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First documented record of a living solemyid bivalve in a pockmark of the Nile Deep-sea Fan (eastern Mediterranean Sea)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 March 2011

Clara F. Rodrigues ,
Sébastien Duperron  and
Sylvie M. Gaudron
Clara F. Rodrigues*
Affiliation:
Université Pierre-et-Marie-Curie, UMR 7138 (UPMC CNRS IRD MNHN), Systématique Adaptation, Evolution, Paris, 75052, France CESAM & Department of Biology, Universidade de Aveiro, Aveiro, 3810–193, Portugal
Sébastien Duperron
Affiliation:
Université Pierre-et-Marie-Curie, UMR 7138 (UPMC CNRS IRD MNHN), Systématique Adaptation, Evolution, Paris, 75052, France
Sylvie M. Gaudron
Affiliation:
Université Pierre-et-Marie-Curie, UMR 7138 (UPMC CNRS IRD MNHN), Systématique Adaptation, Evolution, Paris, 75052, France
*
Correspondence should be addressed to: C.F. Rodrigues, Université Pierre-et-Marie-Curie, UMR 7138 (UPMC CNRS IRD MNHN), Systématique Adaptation, Evolution, Paris, 75052, France email: [email protected]
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Abstract

A living specimen of a solemyid bivalve was collected at bathyal depths near a pockmark in the Nile Deep-sea Fan (eastern Mediterranean) and is here presented. Both taxonomic and molecular results suggest a Solemya species but due to the small size of the animal and the lack of molecular data for other solemyid species the species cannot be determined. This is the first record of a living solemyid from deep-sea cold seeps in the Mediterranean Basin.

Keywords

Solemyidaecold seepseastern Mediterranean
Type
Research Article
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Marine Biodiversity Records , Volume 4 , December 2011 , e10
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Copyright © Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 2011

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