Multiple Choice
Vestimentiferans can live without a gut because
A) They live near sources of dissolved organic matter
B) They are parasites living within the guts of bivalves
C) They have symbiotic bacteria, which are the source of their nutrition
D) They are protistans
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Q10: The number of benthic species<br>A) Increases continuously
Q11: Particulate organic matter<br>A) Is deposited on the
Q12: Cold seeps<br>A) Are found in the same
Q13: In polar regions a unique supply of
Q15: Which of the following statements about hot-vent
Q16: Until the 1950s deep-sea sampling was hampered
Q17: Patchiness on the seabed is caused by<br>A)
Q18: Seamounts<br>A) Are never found near continental margins<br>B)
Q19: The high biomass adjacent to hot vents