Published September 24, 2026 | Version v1

Fig. 14 in Molluscs associated with a cold seep on the Mtwara Mud Volcano off Tanzania (Mollusca: Gastropoda and Bivalvia)

  • 1. Marine Research Department, Senckenberg am Meer, Südstrand 40, Wilhelmshaven, Germany.
  • 2. Marine Research Department, Senckenberg am Meer, Südstrand 40, Wilhelmshaven, Germany. & André.
  • 3. NBC Naturalis, Darwinweg 2, Leiden, the Netherlands.
  • 4. Marine Research Department, Senckenberg am Meer, Südstrand 40, Wilhelmshaven, Germany. & Kai.
  • 5. Deep Sea Fishing Authority (DSFA), Fumba, Zanzibar, Tanzania.
  • 6. Integrated Environmental Solutions (INES) UG, Südstrand 44, Wilhelmshaven, Germany. & Terue.

Description

Fig. 14. Bathyacmaea nipponica Okutani, Tsuchida & Fujikura, 1992 on Gigantidas tanzaniensis Hoffman, Westbeek & Kihara sp. nov., Tanzania, Mtwara Mud Volcano, SO306. A–D. GeoB26152-1 (SMF 376573). A–B. L = 5.0 mm, W = 3.4 mm, H = 1.8 mm. A. Apical view. B. Side view. C–D. Same locality, L= 4.5 mm, W = 3.0 mm. C. Apical view. D. Apertural view with animal inside. E. ROV image, GeoB26136-1 ROV, 885 m depth, live Bathyacmaea nipponica (red arrows) and Provanna castanea Hoffman & Kihara sp. nov. (green arrow) on Gigantidas tanzaniensis.

Notes

Published as part of Hoffman, Leon, Freiwald, André, Westbeek, Jara, Pfennings, Kai, Shunula, Peter, Yahya, Saleh & Kihara, Terue C., 2026, Molluscs associated with a cold seep on the Mtwara Mud Volcano off Tanzania (Mollusca: Gastropoda and Bivalvia), pp. 1-85 in European Journal of Taxonomy 1099 on page 28, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2026.1099.3330, http://zenodo.org/record/23102591

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