Blar i Department of Biological Sciences på emneord "Deep-sea"
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A chemosynthetic weed: the tubeworm Sclerolinum contortum is a bipolar, cosmopolitan species
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2015-12-14)Background Sclerolinum (Annelida: Siboglinidae) is a genus of small, wiry deep-sea tubeworms that depend on an endosymbiosis with chemosynthetic bacteria for their nutrition, notable for their ability to colonise a multitude ... -
The cladorhizid fauna (Porifera, Poecilosclerida) of the Caribbean and adjacent waters
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2016-10-19)The carnivorous sponge family Cladorhizidae has been subject to several recent studies, yet the cladorhizid fauna of the Caribbean and adjacent areas remain comparatively poorly known. In this article we provide a description ... -
Do ampharetids take sedimented steps between vents and seeps? Phylogeny and habitat-use of Ampharetidae (Annelida, Terebelliformia) in chemosynthesis-based ecosystems
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2017-10-31)Background: A range of higher animal taxa are shared across various chemosynthesis-based ecosystems (CBEs), which demonstrates the evolutionary link between these habitats, but on a global scale the number of species ... -
On a hexactinellid sponge aggregation at the Great Meteor seamount (North-east Atlantic)
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2015-11)Hexactinellids or glass sponges constitute a predominantly deep-sea sponge group typically occurring at bathyal and abyssal depths. Some species form dense populations along the European and African continental slope but ...