@article {ISI:000323108100003,
	title = {{Morphology, microanatomy and sequence data of Sclerolinum contortum (Siboglindae, Annelida) of the Gulf of Mexico}},
	journal = {ORGANISMS DIVERSITY {\&} EVOLUTION},
	volume = {13},
	number = {3},
	year = {2013},
	month = {sep},
	pages = {311{\textendash}329},
	type = {Article},
	abstract = {Sclerolinum is a small genus of Siboglinidae (Annelida) living in an obligate mutualistic association with thiotrophic bacteria as adults. Its taxonomic position, based on morphology, has been controversial; however, molecular data point to a sister taxa relationship with vestimentiferans. 16S rRNA gene sequencing and comparative morphology revealed that the studied population from deep-sea hydrocarbon seeps of the Gulf of Mexico belongs to Sclerolinum contortum known from the Arctic Sea. Since no anatomical and microanatomical studies have been published yet, we conducted such a study on S. contortum using serial sectioning and light and transmission electron microscopy. We show that the Sclerolinum body, divided into a head, trunk, and opisthosoma, is very similar to that of the vestimentiferans, and therefore we propose that the body regions are homologous in both taxa.},
	keywords = {ROV Jason (Remotely Operated Vehicle)},
	issn = {1439-6092},
	doi = {10.1007/s13127-012-0121-3},
	author = {Eichinger, Irmgard and Hourdez, Stephane and Bright, Monika}
}
