Aquatic communities of inland springs often have a restricted but specialized flora and fauna that varies greatly according to water chemistry, temperature, and distance from the source of emergence. The spatial limitation of hot springs, coupled with extreme attractiveness to humans for recreation and commercial exploitation, means they are especially vulnerable to degradation and biodiversity loss. The aquatic community is often poorly studied or ignored, but their inclusion in any study of aquatic biodiversity of a region is vital. In this study, live