Bathymodiolus platifrons

Bathymodiolus platifrons
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Bivalvia
Order:	Mytilida
Family:	Modiolidae
Genus:	Bathymodiolus
Species:	B. platifrons
Binomial name
Bathymodiolus platifrons Hashimoto & Okutani, 1994 [1]

Bathymodiolus platifrons, described by Hashimoto and Okutani in 1994, is a deep-sea mussel that is common in hydrothermal vents and methane seeps in the Western Pacific Ocean. ^{[2] [3] [4]}

Symbiosis

Bathymodiolus platifrons harbours methane-oxidizing bacteria in its gill, which help to transfer methane into material and energy to help it to thrive in such environments. ^[5]

References

1. "WoRMS – World Register of Marine Species – Bathymodiolus platifrons Hashimoto & Okutani, 1994". www.marinespecies.org. Retrieved 5 April 2017.
2. "Bathymodiolus platifrons - Overview - Encyclopedia of Life". Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved 5 April 2017.
3. Barry, James P.; Buck, Kurt R.; Kochevar, Randall K.; Nelson, Douglas C.; Fujiwara, Yoshihiro; Goffredi, Shana K.; Hashimoto, Jun (1 January 2002). "Methane-Based Symbiosis in a Mussel, Bathymodiolus platifrons, from Cold Seeps in Sagami Bay, Japan". Invertebrate Biology. 121 (1): 47–54. doi:10.1111/j.1744-7410.2002.tb00128.x. JSTOR   3227090.
4. Miyazaki, Jun-Ichi; Martins, Leonardo de Oliveira; Fujita, Yuko; Matsumoto, Hiroto; Fujiwara, Yoshihiro (27 April 2010). "Evolutionary Process of Deep-Sea Bathymodiolus Mussels". PLOS ONE. 5 (4) e10363. Bibcode:2010PLoSO...510363M. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0010363 . ISSN   1932-6203. PMC   2860499 . PMID   20436906.
5. Wong, Yue Him; Sun, Jin; He, Li Sheng; Chen, Lian Guo; Qiu, Jian-Wen; Qian, Pei-Yuan (23 November 2015). "High-throughput transcriptome sequencing of the cold seep mussel Bathymodiolus platifrons". Scientific Reports. 5 16597. Bibcode:2015NatSR...516597W. doi:10.1038/srep16597. ISSN   2045-2322. PMC   4655397 . PMID   26593439.