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Gigantidas
''Gigantidas'' is a genus of large, deepwater, hydrothermal vent mussels, marine bivalve molluscs in the family Family (from la, familia) is a Social group, group of people related either by consanguinity (by recognized birth) or Affinity (law), affinity (by marriage or other relationship). The purpose of the family is to maintain the well-being of its ... Mytilidae. Distribution and habitat Species in this genus are found on deep-sea hydrothermal vents on the southern Kermadec Ridge. These mussels form dense beds at these sites. Description The shells of '' Gigantidas gladius'' are up to 30 cm long. Species Species within the genus ''Gigantidas'' include: * '' Gigantidas coseli'' Saether, Little, Campbell, Marshall, Collins & Alfaro, 2010 * '' Gigantidas gladius'' Cosel & Marshall, 2003 * '' Gigantidas horikoshi'' Hashimoto & Yamane, 2005 * '' Gigantidas samario'' Cosel & Gracia, 2018 * '' Gigantidas taiwanensis'' (Cosel, 2008) * '' Gigantidas tangaroa'' (Cosel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gigantidas
''Gigantidas'' is a genus of large, deepwater, hydrothermal vent mussels, marine bivalve molluscs in the family Family (from la, familia) is a Social group, group of people related either by consanguinity (by recognized birth) or Affinity (law), affinity (by marriage or other relationship). The purpose of the family is to maintain the well-being of its ... Mytilidae. Distribution and habitat Species in this genus are found on deep-sea hydrothermal vents on the southern Kermadec Ridge. These mussels form dense beds at these sites. Description The shells of '' Gigantidas gladius'' are up to 30 cm long. Species Species within the genus ''Gigantidas'' include: * '' Gigantidas coseli'' Saether, Little, Campbell, Marshall, Collins & Alfaro, 2010 * '' Gigantidas gladius'' Cosel & Marshall, 2003 * '' Gigantidas horikoshi'' Hashimoto & Yamane, 2005 * '' Gigantidas samario'' Cosel & Gracia, 2018 * '' Gigantidas taiwanensis'' (Cosel, 2008) * '' Gigantidas tangaroa'' (Cosel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gigantidas Taiwanensis
''Gigantidas'' is a genus of large, deepwater, hydrothermal vent mussels, marine bivalve molluscs in the family Family (from la, familia) is a Social group, group of people related either by consanguinity (by recognized birth) or Affinity (law), affinity (by marriage or other relationship). The purpose of the family is to maintain the well-being of its ... Mytilidae. Distribution and habitat Species in this genus are found on deep-sea hydrothermal vents on the southern Kermadec Ridge. These mussels form dense beds at these sites. Description The shells of '' Gigantidas gladius'' are up to 30 cm long. Species Species within the genus ''Gigantidas'' include: * '' Gigantidas coseli'' Saether, Little, Campbell, Marshall, Collins & Alfaro, 2010 * '' Gigantidas gladius'' Cosel & Marshall, 2003 * '' Gigantidas horikoshi'' Hashimoto & Yamane, 2005 * '' Gigantidas samario'' Cosel & Gracia, 2018 * '' Gigantidas taiwanensis'' (Cosel, 2008) * '' Gigantidas tangaroa'' (Cosel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gigantidas Samario
''Gigantidas'' is a genus of large, deepwater, hydrothermal vent mussels, marine bivalve molluscs in the family Mytilidae. Distribution and habitat Species in this genus are found on deep-sea hydrothermal vents on the southern Kermadec Ridge. These mussels form dense beds at these sites. Description The shells of '' Gigantidas gladius'' are up to 30 cm long. Species Species within the genus ''Gigantidas'' include: * '' Gigantidas coseli'' Saether, Little, Campbell, Marshall, Collins & Alfaro, 2010 * '' Gigantidas gladius'' Cosel & Marshall, 2003 * '' Gigantidas horikoshi'' Hashimoto & Yamane, 2005 * '' Gigantidas samario'' Cosel & Gracia, 2018 * ''Gigantidas taiwanensis ''Gigantidas'' is a genus of large, deepwater, hydrothermal vent mussels, marine bivalve molluscs in the family Family (from la, familia) is a Social group, group of people related either by consanguinity (by recognized birth) or Affinity ( ...'' (Cosel, 2008) * '' Gigantidas tangaroa'' (Cosel & ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gigantidas Tangaroa
''Gigantidas tangaroa'' is a species of deep-sea mussel, a marine bivalve mollusk in the family Mytilidae, the mussels. MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Gigantidas tangaroa (Cosel & B. A. Marshall, 2003). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=888567 on 2020-12-31 Habitat This species was first described from northern New Zealand, from seeps off Cape Turnagain and Cape Kidnappers at a depth of .VON COSEL, Rudo, and Bruce A. Marshall. "Two new species of large mussels (Bivalvia: Mytilidae) from active submarine volcanoes and a cold seep off the eastern North Island of New Zealand, with description of a new genus."The Nautilus 117.2 (2003): 31-46. Description The shell of this species is large, up to long, showing external dull white growth lines. Its anterior margin is narrow but evenly rounded. Its posterior margin is convex dorsally, its posterior angulation well-defined, situated above the poste ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gigantidas Gladius
''Gigantidas gladius'' is a species of large, deepwater, hydrothermal vent mussel, a marine bivalve mollusc in the family Mytilidae, or mussels. Distribution and habitat These mussels are found around deep-sea hydrothermal vents on the southern Kermadec Ridge, New Zealand. They form dense beds in these sites. Description The shells of this species are up to 30 cm long. References SeaLifeBase* ttp://www.tepapa.govt.nz/images/image_info.asp?page=5&language=english&categoryname=Icons%20Nga%20Taonga&gallery=7&imageid=P01093298&imagename=Giant%20New%20Zealand%20vent%20mussel,%20%3Cem TePapa gladius ''Gladius'' () is a Latin word meaning "sword" (of any type), but in its narrow sense it refers to the sword of ancient Roman foot soldiers. Early ancient Roman swords were similar to those of the Greeks, called '' xiphe'' (plural; singular ''xi ... Molluscs described in 2003 {{Mytilidae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gigantidas Horikoshi
''Gigantidas horikoshi'' is a species of large, deepwater, hydrothermal vent mussel, a marine bivalve mollusc in the family Family (from la, familia) is a Social group, group of people related either by consanguinity (by recognized birth) or Affinity (law), affinity (by marriage or other relationship). The purpose of the family is to maintain the well-being of its ... Mytilidae, the mussels. References Science links info horikoshi Molluscs of Japan Molluscs described in 2005 {{Mytilidae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gigantidas Coseli
''Gigantidas coseli'' is a species of large, deepwater, hydrothermal vent mussel, a marine bivalve mollusc in the family Mytilidae, the mussels. This species is endemic to the waters of the Bonin Islands of Japan Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island country in East Asia. It is situated in the northwest Pacific Ocean, and is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan, while extending from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north .... References Science links info coseli Molluscs described in 2010 {{Mytilidae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mytilidae
Mytilidae are a family of small to large marine and brackish-water bivalve molluscs in the order Mytilida. One of the genera, ''Limnoperna'', even inhabits freshwater environments. The order has only this one family which contains some 52 genera.Bouchet, P. (2014Mytilidae Rafinesque, 1815World Register of Marine Species Species in the family Mytilidae are found worldwide, but they are more abundant in colder seas, where they often form uninterrupted beds on rocky shores in the intertidal zone and the shallow subtidal. The subfamily Bathymodiolinae is found in deep-sea habitats. Mytilids include the well-known edible sea mussels. A common feature of the shells of mussels is an asymmetrical shell which has a thick, adherent periostracum. The animals attach themselves to a solid substrate using a byssus. A 2020 study of the phylogeny of Mytilidae recovered two main clades derived from an epifaunal ancestor, with subsequent lineages shifting to other lifestyles, and correlat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Genus
Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family (taxonomy), family. In binomial nomenclature, the genus name forms the first part of the binomial species name for each species within the genus. :E.g. ''Panthera leo'' (lion) and ''Panthera onca'' (jaguar) are two species within the genus ''Panthera''. ''Panthera'' is a genus within the family Felidae. The composition of a genus is determined by taxonomy (biology), taxonomists. The standards for genus classification are not strictly codified, so different authorities often produce different classifications for genera. There are some general practices used, however, including the idea that a newly defined genus should fulfill these three criteria to be descriptively useful: # monophyly – all descendants ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kermadec Trench
The Kermadec Trench is a linear ocean trench in the south Pacific Ocean. It stretches about from the Louisville Seamount Chain in the north (26°S) to the Hikurangi Plateau in the south (37°S), north-east of New Zealand's North Island. Together with the Tonga Trench to the north, it forms the -long, near-linear Kermadec-Tonga subduction system, which began to evolve in the Eocene when the Pacific Plate started to subduct beneath the Australian Plate. Convergence rates along this subduction system are among the fastest on Earth, /yr in the north and /yr in the south. Geology The Kermadec Trench is one of Earth's deepest oceanic trenches, reaching a depth of . Formed by the subduction of the Pacific Plate under the Indo-Australian Plate, it runs parallel with and to the east of the Kermadec Ridge and island arc. The Tonga Trench marks the continuation of subduction to the north. The Kermadec Trench has a southern continuation in the turbidite-filled Hikurangi Trough, but a s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hydrothermal Vent
A hydrothermal vent is a fissure on the seabed from which geothermally heated water discharges. They are commonly found near volcanically active places, areas where tectonic plates are moving apart at mid-ocean ridges, ocean basins, and hotspots. Hydrothermal deposits are rocks and mineral ore deposits formed by the action of hydrothermal vents. Hydrothermal vents exist because the earth is both geologically active and has large amounts of water on its surface and within its crust. Under the sea, they may form features called black smokers or white smokers. Relative to the majority of the deep sea, the areas around hydrothermal vents are biologically more productive, often hosting complex communities fueled by the chemicals dissolved in the vent fluids. Chemosynthetic bacteria and Archaea form the base of the food chain, supporting diverse organisms, including giant tube worms, clams, limpets and shrimp. Active hydrothermal vents are thought to exist on Jupiter's moon Europa an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Family (biology)
Family ( la, familia, plural ') is one of the eight major hierarchical taxonomic ranks in Linnaean taxonomy. It is classified between order and genus. A family may be divided into subfamilies, which are intermediate ranks between the ranks of family and genus. The official family names are Latin in origin; however, popular names are often used: for example, walnut trees and hickory trees belong to the family Juglandaceae, but that family is commonly referred to as the "walnut family". What belongs to a family—or if a described family should be recognized at all—are proposed and determined by practicing taxonomists. There are no hard rules for describing or recognizing a family, but in plants, they can be characterized on the basis of both vegetative and reproductive features of plant species. Taxonomists often take different positions about descriptions, and there may be no broad consensus across the scientific community for some time. The publishing of new data and opini ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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