The taxonomic status, biogeographical distributions and existing collections are reviewed for
all species of decapod crustaceans known from the vicinity of hydrothermal vents and cold …

Food protein hydrolysis, a crucial step in digestion, is catalyzed by trypsin enzymes from the
digestive apparatus of invertebrates. Trypsin appeared early in evolution and occurs in all …

Publisher Summary Hydrothermal vents, first discovered in 1977 at 2500m depth on the
Galapagos Rift, provide an example of such an alternative ecosystem supported by …

Rimicaris, a new genus, and two new species of caridean shrimps, R. exoculata and R.
chacei, are recorded in swarms from a thermally influenced site in the rift valley of the Mid …

Motivation Traits are increasingly being used to quantify global biodiversity patterns, with
trait databases growing in size and number, across diverse taxa. Despite growing interest in …

In the past year, the number of explored deep-water vent sites on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge has
doubled. The fauna of Atlantic vents consists for the most part of a subset of invertebrate …

The microdistribution of hydrothermal species at seven sites on the EPR near 13° N was
studied from visual images taken by the French submersible Cyana in 1982 and 1984 …

The biogeography and evolutionary history of animals that live at hydrothermal vents are
connected intimately to the spreading history of mid-ocean ridges. Extensive collections from …

Evidence is presented that significant ties exist between the faunas of marine caves and
those of the deep seas, that marine cave faunas may contain very old elements, and that …

Six sites of hydrothermal activity with associated specialized fauna have been studied, lying
between 14° 45′ and 37° 51′ N along the Mid-Atlantic Ridge (MAR). To date about 100 …