Exitomelita sigynae gen. et sp. nov.: A new amphipod from the Arctic Loki Castle vent field with potential gill ectosymbionts

Polar Biology

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 705-716

  Tandberg, Anne Helene ^a,b   Rapp, Hans Tore ^c,d   Schander, Christoffer ^c   Vader, Wim ^e   Sweetman, Andrew K ^c,f   Berge, Jørgen ^e,g  

^a INSTITUTE OF MARINE RESEARCH   (Norway)

^b INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF STAVANGER   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^d Uni Environment   (Norway)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

^f NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR WATER RESEARCH   (Norway)

^g University Centre at Svalbard   (Norway)

Author keywords

Arctic mid ocean ridge; Hydrothermal vents; Melitidae; Norwegian Sea; Stable isotopes; Symbioses; Vent fauna

Indexed keywords

AMPHIPOD; ARCTIC ENVIRONMENT; BLACK SMOKER; MID-OCEAN RIDGE; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; MORPHOLOGY; NEW SPECIES; NUTRITION; STABLE ISOTOPE; SYMBIONT;

ARCTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CALIFORNIA; CASTLE LAKE; ICELAND; MID-ATLANTIC RIDGE; NORWEGIAN SEA; UNITED STATES;

AMPHARETIDAE; ANIMALIA; LOKI; MALDANIDAE; MELITIDAE; POLYCHAETA;

EID: 84859438876     PISSN: 07224060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00300-011-1115-x     Document Type: Article

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