Shields, Mark A.; Glover, Adrian G.; Wiklund, Helena. 2013. Polynoid polychaetes of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge and a new holothurian association. Marine Biology Research 9(5-6): 547-553

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Shields, M. A.; Glover, A. G.; Wiklund, H.

2013

9(5-6): 547-553

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Shields, Mark A.; Glover, Adrian G.; Wiklund, Helena. 2013. Polynoid polychaetes of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge and a new holothurian association. Marine Biology Research 9(5-6): 547-553 Presented here is a new deep-sea association between the polynoid, Eunoe bathydomus (Ditlevsen, 1917) and the holothurian Deima validum validum Théel, 1879 from the Mid-Atlantic Ridge, North Atlantic. For the first time in the deep-sea two polynoid specimens have been found on a single holothurian host. Genetic data in this study show that E. bathydomus has a distribution ranging across the Mid-Atlantic Ridge over a distance of 72 km, which could have been facilitated by hitchhiking on holothurians, although the main ecological benefits for being associated with a host remain unclear. Additional taxonomic records of polynoid species recovered during remotely operated vehicle Isis sampling during the RRS James Cook cruise JC48 in summer of 2010 are also presented.

North Atlantic

Polychaeta

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