A deep-sea hydrothermal vent worm detoxifies arsenic and sulfur by intracellular biomineralization of orpiment (As2S3)
Fig 9
δ34S% analysis of the four typical animals collected from hydrothermal vent chimneys.
The animals were aligned based on the habitat distance (habitat zones) from the hydrothermal venting. The Paralvinella hessleri which lives close to the hydrothermal venting is on the bottom while the Bathymodiolus platifrons which lives further away is at the top. The seawater and hydrothermal venting H2S δ34S% are based on Seal [81] and Gamo [42].