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
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: PeerJ Inc. 2022
• Subjects: Animal Behavior; Antarctic; Ferraz; The Antarctic; Antarc*
• Online Access: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9745791/; https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.14380

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...