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Gaudron, S. M.; Hourdez, S.; Olu, Karine. |
We investigated two gonochoristic species of annelid polychaetes (one siboglinid and one polynoid) from cold seeps that ranged from 525 m to 3300 m in depth (Guiness, Worm Hole and Regab pockmarks) on the Gabon and Congo continental margins (Gulf of Guinea). Different aspects of gametogenesis (oocyte diameter, presence of ovisac, spermatozoa shape, and fecundity), fertilization (in vitro fertilization experiments: IVF) and embryogenesis (cleavage rate) were studied. The sampled siboglinid was a new species of Lamellibrachia and the second population of this genus in the Eastern Atlantic. Mean oocyte diameter was about 100 µm and fully-grown primary oocytes were stored in an ovisac, as in other studied siboglinids. The presence of a single spermatozoon was... |
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Palavras-chave: Branchipolynoe; Cold seeps; Dispersal; Lamellibrachia; Polynoid; Reproduction; Siboglinid. |
Ano: 2017 |
URL: https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00405/51644/52192.pdf |
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Duperron, Sebastien; Rodrigues, Clara F.; Leger, Nelly; Szafranski, Kamil; Decker, Carole; Olu, Karine; Gaudron, Sylvie M.. |
Fauna from deep-sea cold seeps worldwide is dominated by chemosymbiotic metazoans. Recently, investigation of new sites in the Gulf of Guinea yielded numerous new species for which symbiosis was strongly suspected. In this study, symbioses are characterized in five seep-specialist metazoans recently collected from the Guiness site located at ∼600 m depth. Four bivalve and one annelid species belonging to families previously documented to harbor chemosynthetic bacteria were investigated using bacterial marker gene sequencing, fluorescence in situ hybridization, and stable isotope analyses. Results support that all five species display chemosynthetic, sulfur-oxidizing γ-proteobacteria. Bacteria are abundant in the gills of bivalves, and in the trophosome of... |
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Palavras-chave: Acharax; Calyptogena; Chemosynthesis; Cold seeps; Elenaconcha; Gulf of Guinea; Lamellibrachia; Symbiosis; Thyasira. |
Ano: 2012 |
URL: http://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00133/24418/22432.pdf |
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