Post-larval and adult shell dimensions of Idas modiolaeformis

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Autori principali: Gaudron, Sylvie Marylène, Demoyencourt, Emile, Duperron, Sébastien
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author Gaudron, Sylvie Marylène
Demoyencourt, Emile
Duperron, Sébastien
author_facet Gaudron, Sylvie Marylène
Demoyencourt, Emile
Duperron, Sébastien
collection Datos científicos de ciencias marinas y ambientales
contents We describe the first reproductive features of a chemosynthetic mussel collected at cold seeps from the eastern Mediterranean Sea. Idas modiolaeformis (Bivalvia, Mytilidae) is a hermaphroditic species in which production of male and female gametes likely alternates, a feature regarded as an adaptation to patchy and ephemeral habitats. By using fluorescent in situ hybridization, we demonstrate that bacterial symbionts, while present within the gills, are absent within acini that enclose female gametes and male gametes. This supports the hypothesis of environmental acquisition of symbionts in chemosynthetic mytilids. Prodissoconch I (PI) is relatively small compared to prodissoconch II (PII), suggesting a planktotrophic larval stage. Diameters of the two larval shells are in the range of sizes reported for mytilids, with a PII size between that of the shallow Mytilus edulis and that of the cold-seep mussel “Bathymodiolus” childressi.
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spellingShingle Post-larval and adult shell dimensions of Idas modiolaeformis
Gaudron, Sylvie Marylène
Demoyencourt, Emile
Duperron, Sébastien
HERMIONE; Hotspot Ecosystem Research and Mans Impact On European Seas
We describe the first reproductive features of a chemosynthetic mussel collected at cold seeps from the eastern Mediterranean Sea. Idas modiolaeformis (Bivalvia, Mytilidae) is a hermaphroditic species in which production of male and female gametes likely alternates, a feature regarded as an adaptation to patchy and ephemeral habitats. By using fluorescent in situ hybridization, we demonstrate that bacterial symbionts, while present within the gills, are absent within acini that enclose female gametes and male gametes. This supports the hypothesis of environmental acquisition of symbionts in chemosynthetic mytilids. Prodissoconch I (PI) is relatively small compared to prodissoconch II (PII), suggesting a planktotrophic larval stage. Diameters of the two larval shells are in the range of sizes reported for mytilids, with a PII size between that of the shallow Mytilus edulis and that of the cold-seep mussel “Bathymodiolus” childressi.
title Post-larval and adult shell dimensions of Idas modiolaeformis
topic HERMIONE; Hotspot Ecosystem Research and Mans Impact On European Seas
url https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.870405