Axial Seamount is the most volcanically active deep-sea volcano on the Juan de Fuca spreading ridge having erupted in 1998, 2011, and again in 2015. It also hosts numerous vigorously venting hydrothermal vent fields.
HD Video of colonial blue ciliates on hydrothermal vents at Axial Seamount.
Tube worms are found in a variety of environments on the Juan de Fuca Ridge, often in clusters up to several square meters
Scaleworms are flat-bodied, segmented Polychaetes that are very commonly observed
HD Video of Tube worms, palm worms and scaleworms on hydrothermal vents at Axial Seamount.
Anemones and corals belong to Class Anthozoa (Phylum Cnidaria).
Jellyfish are quite common at Axial. Several have been photographed and videotaped, however, only a few have been identified to date
Two unknown species of seastars (Class Asteroidea) have been photographed at Axial.