A new vent limpet in the genus Lepetodrilus (Gastropoda: Lepetodrilidae) from Southern Ocean hydrothermal vent fields showing high phenotypic plasticity

• Published in: Frontiers in Marine Science
• Main Authors: Linse, Katrin, Rotermann, C.N., Chen, C.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2019
• Subjects: Southern Ocean; East Scotia Ridge
• Online Access: http://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/509683/; https://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/509683/1/fmars-06-00381.pdf; https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmars.2019.00381/abstract

The recently discovered hydrothermal vent ecosystems in the Southern Ocean host a suite of vent-endemic species, including lepetodrilid limpets dominating in abundance. Limpets were collected from the chimneys, basalts and megafauna of the East Scotia Ridge segments E2 and E9 and the Kemp Caldera at...