Growth and reproduction in the Antarctic brooding bivalve Adacnarca nitens (Philobryidae) from the Ross Sea

• Published in: Marine Biology
• Main Authors: Higgs, Nicholas, Reed, Adam, Hooke, Rachel, Honey, David, Heilmayer, Olaf, Thatje, Sven
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2009
• Subjects: Antarctic; The Antarctic; Ross Sea; Pelseneer; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: https://eprints.soton.ac.uk/65006/; https://eprints.soton.ac.uk/65006/1/Higgs_MarBiol_09.pdf

We present information on the reproductive biology, population structure, and growth of the brooding Antarctic bivalve Adacnarca nitens Pelseneer 1903, from the Ross Sea, Antarctica. Individuals ranging from 0.85 - 6.00 mm were found attached to a hydrozoan colony. This species shows low fecundity a...