TY - JOUR
T1 - A new species of Solemna (Bivalvia
T2 - Protobranchia: Solemyidae) from a hydrothermal vent in the Iheya Ridge in the mid-Okinawa Trough, Japan
AU - Sato, Kei
AU - Sasaki, Takenori
AU - Watanabe, Hiromi
PY - 2013
Y1 - 2013
N2 - A new species, Solemya (Solemya) flava, is described from a hydrothermal vent field located in the Iheya Ridge in the mid Okinawa Trough, Japan. The small-sized new species is characterized by (1) a branched internal ligament attached to the chondrophore, (2) a bright yellowish brown periostracum, and (3) relatively short shell length relative to height (length/height = ca. 2.2) for solemyid bivalves. This species is associated with a vesicomyid clam, Calyptogena okutanii Kojima and Ohta, 1997, which is dominant in chemosynthetic environments.
AB - A new species, Solemya (Solemya) flava, is described from a hydrothermal vent field located in the Iheya Ridge in the mid Okinawa Trough, Japan. The small-sized new species is characterized by (1) a branched internal ligament attached to the chondrophore, (2) a bright yellowish brown periostracum, and (3) relatively short shell length relative to height (length/height = ca. 2.2) for solemyid bivalves. This species is associated with a vesicomyid clam, Calyptogena okutanii Kojima and Ohta, 1997, which is dominant in chemosynthetic environments.
KW - Acharax
KW - Calyptogena site
KW - Taxonomy
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M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84908380746
SN - 0028-1344
VL - 127
SP - 93
EP - 100
JO - Nautilus
JF - Nautilus
IS - 3
ER -