Is it sex in chains? Potential mating stacks in deep-sea hydrothermal vent snails
“Mating stacks” have been widely documented in calyptraeid slipper limpets, which are protandric and exhibit sequential hermaphroditism. Gigantopelta is a genus of peltospirid snails endemic to deep-sea hydrothermal vents containing two species, one distributed on the East Scotia Ridge in the Southe...
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Format: | Article in Journal/Newspaper |
Language: | English |
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2018
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Online Access: | https://eprints.soton.ac.uk/421599/ |