Antonbruunia sociabilis sp. nov. (Annelida: Antonbruunidae) associated with the chemosynthetic deep-sea bivalve Thyasira scotiae Oliver & Drewery, 2014, and a re-examination of the systematic affinities of Antonbruunidae

• Published in: Zootaxa
• Main Authors: MACKIE, ANDREW S.Y., OLIVER, P. GRAHAM, NYGREN, ARNE
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Mangolia Press 2015
• Subjects: Polychaete; mollusc; symbiosis; NE Atlantic; morphology; molecular analyses; relationships; Annelida; Pacific; Indian; Hatton-Rockall Basin; North East Atlantic
• Online Access: https://www.mapress.com/j/zt/article/view/zootaxa.3995.1.4; https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3995.1.4

Antonbruunia sociabilis sp. nov., an abundant endosymbiont of Thyasira scotiae from a putative sulphidic ‘seep’ in the Hatton-Rockall Basin (1187–1200 m), North-East Atlantic Ocean, is described. The new species is compared with A. viridis and A. gerdesi from the West Indian Ocean and South-East Pac...