Bathymodiolus childressi
Bathymodiolus childressi | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Bivalvia |
Order: | Mytilida |
Family: | Mytilidae |
Genus: | Bathymodiolus |
Species: | B. childressi
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Binomial name | |
Bathymodiolus childressi |
Bathymodiolus childressi is a
Although this species has been known since 1985,[2] it was formally described as a species in 1998.[1]
Habitat
This species lives in cold seeps in the Gulf of Mexico.[3]
Bathymodiolus childressi is
Symbiosis
This mussel harbors intracellular methanotrophic bacteria in its gills.[2] The bacteria provide carbon to the mussel.
Interspecific relationships
The snail
Etymology
This species was named after James J. Childress, a marine biologist who investigated the physiology of this mussel at the University of California, Santa Barbara.[5]
References
- ^ a b Gustafson R. G., Turner R. D., Lutz R. A. & Vrijenhoek R. C. (1998). "A new genus and five new species of mussels (Bivalvia, Mytilidae) from deep-sea sulfide/hydrocarbon seeps in the Gulf of Mexico". Malacologia 40(1-2): 63-112. page 84.
- ^ a b Childress J.J., Fisher C.R., Brooks J.M., Kennicutt M.C., II, Bidigare R. & Anderson A. (1986) A methanotrophic marine molluscan symbiosis: mussels fueled by gas. Science, 233, 1306-1308.
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- ^ "Biographical Etymology of Marine Organism Names". Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 28 July 2012.