Integrative biology of Idas iwaotakii (Habe, 1958), a 'model species' associated with sunken organic substrates.

ABSTRACT: The giant bathymodioline mussels from vents have been studied as models to understand the adaptation of organisms to deep-sea chemosynthetic environments. These mussels are closely related to minute mussels associated to organic remains decaying on the deep-sea floor. Whereas biological data accumulate for the giant mussels, the small mussels remain poorly studied. Despite this lack of data for species living on organic remains it has been hypothesized that during evolution, contrary to their relatives from vents or seeps, they did not acquire highly specialized biological features. We aim at testing this hypothesis by providing new biological data for species associated with organic falls. Within Bathymodiolinae a close phylogenetic relationship was revealed between the Bathymodiolus sens

SUBMITTER: Thubaut J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3722101 | biostudies-literature | 2013

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature