A deep-sea hydrothermal vent community dominated by Stauromedusae

Richard A. Lutz; Daniel Desbruyères; Timothy M. Shank; Robert C. Vrijenhoek

doi:10.1016/S0967-0645(97)00047-7

A deep-sea hydrothermal vent community dominated by Stauromedusae

Richard A. Lutz, Daniel Desbruyères, Timothy M. Shank, Robert C. Vrijenhoek

School of Environmental and Biological Sciences, Marine & Coastal Sciences

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A dense population of stauromedusan scyphozoans (morphologically similar to previously described species within the genus Lucernaria) was encountered in a previously undocumented area of hydrothermal activity along the crest of the East Pacific Rise (Lat. 20°50.304'N; Long. 109°05.422'W; depth of 2605 m). A few galatheid (Munidopsis subsquamosa) and bythograeid (Bythograea thermydron) crabs and occasional anemones (Cyananthea sp.) were the only other vent-associated megafauna observed within the region. This report represents: (1) the first documented occurrence of a biological community dominated by Stauromedusae at an active hydrothermal vent; (2) one of the deepest reported occurrences of Stauromedusae in the world's oceans; and (3) documentation of the existence of a species within a class (Scyphozoa) of organisms that thus far has not been reported from hydrothermal vents or other reducing environments.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	329-334
Number of pages	6
Journal	Deep-Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography
Volume	45
Issue number	1-3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/S0967-0645(97)00047-7
State	Published - Jan 1998

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