Diversity, Distribution and Phylogeny of Hesionidae (Annelida) Colonizing Whale Falls: New Species of Sirsoe and Connections Between Ocean Basins

Diversity, Distribution and Phylogeny of Hesionidae (Annelida) Colonizing Whale Falls: New Species of Sirsoe and Connections Between Ocean Basins

Whale falls are important environments contributing to biodiversity, connectivity and evolutionary novelty in deep-sea ecosystem. Notwithstanding, most of this knowledge is based in studies from NE Pacific basin. Interestingly, the only known natural whale fall on the SW Atlantic has faunal composit...

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Main Authors: Mauricio Shimabukuro, Orlemir Carrerette, Joan Manel Alfaro-Lucas, Alexandra Elaine Rizzo, Kenneth M. Halanych, Paulo Yukio Gomes Sumida
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2019-08-01
Series:Frontiers in Marine Science
Subjects:
deep sea
biodiversity
cryptic species
biogeography
connectivity
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fmars.2019.00478/full

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