Vesicomyinae (Bivalvia: Vesicomyidae) of the Kuril–Kamchatka Trench and adjacent abyssal regions. (January 2015)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Krylova, Elena M.; Kamenev, Gennady M.; Vladychenskaya, Irina P.; Petrov, Nikolai B.
• Is Part Of: Deep sea research. Volume 111(2015)
• Page Start: 198
• Page End: 209
• Publication Date: 2015-01
• Subjects: AGT Agassiz trawl -- EBS epibenthic sledge -- H shell height -- L shell length -- MIMB Museum of the Institute of Marine Biology, Vladivostok, Russia -- MNHN Museum National d׳Histoire Naturelle, Paris, France -- NHMUK the Natural History Museum, London, UK -- NMNS National Museum of Nature and Science, Tokyo, Japan -- SMF Senckenberg Forschungsinstitut und Naturmuseum, Frankfurt am Main, Germany -- Spm(s) specimen(s) -- St. station -- W shell width -- ZMMU Zoological Museum of Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia; Abyssal -- Deep-sea trench -- COI -- Morphology -- New species -- Northwestern Pacific -- Vesicomya; Oceanography -- Periodicals; Ocean bottom -- Periodicals; Marine biology -- Periodicals; 551.46
• DOI: 10.1016/j.dsr2.2014.10.004
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0967-0645

Abstract

Abstract: Representatives of the subfamily Vesicomyinae (Bivalvia, Vesicomyidae) are tiny deep-sea molluscs distributed worldwide and reaching huge abundances of hundreds and thousands of specimens in trawl catches. During the German–Russian deep-sea expedition KuramBio (R/V Sonne, 2012) for the first time two vesicomyin species were collected from the abyssal plain adjacent to the Kuril–Kamchatka Trench from the depths of 4861–5787 m, Vesicomya pacifica (Smith, 1885 ) and " Vesicomya " filatovae sp.n. Two species of vesicomyins, V. sergeevi Filatova, 1971 and V. profundi Filatova, 1971, which were previously reported from the hadal of the Kuril–Kamchatka Trench, were not collected at the abyssal depth despite of the close geographical proximity of the sampling area to their distribution ranges. Altogether nine species of vesicomyins are recorded now from the West and Indo-West Pacific; data on distribution and morpho-anatomical characters of these species are provided. Taxonomic description of V. pacifica is revised including information on its soft part anatomy, new localities and COI sequences. For the first time for a vesicomyin bivalve molecular data is given for a species with an explicit morphological description and unambiguous taxonomic affiliation. Molecular analysis of 160 published COI sequences of vesicomyids and newly obtained molecular data on V. pacifica showed that V. pacifica and two undescribed vesicomyin species forming a monophyletic clade which exhibits sister relationships with the Pliocardiinae, the group of chemosymbiotic vesicomyids. " Vesicomya " filatovae sp.n. is provisionally assigned to the genus Vesicomya (s.l.) until additional morphological and molecular data are obtained. It differs from Vesicomya s.s. by a broader hinge margin with more radiating teeth and the presence of only one pair of demibranchs.