Anatomy and behavior of Laternula elliptica, a keystone species of the Antarctic benthos (Bivalvia: Anomalodesmata: Laternulidae)

• Published in: PeerJ
• Main Authors: Passos, Flávio Dias, Sartori, André Fernando, Domaneschi, Osmar, Bieler, Rüdiger
• Other Authors: Brazilian Antarctic Programme, National Council of Scientific and Technological Development, Brazilian Navy and Brazilian Air Force, São Paulo Research Foundation, Pós-Graduação, Área Zoologia, IBUSP, FAPESP, U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) Award, Rüdiger Bieler for the Bivalve-Tree-of-Life (BivAToL) Project
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: PeerJ 2022
• Subjects: Antarctic; Ferraz; The Antarctic; Antarc*
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.7717/peerj.14380; https://peerj.com/articles/14380.pdf; https://peerj.com/articles/14380.xml; https://peerj.com/articles/14380.html

Laternula elliptica (P. P. King, 1832) is the sole representative of the anomalodesmatan family Laternulidae and the largest bivalve in the Antarctic and Subantarctic. A keystone species of the regional benthic communities, it has reached model status, having been studied in hundreds of scientific w...