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Stohr, Sabine; Segonzac, Michel. |
The animal communities associated with the deep-sea reducing environment have been studied for almost 30 years, but until now only a single species of ophiuroid, Ophioctenella acies, has been found at both hydrothermal vents and methane cold seeps. Since the faunal overlap between vent and seep communities is small and many endemic species have been found among other taxa (e.g. Mollusca, Crustacea), additional species of ophiuroids were expected at previously unstudied sites. Chemical compositions at reducing sites differ greatly from the nearby bathyal environment. Generally, species adapted to chemosynthetic environments are not found in non-chemosynthetic habitats, but occasional visitors of other bathyal species to vent and seep sites have been... |
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Palavras-chave: Habitat description; Distribution record; Seeps; Methane; Hydrothermal vents; Ophiuroids. |
Ano: 2005 |
URL: http://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/2005/publication-427.pdf |
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Weber, Alexandra Anh-thu; Stohr, Sabine; Chenuil, Anne. |
Cryptic species are numerous in the marine environment. The brittle star Ophioderma longicauda is composed of six mitochondrial lineages, encompassing brooders, which form a monophyletic group, and broadcasters, from which the brooders are derived. To clarify the species limits within O. longicauda, we compared the reproductive status of the sympatric lineages L1 and L3 (defined after sequencing a portion of the mitochondrial gene COI) during the month of May in Greece. In addition, we genotyped a nuclear marker, intron i51. Each L3 female was brooding, whereas all L1 specimens displayed full gonads, suggesting temporal pre-zygotic isolation between brooders and broadcasters. Statistical differences were found among lineages in morphology and bathymetric... |
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Palavras-chave: Ophiuroidea; Espèces cryptiques; Espèce incubante; Sous-unité I de la cytochrome oxydase; EPIC; Ophiuroidea; Cryptic species; Brooding species; Cytochrome oxidase subunit I; EPIC. |
Ano: 2014 |
URL: https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00372/48271/48576.pdf |
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