[googlemap lat="-37.5" lng="-110.5" width="500px" height="300px" zoom="3" type="G_HYBRID_MAP"]Pacific-Antarctic Ridge[/googlemap] Vent crabs live in the dark depths of the ocean. Previous studies have shown that the vent crab Bythograea thermydron has a reproductive cycle synchronized with Spring and Summer phytoplankton blooms 2.5 km above the East Pacific Rise. It was hypothesized that female crabs moved away from . . . → Read More: Do Vent Crabs Do It Under the Gyre?