A new species of Glyceridae (Annelida: “Polychaeta”) recovered from organic substrate experiments at cold seeps in the eastern Mediterranean Sea

Böggemann, Markus; Bienhold, Christina; Gaudron, Sylvie M.

doi:10.1007/s12526-011-0091-2

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“…The present study shed light on the biodiversity of Mediterranean deep-sea Syllidae, but also Spionidae, Lumbrineridae, Dorvilleidae and Paraonidae appear to be highly diverse in the Mediterranean deep-sea (Busoni 2013;Langeneck et al 2017). The recent description of several new species (Böggemann et al 2012;Borda et al 2012;Kurt-Şahin et al 2016) strongly supports the view that quantifying and describing the real diversity of deepsea Mediterranean polychaetes is still an open and interesting research field. The above mentioned studies together with the present one confirm that large part of the deep Mediterranean biota is still unknown, while the number of studies aiming at understanding deep sea ecosystem functioning is growing (Danovaro et al, 2010).…”

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Syllidae (Annelida: Phyllodocida) from the deep Mediterranean Sea, with the description of three new species

Langeneck

Musco

Busoni

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Despite almost two centuries of research, the diversity of Mediterranean deep-sea environments remain still largely unexplored. This is particularly true for the polychaete family Syllidae. We report herein 14 species; among them, we describe Erinaceusyllis barbarae n. sp., Exogone sophiae n. sp. and Prosphaerosyllis danovaroi n. sp. and report Parexogone wolfi San Martín, 1991, Exogone lopezi San Martín, Ceberio Aguirrezabalaga, 1996 and Anguillosyllis Day, 1963 for the first time from the Western Mediterranean, the latter based on a single individual likely belonging to an undescribed species. Moreover, we re-establish Syllis profunda Cognetti, 1955 based on type and new material. Present data, along with a critical analysis of available literature, show that Syllidae are highly diverse in deep Mediterranean environments, even though they are rarely reported, probably due to the scarce number of studies devoted to the size-fraction of benthos including deep-sea syllids. Most deep-sea Syllidae have wide distributions, which do not include shallow-waters. 100 m depth apparently represents the boundary between the assemblages dominated by generalist shallow water syllids like Exogone naidina Ørsted, 1843 and Syllis parapari San Martín López, 2000, and those deep-water assemblages characterised by strictly deep-water species like Parexogone campoyi San Martín, Ceberio Aguirrezabalaga, 1996, Parexogone wolfi San Martín, 1991 and Syllis sp. 1 (= Langerhansia caeca Katzmann, 1973).

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Syllidae (Annelida: Phyllodocida) from the deep Mediterranean Sea, with the description of three new species

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Busoni

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“…Other colonizing macrofauna included a new species of Glyceridae, Glycera noelae sp. nov. [49], sipunculids identified as Phascolosoma turnerae , Rice 1985 (G.Y. Kawauchi, Department of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology, Harvard University, pers.…”

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How Deep-Sea Wood Falls Sustain Chemosynthetic Life

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Large organic food falls to the deep sea – such as whale carcasses and wood logs – are known to serve as stepping stones for the dispersal of highly adapted chemosynthetic organisms inhabiting hot vents and cold seeps. Here we investigated the biogeochemical and microbiological processes leading to the development of sulfidic niches by deploying wood colonization experiments at a depth of 1690 m in the Eastern Mediterranean for one year. Wood-boring bivalves of the genus Xylophaga played a key role in the degradation of the wood logs, facilitating the development of anoxic zones and anaerobic microbial processes such as sulfate reduction. Fauna and bacteria associated with the wood included types reported from other deep-sea habitats including chemosynthetic ecosystems, confirming the potential role of large organic food falls as biodiversity hot spots and stepping stones for vent and seep communities. Specific bacterial communities developed on and around the wood falls within one year and were distinct from freshly submerged wood and background sediments. These included sulfate-reducing and cellulolytic bacterial taxa, which are likely to play an important role in the utilization of wood by chemosynthetic life and other deep-sea animals.

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“…; G. Y. Kawauchi, personal communication) and annelids (e.g. Glycera noelae Böggemann et al. 2011), including the discovery of a new species of Amphinomidae, which we herein describe.…”

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Towards a revised Amphinomidae (Annelida, Amphinomida): description and affinities of a new genus and species from the Nile Deep‐sea Fan, Mediterranean Sea

Borda¹,

Kudenov²,

Bienhold³

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Zoologica Scripta

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Rouse, G.W. (2012). Towards a revised Amphinomidae (Annelida, Amphinomida): description and affinities of a new genus and species from the Nile Deep-sea Fan, Mediterranean Sea. -Zoologica Scripta, 41, 307-325. The discovery of a new amphinomid species from wood falls deployed near cold seeps (1694 m) at the Nile Deep-sea Fan (Mediterranean Sea) highlights the need to revise Amphinomidae to better characterize amphinomid diversity. The phylogenetic affinities of the new amphinomid and 12 other species from nine Amphinomida genera were inferred using data from two nuclear (18S rDNA and 28S rDNA) and two mitochondrial (COI and 16S rDNA) genes. The phylogenetic analyses indicated a close relationship of the new species with other amphinomids associated with temporary pelagic substrata, including Amphinome sensu stricto (emended herein) and Hipponoa. The new species belongs to a distinct lineage and we, here, erect a new genus to accommodate it. Cryptonome gen. n. is the second amphinomid genus established for species from chemosynthetic environments. Cryptonome conclava sp. n. is distinguished morphologically from all previously described rectilinear Amphinomidae by lacking notochaetal hooks, having a reduced caruncle, modified neurochaetae and branchiae on nearly all segments. Taxonomic issues regarding amphinomid species presently assigned to Amphinome and the erroneous placement of related xylophylic taxa in Eurythoe are also outlined. We emend and restrict the five known oceanic flotsam species with stalked heart-shaped caruncles to Amphinome sensu stricto. An additional 15 species previously assigned to Amphinome may belong to other genera (e.g. Linopherus) and are here tentatively considered incertae sedis. Finally, Eurythoe turcica and Eurythoe parvecarunculata are transferred to Cryptonome gen. n. as new combinations. A revised key to a subset of rectilinear amphinomid genera (relevant to this study) is presented.

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A new species of Glyceridae (Annelida: “Polychaeta”) recovered from organic substrate experiments at cold seeps in the eastern Mediterranean Sea

Cited by 10 publications

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Syllidae (Annelida: Phyllodocida) from the deep Mediterranean Sea, with the description of three new species

Syllidae (Annelida: Phyllodocida) from the deep Mediterranean Sea, with the description of three new species

How Deep-Sea Wood Falls Sustain Chemosynthetic Life

Towards a revised Amphinomidae (Annelida, Amphinomida): description and affinities of a new genus and species from the Nile Deep‐sea Fan, Mediterranean Sea

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