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Thomas, Elin A.; Liu, Ruoyu; Amon, Diva; Copley, Jon T.; Glover, Adrian G.; Helyar, Sarah J.; Olu, Karine; Wiklund, Helena; Zhang, Haibin; Sigwart, Julia D.. |
Chemosynthetic ecosystems have long been acknowledged as key areas of enrichment for deep-sea life, supporting hundreds of endemic species. Echinoderms are among the most common taxa inhabiting the periphery of chemosynthetic environments, and of these, chiridotid holothurians are often the most frequently observed. Yet, published records of chiridotids in these habitats are often noted only as supplemental information to larger ecological studies and several remain taxonomically unverified. This study therefore aimed to collate and review all known records attributed to Chiridota Eschscholtz, 1829, and to conduct the first phylogenetic analysis into the relationship of these chiridotid holothurians across global chemosynthetic habitats. We show that... |
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Palavras-chave: Deep sea; Chemosynthetic environments; Opportunism; Widespread; Echinoderms. |
Ano: 2020 |
URL: https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00660/77183/78609.pdf |
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