Facultative chemosynthesis in a deep-sea anemone from hydrothermal vents in the Pescadero Basin, Gulf of California
S. K. Goffredi, C. Motooka, D. A. Fike, L. C. Gusmao, E. Tilic, G. W. Rouse, E. Rodriguez
This paper describes a new chemosynthetic symbiosis in a deep-sea anemone, Ostiactis pearseae, found at hydrothermal vents, showing its reliance on intracellular bacteria for nutrition.
bioRxiv · Aug 10, 2020Ecology