Luckia
| Luckia | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Superorder: | Peracarida |
| Order: | Amphipoda |
| Family: | Pontogeneiidae |
| Genus: | Luckia |
| Species: | L. striki
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| Binomial name | |
| Luckia striki Bellan-Santini & Thurston, 1996
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Luckia is a genus of amphipod crustaceans in the family Pontogeneiidae, with the sole species Luckia striki.[1] It is found in hydrothermal vents in the Atlantic Ocean.[2]
Description[edit]
Luckia have compressed bodies and short rostra.[3] Hatchlings are around 1.5 millimetres (0.1 in) long.[4] Adult females measure approximately 8 millimetres (0.31 in), the length of their first antenna; the second antenna is about half that length. Their body is smooth, and they have no eyes. The joints are slender and linear, with a cleft triangular telson. Their flagella have two parts, and their labrum is whole, with triturative molars. The outer rami are shorter than the inner ones, and they have a smooth third epimeral plate.[3][4]
Distribution[edit]
L. striki are found in hydrothermal vents in the Mid-Atlantic Ridge, between depths of 1,670 metres (5,480 ft) and 2,250 metres (7,380 ft), in temperatures around 4.26 °C (39.7 °F).[5][6][7] The species has been found in the Lucky Strike site (37°17′N 32°16′W / 37.283°N 32.267°W), over the Rainbow Hydrothermal Field (36°14′N 33°54′W / 36.233°N 33.900°W),[4] and at the Menez Gwen field (37°50′N 31°31′W / 37.833°N 31.517°W).[8]
Taxonomy[edit]
Amphipods are more common in Pacific hydrothermal vents than in Atlantic ones, and before 1996, only two species, Andaniotes ingens and Hirondellea brevicaudata were known to exist in the Atlantic.[4] The genus was discovered by Denise Bellan-Santini and Michael H. Thurston in 1996, when it was collected in a vent along with shrimps, gastropods, crabs, and limpets at the Lucky Strike site above the Mid-Atlantic Ridge,[4][6] the species's namesake.[9]
References[edit]
- ^ Lowry, Jim (2010). "Luckia striki Bellan-Santini & Thurston, 1996". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 18 August 2017.
- ^ Bellan-Santini, D.; Thurston, M.H. (1996). "Amphipoda of the hydrothermal vents along the mid-Atlantic Ridge". Journal of Natural History. 30 (5): 685–702. doi:10.1080/00222939600770381.
- ^ a b Bellan-Santini, D. (2006). "Arthropoda, Crustacea, Amphipoda" (PDF). Denisia. 18: 398. Retrieved 18 August 2017.
- ^ a b c d e Vinogradov, Georgyi M. "Finding of Luckia striki (Amphipoda: Eusiridae) at the Rainbow Hydrothermal Field (MAR)" (PDF). InterRidge News. 8 (1): 12. Retrieved 18 August 2017.
- ^ "Luckia Bellan-Santini & Thurston, 1996". Ocean Biogeographic Information System. UNESCO. Retrieved 18 August 2017.
- ^ a b "Luckia striki". Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved 18 August 2017.
- ^ Bellan-Santini, Denise (2006). "Rhachotropis species (Crustacea: Amphipoda: Eusiridae) of hydrothermal vents and surroundings on the Mid‐Atlantic Ridge, Azores Triple Junction zone". Journal of Natural History. 40 (23–24): 1407–1424. doi:10.1080/00222930600956809. S2CID 84056306.
- ^ "A New Caridean Shrimp Of The Family Alvinocarididae From Thermal Vents At Menez Gwen On The Mid atlantic Ridge". Biological Society of Washington.: 159. Retrieved 18 August 2017 – via Biodiversity Library.
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