The supergiant amphipod Alicella gigantea may inhabit over half of the world’s oceans
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DOI: 10.1098/rsos.241635
Abstract: The deep-sea amphipod Alicella gigantea Chevreux, 1899, currently known as the world’s largest amphipod, inhabits depths of the lower abyssal and upper hadal zones. Historically, it has been sampled or observed in situ infrequently relative… read more here.
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Development of Single-Nucleotide Polymorphism Markers and Population Genetic Analysis of the Hadal Amphipod Alicella gigantea across the Mariana and New Britain Trenches
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DOI: 10.3390/jmse12071117
Abstract: Alicella gigantea, the largest amphipod scavengers found to date, play key roles in the food web of the hadal ecosystem. However, the genetic structure of A. gigantea populations among different trenches has not been reported… read more here.
Keywords: new britain; analysis; gigantea; single nucleotide ... See more keywords