Spinaxinus (Bivalvia: Thyasiroidea) from sulfide biogenerators in the Gulf of Mexico and hydrothermal vents in the Fiji Back Arc: Chemosymbiosis and Taxonomy

Two new species of the thyasirid genus Spinaxinus (S. emicatus Oliver n. sp. and S. phrixicus Oliver n. sp.) are described from the Gulf of Mexico and the southwest Pacific, respectively. Both are compared with the type species of the genus, the eastern Atlantic S. sentosus Oliver and Holmes, 2006....

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Main Author: Oliver, Graham (author)
Other Authors: Rodrigues, Clara Lúcia Ferreira (author), Carney, Robert (author), Duperron, Sebastien (author)
Format: article
Language:eng
Published: 2015
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10773/13514
Country:Portugal
Oai:oai:ria.ua.pt:10773/13514