allcreatures: A scaly foot sea snail. The scales are covered with layers of pure pyrite and iron sulphide. Photograph: David Shale Denizens of the Dragon Vent – in pictures In the first expedition to explore and take samples from a deep-sea vent in the south-west Indian Ocean, remotely operated submarines spotted a range of extraordinary creatures living in the superheated water, some of them new to science

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A scaly foot sea snail. The scales are covered with layers of pure pyrite and iron sulphide. Photograph: David Shale

Denizens of the Dragon Vent – in pictures

In the first expedition to explore and take samples from a deep-sea vent in the south-west Indian Ocean, remotely operated submarines spotted a range of extraordinary creatures living in the superheated water, some of them new to science

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