Aliens of the Deep
Sea anemones
Crabs crawl over Ifremeria and Alvinoconcha snails
Mussels and shrimp in the Lau Basin, 6,500 to 9,000 feet below the surface.
One of four species named after Childress, Bathymodiulus childressi, or "methane mussels" thrive on natural gas along the hyper-saline Brine Pool in the fulf of Mexico (photo courtesy of Charles Fisher)
Gooseneck barnacles in the Lau Basin.
Among the strangest creatures Childress has observed, tubeworms have no mouth or digestive tract! These are in the Gulf of California, about a mile below the surface.