Bundle of Acacia Wood on Deep Seafloor (IMAGE)

Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute

Bundle of Acacia Wood on Deep Seafloor

Caption

This photograph shows one of 36 bundles of acacia wood that sat on the deep seafloor, 3,200 meters below the surface, for five years. The bundle is held together by a mesh bag that allows the tiny larvae of deep-sea clams and other animals to colonize the wood. Lithodid crabs crawl around the outside of the mesh.

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(c) 2012 MBARI

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