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Evidence of a sexual pause in Bathymodiolus azoricus (Bivalvia: Mytilidae) from hydrothermal vents of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 December 1999

Thierry Comtet ,
Marcel Le Pennec  and
Daniel Desbruyères
Thierry Comtet
Affiliation:
IFREMER Centre de Brest, DRO/EP, BP 70, 29280 Plouzané, France
Marcel Le Pennec
Affiliation:
Biologie Marine, UMR CNRS 6539, Institut Universitaire Européen de la Mer, Place Nicolas Copernic, 29280 Plouzané, France
Daniel Desbruyères
Affiliation:
IFREMER Centre de Brest, DRO/EP, BP 70, 29280 Plouzané, France
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Abstract

Histological sections of the gonad of Bathymodiolus azoricus from the Lucky Strike and Menez Gwen hydrothermal vent fields (Mid-Atlantic Ridge) demonstrated a spawning event in this species in May 1994, synchronous between the two vent fields located 60 km apart, and a sexual pause in gametogenesis. As reported for other vent mytilid species, B. azoricus from Lucky Strike and Menez Gwen could exhibit hermaphroditism.

Type
Brief Report
Information
Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom , Volume 79 , Issue 6 , December 1999 , pp. 1149 - 1150
Copyright
© 1999 Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom

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