What animals live in the hydrothermal vent?

Answer 1

Chemosynthetic bacteria and archaea form the base of the food chain.

Round a hydro thermal vent, the source of energy is chemical (from Hydrogen Sulfide) rather than light. Specialised singe celled organisms from the bacteria and archaea (called chemotrophs) use the chemical energy to grow and then various more normal animals eat the bacteria.

Answer 2

It's important to note that no organisms live IN the vent, but there is a lot of life AROUND it.

Tube worms and crabs are commonly found near hydrothermal vents, feeding on the plankton there. The plankton feed on the sulfuric chemical compounds that come out of the hydrothermal vent. Basically, the food chain is based on chemical from the vent instead of sunlight.

Answer 3

Hydrothermal vents are cracks in the bottom of the ocean that go through earth's crust to the mantel. Very hot water seeps down the crack and eventually heats up enough to rise back up through the crack. The heated water comes out of the hydrothermal vent, infused with chemicals.

So basically hot water with chemicals in it is what comes out of a hydrothermal vent.

Answer 4

not IN it but on it, there are bacteria, types of sponges, anemones, and shrimp present