Two Hydrolagus affinis caught off Azores (Lucky Strike vent field) were identified as consumers of the hydrothermal vent mussel Bathymodiolus sp. It is the first notice of a vertebrate feeding on this endemic mytilid species.
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1 August 2000
Hydrothermal Vent Mussel Bathymodiolus sp. (Mollusca: Mytilidae): Diet Item of Hydrolagus affinis (Pisces: Chimaeridae)
Afonso Marques,
Filipe Porteiro
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