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Desmodasys abyssalis sp. nov.—first record of a deep-sea gastrotrich from hydrothermal vents

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 February 2009

Alexander Kieneke  and
Julia Zekely
Alexander Kieneke*
Affiliation:
Institut für Biologie und Umweltwissenschaften, Carl von Ossietzky Universität Oldenburg, 26111 Oldenburg, Germany Forschungsinstitut Senckenberg, DZMB, 26382 Wilhelmshaven, Germany
Julia Zekely
Affiliation:
Department of Marine Biology, University of Vienna, 1090 Vienna, Austria
*
Correspondence should be addressed to: Alexander Kieneke, Institut für Biologie and Umweltwissenschaften, Carl von Ossietzky Universität Oldenberg, 26111 Oldenberg, Germany email: [email protected]
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Abstract

A new marine gastrotrich species, Desmodasys abyssalis sp. nov. (Gastrotricha: Macrodasyida), is described from deep-sea hydrothermal vents of the East Pacific Rise based on light microscopy and scanning electron microscope observations. Desmodasys abyssalis was collected from artificial tubeworm aggregations exposed to the intermediate flow zone (medium productivity) and occurred in low abundance. Desmodasys abyssalis is the first record of a gastrotrich inhabiting a deep-sea hydrothermal vent habitat and is the first description of a deep-sea gastrotrich.

Keywords

marine GastrotrichaMacrodasyidanew species descriptionEast Pacific Rise
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Research Article
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Marine Biodiversity Records , Volume 1 , January 2008 , e88
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Copyright © Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 2007

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