Enumerating active hydrothermal fields on the seafloor has been a challenge since their
discovery almost 40 years ago. High-temperature hydrothermal fields are readily …

Decades of exploration for venting sites along spreading ridge crests have produced global
datasets that yield estimated mean site spacings of∼ 12–220 km. This conclusion demands …

Monoplacophoran molluscs were thought to be extinct since the Devonian (c. 375 Ma)—until
1952 when suddenly 10 live individuals were brought up by the Danish Galathea expedition …

The sighting of giant bivalves and tubeworms at the Rose Garden vent field on the
Galápagos Rift in 1977 marked the discovery of hydrothermal vents, a turning point for …

Monoplacophoran molluscs have been dubbed 'living fossils' due to their absence in the
fossil record for about 375 million years, until Neopilina galatheae was trawled off Costa …