Image of Calyptogena pacifica Dall 1891
Description:
These cold seep clams were taken from 700 m depth in Monterey Bay Canyon. Symbiotic, intracellular bacteria oxydize hydrogen sulphide gas to synthesize ATP that drives production of organic products, the clams' food, from CO2 and seawater..
Included On The Following Pages:
- Life (creatures)
- Cellular (cellular organisms)
- Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
- Opisthokonta (opisthokonts)
- Metazoa (Animal)
- Bilateria
- Protostomia (protostomes)
- Spiralia (spiralians)
- Mollusca (molluscs)
- Bivalvia (mussels)
- Euheterodonta
- Imparidentia
- Venerida
- Vesicomyidae
- Calyptogena
- Calyptogena pacifica
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- 2005 California Academy of Sciences
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- Lovell and Libby Langstroth
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