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A shrimp with eggs visible beneath its translucent carapace.

A shrimp with brain ma...
Thousands of shrimp swim up off the bottom when the ROV bumps a rock at West Mata,

Thousands of shrimp sw...
Huge numbers of scaleworms were observed on the seafloor and (as seen here) free-swimming

Huge numbers of scalew...
The Quest 4000 ROV manipulator arm is used to probe the manganese-encrusted mats.

The Quest 4000 ROV man...
Scientists use a temperature probe before collecting more samples of the mats

Scientists use a tempe...
Scientists look for a good location to sample the unusually thick bacterial mats

Scientists look for a...
An enormous number of Opaepele shrimp have colonized West Mata since eruption in 2009.

An enormous number of...
At Mata Ua, a cluster of stalked barnacles filter feed by waving their fan-like cirri

At Mata Ua, a cluster...

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