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A new species of Glyceridae (Annelida: “Polychaeta”) recovered from organic substrate experiments at cold seeps in the eastern Mediterranean Sea

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A new species of Glyceridae, Glycera noelae sp. nov., was recovered from two distinct colonization experiments based on organic substrates, deployed for 1 year at cold seeps in the eastern Mediterranean Sea (1,694 m depth, Nile Deep-Sea Fan Central Site 2A). The new taxon, which is the first glycerid reported from such an environment, is described by using morphological and molecular methods (18S rDNA, 16S rDNA, COI, ITS1, ITS2).

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Acknowledgements

The authors would like to thank Antje Boetius and Sébastien Duperron for the deployment and recovery of the DIWOOD experiments and CHEMECOLIs, and Marie Pailleret for sorting CHEMECOLI wood cubes. We are grateful to the chief scientists, captains and crews of RVs Pourquoi pas? (MEDECO-2) and Meteor (M70/2b), and the teams operating ROVs Victor 6000 (IFREMER, Toulon, France) and Quest 4000 (MARUM, Bremen, Germany). This work was funded by CNRS, IFREMER, Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology, CHEMECO (ESF EURODEEP), GDRE DIWOOD (European Research Group CNRS-MPG), and HERMES (EC).

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  1. Fach Biologie, Universität Vechta, Driverstrasse 22, 49377, Vechta, Germany

    Markus Böggemann

  2. Microbial Habitat Group, Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology, Celsiusstrasse 1, 28359, Bremen, Germany

    Christina Bienhold

  3. CNRS, UMR7138, Systématique, Adaptations, Evolution, AMEX, Université Pierre et Marie Curie—Paris VI, 7 Quai St Bernard, 75252, Paris, France

    Sylvie M. Gaudron

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Böggemann, M., Bienhold, C. & Gaudron, S.M. A new species of Glyceridae (Annelida: “Polychaeta”) recovered from organic substrate experiments at cold seeps in the eastern Mediterranean Sea. Mar Biodiv 42, 47–54 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12526-011-0091-2

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