Genomic Insights into the Origin and Evolution of Molluscan Red-Bloodedness in the Blood Clam Tegillarca granosa

Y Bao, Q Zeng, J Wang, Z Zhang… - Molecular Biology …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Blood clams differ from their molluscan kins by exhibiting a unique red-blood (RB)
phenotype; however, the genetic basis and biochemical machinery subserving this …

Hemoglobin wonders: a fascinating gas transporter dive into molluscs

W Zhang, Y Zhang, X Shi, S Wang… - Critical Reviews in …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Hemoglobin (Hb) has been identified in at least 14 molluscan taxa so far. Research
spanning over 130 years on molluscan Hbs focuses on their genes, protein structures …

Phylogeny and origins of chemosynthetic vesicomyid clams

SB Johnson, EM Krylova, A Audzijonyte… - Systematics and …, 2017 - Taylor & Francis
Large vesicomyid clams (Veneroida: Vesicomyidae: Pliocardiinae) are prominent members
of the communities associated with sulphide-rich deep-sea habitats. Taxonomic …

The use of multibeam backscatter and bathymetry as a means of identifying faunal assemblages in a deep-sea cold seep

A Sen, H Ondréas, A Gaillot, Y Marcon… - Deep Sea Research …, 2016 - Elsevier
Deep-sea ecosystems have attracted considerable commercial interest in recent years
because of their potential to sustain a diverse range of mankind's industrial needs. If these …

The vesicomyid bivalve habitat at cold seeps supports heterogeneous and dynamic macrofaunal assemblages

E Guillon, L Menot, C Decker, E Krylova… - Deep Sea Research Part I …, 2017 - Elsevier
The high biodiversity found at cold seeps, despite elevated concentrations of methane and
hydrogen sulfide, is attributed to multiple sources of habitat heterogeneity. In addition to …

Cold-seep macrofaunal assemblages in cores from Vestnesa Ridge, eastern Fram Strait, during the past 45000 years

E Thomsen, TL Rasmussen, K Sztybor, NM Hanken… - 2019 - munin.uit.no
Four cores from 1200 m water depth from Vestnesa Ridge on the western Svalbard margin
in the eastern Fram Strait were studied for their content of fossil macro-faunas. Three of the …

Can the hemoglobin characteristics of vesicomyid clam species influence their distribution in deep-sea sulfide-rich sediments? A case study in the Angola Basin

C Decker, N Zorn, J Le Bruchec, JC Caprais… - Deep Sea Research …, 2017 - Elsevier
Vesicomyids live in endosymbiosis with sulfur-oxidizing bacteria and therefore need
hydrogen sulfide to survive. They can nevertheless live in a wide range of sulfide and …

An ecological study of two species of chemosymbiotrophic bivalve molluscs (Bivalvia: Vesicomyidae: Pliocardiinae) from the Deryugin Basin of the Sea of Okhotsk …

VI Kharlamenko, SI Kiyashko, SN Sharina… - Deep Sea Research …, 2019 - Elsevier
Abstract Pliocardiines (Bivalvia: Vesicomyidae: Pliocardiinae) are symbiotrophic vesicomyid
molluscs harbouring symbiotic sulphide-oxidizing chemoautotrophic bacteria in their gills …

Morphological and functional characterization of hemocytes from two deep-sea vesicomyid clams Phreagena okutanii and Abyssogena phaseoliformis

A Tame, G Ozawa, T Maruyama, T Yoshida - Fish & shellfish immunology, 2018 - Elsevier
Deep-sea vesicomyid clams harboring intracellular symbiotic sulfur-oxidizing bacteria are
often dominant in chemosynthetic animal communities. Although they are known to have …

[PDF][PDF] New biogeochemical proxies in seep bivalves

X Wang, S Kiel, D Feng - South China Sea Seeps, 2023 - library.oapen.org
Reduced compounds dissolved in see** fluids, such as methane and hydrogen sulfide,
are the main energy sources in submarine cold seep systems, where they nourish the …