Biotope characterisation and compiled geographical distribution of the deepwater oyster Neopycnodonte zibrowii in the Atlantic Ocean and Mediterranean Sea

• Main Authors: Beuck, L. (Lydia), Aguilar, R. (Ricardo), Fabri, M.C. (Marie-Claire), Freiwald, A. (André), Gofas, S. (Serge), Hebbeln, D. (Dierk), López Correa, M. (Matthias), Ramos, A. (Ana), Ramil, F. (Francisco), Sánchez, F. (Francisco), Taviani, M. (Marco), Wienberg, C. (Claudia), Wisshak, M. (Max), Zibrowius, H. (Helmut)
• Format: Conference Object
• Language: English
• Published: Centro Oceanográfico de Vigo
• Subjects: Biodiversity; geographycal distribution; bivalves; bathyal; habitats; canyons; Atlantic Ocean; Mediterranean Sea; review; Salas; North Atlantic; South Atlantic Ocean
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10508/10677

It may seem surprising that probably one of the largest and most long-lived deep-water bivalves, the gryphaeid Neopycnodonte zibrowii Gofas, Salas & Taviani in Wisshak et al. (2009) [1], experienced a taxonomic description as late as in the early 21 century. Previously N. zibrowii oyster finding...