THE POLYCHAETE ANNELIDS FROM A SHALLOW-WATER GASOHYDROTHERMAL VENT OF THE GULF OF NAPLES

Authors

  • F. Giménez
  • A. Marín
Keywords: <i>Polychaeta</i>, gasohydrothermal vent, Naples

Abstract

The polychaete worms found in the deep-sea hydrothermal vents are specialized in the exploitation of chemolithotrophic bacteriae. A gasohydrothermal vent located in a shallow Posidonia oceanica meadow was studied in the Gulf ofNaples. The vent area appears as a white film of sulfuroxidizing bacteria in dead rhizome of Posidonia oceanica. The polychaete worms (43 species) collected from this shallow vent are characteristic of coastal environments. Prevailing suspension-feeder species opposite deposit-feeder and carnivorous species. The specializated polychaeta from deep-sea hydrothermal vents are replaced by opportunists species able to exploit chemosynthetic and photosynthetic production both.

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Author Biographies

F. Giménez

Departamento de Biología Animal y Ecología Facultad de Biología Universidad de Murcia

A. Marín

Departamento de Biología Animal y Ecología Facultad de Biología Universidad de Murcia
How to Cite
Giménez, F., & Marín, A. (1991). THE POLYCHAETE ANNELIDS FROM A SHALLOW-WATER GASOHYDROTHERMAL VENT OF THE GULF OF NAPLES. Anales de Biología, (17), 143–151. Retrieved from https://revistas.um.es/analesbio/article/view/33881
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Biología ambiental

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