Adaptations to Hydrothermal Vent Life in Kiwa tyleri, a New Species of Yeti Crab from the East Scotia Ridge, Antarctica

Hydrothermal vents in the Southern Ocean are the physiologically most isolated chemosynthetic environments known. Here, we describe Kiwa tyleri sp. nov., the first species of yeti crab known from the Southern Ocean. Kiwa tyleri belongs to the family Kiwaidae and is the visually dominant macrofauna o...

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Autores principales: Thatje, Sven, Marsh, Leigh, Roterman, Christopher Nicolai, Mavrogordato, Mark N., Linse, Katrin
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2015
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4480985/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26107940
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0127621

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4480985/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26107940
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0127621

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