Hof crabs to adapt to the deep-sea environment.
Aegis
"Tiamat" is also a lower temperature column of smoke. Like Knucker's Gaff, this pillar of smoke is 15 meters high. The scaly-horned gastropod snail and the newly discovered species, the Aegis giant Gigantopelta aegis, live here.
"Deep Sea Monsters"
In addition to strange creatures growing at the hot hot vents, there are also many whimsical creatures in the deep sea! Russian deep-sea fisherman Roman Fedortsov tweets every day about the deep-sea creatures that are unfortunate enough to get into the net.
Deep-sea fishing is an activity that is very destructive to the ecology, so don't learn it for good kids!
Most of these creatures are dark brown, black, or crimson because they inhabit the middle ocean about 200-1000 meters deep, the so-called twilight zone.
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) explains their colors this way: There is almost no sunlight in the twilight zone, and in this environment, organisms grow black to prevent them from being seen by predators, because black absorbs all light.
Interestingly, because there is no red light that can be reflected in the dusk area, the red animals also look black. For these reasons, the animals here are predominantly red and black.
Laugh one!
Ghosts in the sea
Can you see my brain activity clearly?
Your body temperature seems to make me melt...
Anyway, no one saw it, just grow it
Right...
But addictive, please poke
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References and images:
www.zmescience.com/other/feature-post/deep-sea-fisherman-10022017
www.livescience.com/57220-photos-deep-sea-vent-creatures.html