WoRMS taxon details
Acesta cryptadelphe Gagnon, Kenchington, Port, Anstey & Murillo, 2015
852768 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:852768)
accepted
Species
marine
Gagnon J.M., Kenchington E., Port A., Anstey L.J. & Murillo F.J. (2015). Morphological and genetic variation in North Atlantic giant file clams, <i>Acesta</i> spp. (Bivalvia: Limidae), with description of a new cryptic species in the northwest Atlantic. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 4007(2): 151-180., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4007.2.1 [details]
Type locality contained in Southern Grand Banks - South Newfoundland
type locality contained in Southern Grand Banks - South Newfoundland [details]
Etymology From the terms “crypto”, meaning hidden or concealed, and “adelphe”, meaning sister or sibling, referring to the...
Etymology From the terms “crypto”, meaning hidden or concealed, and “adelphe”, meaning sister or sibling, referring to the very similar shell morphology between this northwest Atlantic species and Acesta excavata in the northeast Atlantic. [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2024). MolluscaBase. Acesta cryptadelphe Gagnon, Kenchington, Port, Anstey & Murillo, 2015. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=852768 on 2024-05-02
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Gagnon J.M., Kenchington E., Port A., Anstey L.J. & Murillo F.J. (2015). Morphological and genetic variation in North Atlantic giant file clams, <i>Acesta</i> spp. (Bivalvia: Limidae), with description of a new cryptic species in the northwest Atlantic. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 4007(2): 151-180., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4007.2.1 [details]
context source (CaRMS) Gagnon J.M., Kenchington E., Port A., Anstey L.J. & Murillo F.J. (2015). Morphological and genetic variation in North Atlantic giant file clams, <i>Acesta</i> spp. (Bivalvia: Limidae), with description of a new cryptic species in the northwest Atlantic. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 4007(2): 151-180., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4007.2.1 [details]
context source (Deepsea) Gagnon J.M., Kenchington E., Port A., Anstey L.J. & Murillo F.J. (2015). Morphological and genetic variation in North Atlantic giant file clams, <i>Acesta</i> spp. (Bivalvia: Limidae), with description of a new cryptic species in the northwest Atlantic. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 4007(2): 151-180., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4007.2.1 [details]
context source (CaRMS) Gagnon J.M., Kenchington E., Port A., Anstey L.J. & Murillo F.J. (2015). Morphological and genetic variation in North Atlantic giant file clams, <i>Acesta</i> spp. (Bivalvia: Limidae), with description of a new cryptic species in the northwest Atlantic. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 4007(2): 151-180., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4007.2.1 [details]
context source (Deepsea) Gagnon J.M., Kenchington E., Port A., Anstey L.J. & Murillo F.J. (2015). Morphological and genetic variation in North Atlantic giant file clams, <i>Acesta</i> spp. (Bivalvia: Limidae), with description of a new cryptic species in the northwest Atlantic. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 4007(2): 151-180., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4007.2.1 [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Etymology From the terms “crypto”, meaning hidden or concealed, and “adelphe”, meaning sister or sibling, referring to the very similar shell morphology between this northwest Atlantic species and Acesta excavata in the northeast Atlantic. [details]
