What Lurks in the Dark? An Exploration of Potential Protistan Endemism in the Deep-sea Hydrothermal Vents of the Mid-Cayman Rise.

Kayla A Nedd1, Alexis Adams1, Rika Elizabeth Anderson2, Julie A Huber3 and Sarah Hu4, (1)Texas A&M University, College Station, United States, (2)Carleton College, Biology Department, Northfield, United States, (3)Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Marine Chemistry and Geochemistry, Woods Hole, MA, United States, (4)Texas A&M University, Oceanography, College Station, United States