Bathymodiolus platifrons
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]
| Bathymodiolus platifrons | |
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| Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia | 
| Phylum: | Mollusca | 
| Class: | Bivalvia | 
| Order: | Mytilida | 
| Family: | Mytilidae | 
| Genus: | Bathymodiolus | 
| Species: | B. platifrons  | 
| Binomial name | |
| Bathymodiolus platifrons Hashimoto & Okutani, 1994[1]  | |
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
    
- "WoRMS – World Register of Marine Species – Bathymodiolus platifrons Hashimoto & Okutani, 1994". www.marinespecies.org. Retrieved 5 April 2017.
 - "Bathymodiolus platifrons - Overview - Encyclopedia of Life". Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved 5 April 2017.
 - 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.
 - 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. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0010363. ISSN 1932-6203. PMC 2860499. PMID 20436906.
 - 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. doi:10.1038/srep16597. ISSN 2045-2322. PMC 4655397. PMID 26593439.
 
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