Species/ESU
M. modiolus
Linné 1758
T. fisheri
Gustafson, Turner, Lutz &
Vrijenhoek 1998
Ba. brooksi
Gustafson, Turner, Lutz &
Vrijenhoek 1998
Ba. azoricus
Cosel et Comtet 1999
Ba. thermophilus
Kenk & Wilson 1985
Ba. puteoserpentis
Cosel, Metivier & Hashimoto
1994
Ba. septemdierum
Hashimoto & Okutani 1994
Ba. tangaroa
Cosel & Marshall 2003
Ba. boomerang
Cosel & Olu 1998
Ba. childressi
Gustafson, Turner, Lutz &
Vrijenhoek 1998
Ba. taiwanensis
Cosel 2008
Ba. aduloides
Hashimoto & Okutani 1994
Ba. manusensis
Hashimoto & Furuta 2007
Ba. japonicus
Hashimoto & Okutani, 1994
Ba. platifrons
Hashimoto & Okutani, 1994
Ba. securiformis
Okutani, Fujikura & Sasaki,
2004
G. horikoshii
Hashimoto & Yamane 2005
G. gladius
Cosel & Marshall 2003
V. insolatus
Cosel & Marshall 2010
Be. geikotsucola
Okutani & Miyazaki 2007
Be. lignocola
Dell 1987
I. japonicus
Habe 1976
Env
I
Depth range
10-300m
S
546-650m
S
2.2223.114m
V
866-2.330m
V
V
2.4602.747m
3.0233.510m
Known distribution
North Sea, Manche &
Atlantic
Garden Banks (Gulf of
Mexico)
Sulf
no
Met
no
Loc
n/a
Analyses
n/a
COI
FJ89050131
ND4
EF52645327
16S
HF545048
28S
EF52645527
Histone 3
HF545159
yes
no
extra
A35T(Fisher, comm. pers.)
HF545104
HF545181
HF545065
HF545030
HF545148
Alaminos canyon & West
Florida escarpment (Gulf
of Mexico)
Northern
Mid-Atlantic
Ridge
Eastern Pacific Rise
yes
yes
intra
T5F24M24A24
HF545110
HF545178
HF545056
HF545032
HF545133
yes
yes
intra
T7,12,14F7,22M7,16,22,29A14
AY64979523
AF12853423
HF545054
AY78114823
HF545131
yes
no
intra
T
33
23
HF545052
GU966640
33
HF545171
Northern
Ridge
Mid-Atlantic
yes
yes
intra
T4,15F7,22M7,16,22,29A11,15
HF545102
HF545176
HF545053
HF545033
HF545163
yes
no
intra
T10,13,20M10,13,20A9,20
HF545111
HF545187
HF545055
HF545031
HF545132
yes
no
?
M29
HF545121
HF545203
HF545080
HF545038
HF545167
yes
yes
intra
T19F19,24M19,24
FJ89050333
HF545213
HF545057
FJ89050533
HF545135
yes
yes
intra
T2,6F6,24M6,24A2,24
FJ89050233
HF545214
HF545083
FJ89050433
HF545126
GU96663833
HF545215
HF545075
GU96664133
HF545170
HF545118
HF545200
HF545060
HF545036
HF545128
1,18
V
3589m
V
920-1.205m
S
1.0003.170m
1.0001.700m
North Fiji Basin & IzuBonin Mariana Trench
New-Zealand & Papua
New-Guinea
West Africa & Gulf of
Mexico
West Africa & Gulf of
Mexico
V
200-355m
Okinawa arc
?
?
?
V, S
1.3781.451m
1.627m
Iheya Ridge
yes
no
extra
TM
Manus Basin
yes
no
?
M29
S
V
13
M
3,29
2,8
A
GU966639
AY649808
HF545107
HF545184
HF545059
HF545035
HF545158
13
HF545108
HF545185
HF545081
HF545039
HF545154
V, S
908-1.180m
Sagami Bay (Japan)
no
yes
intra
T M
V, S
Sagami Bay & Okinawa
Through
Kuroshima Knoll
no
yes
intra
T13M13
HF545106
HF545183
HF545082
HF545029
HF545162
S
1.0281.523m
641m
no
yes
?
M
HF545109
HF545186
HF545079
HF545037
HF545166
V
486m
Kaikata Seamount
yes
no
?
M
HF545113
HF545190
HF545086
HF545043
HF545150
V
300-460m
yes
no
?
M29
AY64980223
AY64981323
HF545085
AY78113423
HF545174
V
140-500m
Rumble III Seamount
(New-Zealand)
Macauley Island (New
Zealand)
Torishima
Seamount
(Japan)
Chatham Rise (NewZealand)
Japan & Philippines
yes
no
?
M29
FJ76793633
HF545189
HF545058
FJ76793733
HF545160
HF545103
HF545180
HF545049
HF545023
HF545149
B
4020m
W, B
830-1.670m
W
220-560m
M
32
yes
no
extra
?
?
?
AY27554523
AY64981723
HF545050
AY78113123
HF545156
?
?
?
FJ93719033
HF545210
HF545072
GU06584133
HF545151
W, B
960-2.420m
Eastern Pacific
yes
no
extra
T28
AY27554623
AY64981523
HF545073
AY78114623
n/a
I. macdonaldi
Gustafson, Turner, Lutz &
Vrijenhoek 1998
A. longissima
Thiele & Jaeckel 1931
A. pacifica
Dall, Bartsch & Rehder 1938
A. crypta
Dall, Bartsch & Rehder 1938
A. arcuatilis
Dell 1995
A. iwaotakii
Habe 1958
S
650m
Garden Banks (Gulf of
Mexico)
yes
no
?
M29
AY64980423
AY64981623
HF545092
AY78114523
n/a
W
450-900m
yes
no
extra
T27F27M27 (BC279)
HF545123
HF545175
HF545074
GU065749
HF545157
B
220-230m
Solomon
Islands
Philippines
Japan
yes
no
extra
T32F32M32A32
HF545115
HF545192
HF545066
HF545040
HF545161
W, B
430-440m
yes
no
intra
T32F31,32M31,32A32
HF545105
HF545182
HF545084
HF545041
HF545134
B
880m
?
?
?
FJ93703333
HF545207
HF545067
GU06587933
HF545127
W, B
440-1760m
yes
no
extra
HF545100
HF545218
HF545099
HF545021
G. nsp Ashizuri
Ba. nsp Sissano 1
Ba. nsp Sissano 2
G. nsp Aitape
Ba. nsp Kikaijima
Ba. antarcticus
Johnson, Won, Harvey &
Vrijenhoek 2013
Idas sp. Med
Idas sp. SAL1
Idas sp. SAL3
Idas sp. SAL4
S
S
S
S
S
V
575m
1646-1881m
1881m
470m
1430m
2331m
Japan, Philippines and
Vanuatu
Chatham Rise (NewZealand)
Japan,
Philippines,
Solomon
Islands,
Vanuatu
Ashizuri Cape (Japan)
Papua New Guinea
Papua New Guinea
Papua New Guinea
Kikaijima Island (Japan)
Eastern Pacific Rise
?
no
?
yes
?
yes
?
yes
?
no
?
no
?
?
?
?
?
?
HF545120
HF545125
HF545122
HF545119
HF545112
AF45631723
HF545202
HF545217
HF545204
HF545201
HF545188
AY64980923
HF545088
HF545076
HF545078
HF545087
HF545077
n/a
HF545042
HF545045
HF545047
HF545044
HF545046
AY78114023
HF545130
HF545168
HF545169
HF545129
HF545155
n/a
S
W
W
W
1153-2995m
450-900m
400-630m
130-520m
yes
?
?
no
intra
?
?
extra
F26M26A26
&
yes
?
?
yes
TM
EF21007226
FJ93727133
FJ93727333
HF545124
HF545216
DQ86395125
DQ86394925
HF545179
HF545093
HF545096
HF545068
HF545064
FJ15953434
HF545024
GU065752
HF545027
HF545152
HF545164
HF545165
HF545172
Idas sp. ESU C
W
290-800m
&
yes
no
extra
T31M31
EU70237533
HF545208
HF545090
EU68326133
HF545153
Idas sp. ESU D
W, B
760-1760m
Nile deep-sea fan
Solomon Islands
Solomon Islands
Solomon
Islands
Philippines
Solomon
Islands
Vanuatu
Philippines & Japan
yes
no
extra
HF545116
HF545193
HF545091
HF545028
HF545136
ESU E
W
150-800m
Philippines
yes
no
extra
T27F27M27 (BC288,
BC294)
T27F27M27(BC289,
BC1007)
FJ937185
I. washingtonia
Bernard 1978
ESU F
ESU G
ESU I
W
W
W
300-560m
150-670m
240-380m
ESU J
ESU L
W
W
360-370m
480-990m
ESU M
ESU O
W
W
590-630m
600-900m
ESU P
ESU R
ESU S
W
W, B
W, B
180-1390m
490m
190-400m
ESU T
A. sp Juan de Fuca
B
V
800-1060m
2200-2420m
&
Vanuatu
Philippines
Solomon
Islands,
Vanuatu & Fiji
Philippines
Philippines,
Solomon
Islands & Vanuatu
Vanuatu
Solomon
Islands
&
Vanuatu
Philippines
Japan
Philippines, Vanuatu &
Fiji
Vanuatu
Juan de Fuca ridge
T36 M36
M
M
M29
n/a
HF545198
HF545069
GU065797
HF545137
33
FJ937160
FJ93716633
FJ93718533
HF545205
HF545206
HF545209
HF545070
HF545062
n/a
GU065811
GU065779
GU06577533
HF545138
HF545139
n/a
FJ93718933
FJ93719833
HF545195
HF545196
HF545071
HF545094
GU06584233
GU06576933
HF545140
HF545141
FJ93720233
FJ93721133
HF545212
HF545199
HF545098
HF545095
GU06584533
GU06576333
HF545142
HF545143
?
yes
?
?
no
?
?
?
?
yes
?
no
?
?
?
?
?
?
?
?
?
?
yes
yes
?
no
no
?
extra
?
TM
M
FJ93722835
HF545114
HF545117
HF545211
HF545191
HF545194
HF545097
HF545063
HF545061
GU06584633
HF545025
HF545026
HF545144
HF545145
HF545146
?
yes
?
no
?
extra
T21M21A21
FJ93728233
HF545101
HF545197
HF545177
HF545089
HF545051
GU06580533
HF545022
HF545147
HF545173
F27 (BC272)
M30 (MOTU 16)
(Western Pacific)
T28A28 (Adipicola MV)
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