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In which environment would you most likely find animals with chemosynthetic bacteria embedded in their tissues?


sublittoral zone


hydrothermal vent community


rocky intertidal


abyssal plain

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hydrothermal vent community

These vents have no sunlight but abundant reduced chemicals (e.g., H2S). Chemosynthetic bacteria (often living inside host tissues like tube worms' trophosomes) oxidize those chemicals to produce organic matter that sustains the animal community.