Anatomy and behavior of Laternula elliptica, a keystone species of the Antarctic benthos (Bivalvia: Anomalodesmata: Laternulidae).

• Main Authors: Passos, Flávio Dias, Sartori, André Fernando, Domaneschi, Osmar, Bieler, Rüdiger
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: PeerJ 2023
• Subjects: Anatomy; Antarctica; Bivalve; Field observation; Histology; Mollusca; Morphology; Musculature; Pallial organs; Siphons; Animals; Antarctic Regions; Bivalvia; Cell Movement; Communication; Brazil; Antarctic; The Antarctic; Ferraz; Antarc*
• Online Access: https://www.repository.cam.ac.uk/handle/1810/345624; https://doi.org/10.17863/CAM.93045

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...