Deep-sea wood-boring bivalves (Xylophagaidae) from southeast Australia, with a new species described. (2nd January 2021)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: MacIntosh, Hugh; Voight, Janet R.
• Is Part Of: Molluscan research. Volume 41:Number 1(2021)
• Page Start: 16
• Page End: 25
• Publication Date: 2021-01-02
• Subjects: Abditoconus -- Xylophaga -- Spiniapex -- abyss -- wood fall; Mollusks -- Australasia -- Periodicals; Mollusks -- Periodicals; 594.0994
• DOI: 10.1080/13235818.2020.1861681
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1323-5818

Abstract

ABSTRACT: Recent advances in sampling capabilities have enabled some of the first large-scale bathyal and abyssal surveys in Australian waters, allowing new insights into the deep-sea invertebrate fauna of the region. Here we describe Abditoconus investigatoris n. sp., the first xylophagaid described from Australia in 60 years . Abitoconus investigatoris is characterised by a siphon with distinct proximal and distal portions, with a prominent wrinkled ventral band on the proximal portion. This species was also observed with epizoic ciliates (fam. Vorticellidae), the first known association of ciliates and xylophagaids.