Overview
Comprehensive Description
Biology
A very common benthic bivalve mollusk of arctic seas
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Periostracum olive-yellowish or brown to dark brown, shiny; Inside - white, with some iridescence
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Distribution
Distribution
Labrador to Florida; Greenland; Europe; Alaska to Baja California
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North-West Atlantic Ocean species (NWARMS)
http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=sourcedetails&id=2901
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Distribution
Cobscook Bay, Digdeguash Estuary, European waters (ERMS scope), Greek Exclusive Economic Zone, Gulf of Maine, Gulf of Mexico, L'Etang, Manicouagan, North West Atlantic, Saguenay Fjord, Saint Croix, Saint Lawrence River, St. Lawrence Estuary, Tongue Shoal, United Kingdom Exclusive Economic Zone
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North-West Atlantic Ocean species (NWARMS)
http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=sourcedetails&id=2901
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Trott, T.J. 2004. Cobscook Bay inventory: a historical checklist of marine invertebrates spanning 162 years. Northeastern Naturalist (Special Issue 2): 261 - 324.
http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=sourcedetails&id=3072
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Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas.
http://www.marinespecies.org/porifera/porifera.php?p=sourcedetails&id=145245
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Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 180-213
http://www.marinespecies.org/mollusca/aphia.php?p=sourcedetails&id=1364
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MEDIN (2011). UK checklist of marine species derived from the applications Marine Recorder and UNICORN, version 1.0.
http://www.marinespecies.org/asteroidea/aphia.php?p=sourcedetails&id=149081
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Koukouras, Athanasios. (2010). Check-list of marine species from Greece. Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. Assembled in the framework of the EU FP7 PESI project.
http://www.marinespecies.org/asteroidea/aphia.php?p=sourcedetails&id=142068
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Mark, S., Provencher, L., Albert, E. et Nozères, C. 2010. Cadre de suivi écologique de la zone de protection marine Manicouagan (Québec) : bilan des connaissances et identification des composantes écologiques à suivre. Rapp. tech. can. sci. halieut. aquat. 2914 : xi + 121 p
http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=sourcedetails&id=150858
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Bossé, L., B. Sainte-Marie et J. Fournier (1996). Les invertébrés des fonds meubles et la biogéographie du fjord du Saguenay. Rapp. tech. can. sci. halieut. aquat. 2 132: vii + 45 p.
http://www.marinespecies.org/asteroidea/aphia.php?p=sourcedetails&id=153966
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Préfontaine, G. & P. Brunel. 1962. Liste d'invertébrés marins recueillis dans l'estuaire du Saint-Laurent de 1929 à 1934. Naturaliste Canadien, Quebec 89(8-9):237-263, fig. 1.
http://www.marinespecies.org/ascidiacea/aphia.php?p=sourcedetails&id=109070
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Physical Description
Type Information
Syntype for Nucula quirica Dall, 1916
Collection: Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History, Department of Invertebrate Zoology
Preparation: Dry
Collector(s): W. Dall
Locality: Cook Inlet, Alaska, United States, Chugachik Bay, North Pacific Ocean
Depth (m): 110 to 110
Collection: Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History, Department of Invertebrate Zoology
Preparation: Dry
Collector(s): W. Dall
Locality: Cook Inlet, Alaska, United States, Chugachik Bay, North Pacific Ocean
Depth (m): 110 to 110
- Syntype: Checklist Of The Southwest Museum. p. 9.
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Paratype for Nucula leptodonta Bernard, 1983
Collection: Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History, Department of Invertebrate Zoology
Preparation: Dry
Collector(s): F. Bernard
Year Collected: 1963
Locality: Off Portland, Oregon, United States, North Pacific Ocean
Depth (m): 800 to 800
Collection: Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History, Department of Invertebrate Zoology
Preparation: Dry
Collector(s): F. Bernard
Year Collected: 1963
Locality: Off Portland, Oregon, United States, North Pacific Ocean
Depth (m): 800 to 800
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Ecology
Habitat
Habitat
bathyal, infralittoral and circalittoral of the Gulf and estuary
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North-West Atlantic Ocean species (NWARMS)
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Depth range based on 125 specimens in 1 taxon.
Water temperature and chemistry ranges based on 34 samples.
Environmental ranges
Depth range (m): 7 - 325
Temperature range (°C): -0.262 - 3.587
Nitrate (umol/L): 1.146 - 2.191
Salinity (PPS): 27.165 - 29.197
Oxygen (ml/l): 7.160 - 7.573
Phosphate (umol/l): 0.057 - 0.113
Silicate (umol/l): 6.395 - 11.872
Graphical representation
Depth range (m): 7 - 325
Temperature range (°C): -0.262 - 3.587
Nitrate (umol/L): 1.146 - 2.191
Salinity (PPS): 27.165 - 29.197
Oxygen (ml/l): 7.160 - 7.573
Phosphate (umol/l): 0.057 - 0.113
Silicate (umol/l): 6.395 - 11.872
Note: this information has not been validated. Check this *note*. Your feedback is most welcome.
Water temperature and chemistry ranges based on 34 samples.
Environmental ranges
Depth range (m): 7 - 325
Temperature range (°C): -0.262 - 3.587
Nitrate (umol/L): 1.146 - 2.191
Salinity (PPS): 27.165 - 29.197
Oxygen (ml/l): 7.160 - 7.573
Phosphate (umol/l): 0.057 - 0.113
Silicate (umol/l): 6.395 - 11.872
Graphical representation
Depth range (m): 7 - 325
Temperature range (°C): -0.262 - 3.587
Nitrate (umol/L): 1.146 - 2.191
Salinity (PPS): 27.165 - 29.197
Oxygen (ml/l): 7.160 - 7.573
Phosphate (umol/l): 0.057 - 0.113
Silicate (umol/l): 6.395 - 11.872
Note: this information has not been validated. Check this *note*. Your feedback is most welcome.
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Depth range based on 975 specimens in 1 taxon.
Water temperature and chemistry ranges based on 435 samples.
Environmental ranges
Depth range (m): 0 - 3844
Temperature range (°C): -1.617 - 17.205
Nitrate (umol/L): 1.034 - 43.389
Salinity (PPS): 27.839 - 35.274
Oxygen (ml/l): 0.367 - 8.441
Phosphate (umol/l): 0.314 - 3.284
Silicate (umol/l): 1.861 - 108.790
Graphical representation
Depth range (m): 0 - 3844
Temperature range (°C): -1.617 - 17.205
Nitrate (umol/L): 1.034 - 43.389
Salinity (PPS): 27.839 - 35.274
Oxygen (ml/l): 0.367 - 8.441
Phosphate (umol/l): 0.314 - 3.284
Silicate (umol/l): 1.861 - 108.790
Note: this information has not been validated. Check this *note*. Your feedback is most welcome.
Water temperature and chemistry ranges based on 435 samples.
Environmental ranges
Depth range (m): 0 - 3844
Temperature range (°C): -1.617 - 17.205
Nitrate (umol/L): 1.034 - 43.389
Salinity (PPS): 27.839 - 35.274
Oxygen (ml/l): 0.367 - 8.441
Phosphate (umol/l): 0.314 - 3.284
Silicate (umol/l): 1.861 - 108.790
Graphical representation
Depth range (m): 0 - 3844
Temperature range (°C): -1.617 - 17.205
Nitrate (umol/L): 1.034 - 43.389
Salinity (PPS): 27.839 - 35.274
Oxygen (ml/l): 0.367 - 8.441
Phosphate (umol/l): 0.314 - 3.284
Silicate (umol/l): 1.861 - 108.790
Note: this information has not been validated. Check this *note*. Your feedback is most welcome.
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Infaunal. On different types of sediments from silty sand to silt, often with gravel or stones. Rare on sand; Sublitoral-bathyal; Widespread boreal-arctic
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Trophic Strategy
Life History and Behavior
Life Cycle
Mucous egg capsules on the surface of sediments; Sex ratio 1:1
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Molecular Biology and Genetics
Molecular Biology
Barcode data: Ennucula tenuis
The following is a representative barcode sequence, the centroid of all available sequences for this species.
There are 8 barcode sequences available from BOLD and GenBank. Below is a sequence of the barcode region Cytochrome oxidase subunit 1 (COI or COX1) from a member of the species. See the BOLD taxonomy browser for more complete information about this specimen and other sequences.
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There are 8 barcode sequences available from BOLD and GenBank. Below is a sequence of the barcode region Cytochrome oxidase subunit 1 (COI or COX1) from a member of the species. See the BOLD taxonomy browser for more complete information about this specimen and other sequences.
GBMLB2897-08|AM706493|Ennucula tenuis| ---------------------------------ATTGGTACTATATACCTTTTATTTGGTGTTTGATCCGGACTTGTCGGAACTTCACTA---AGATTACTAATCCGAGCAGAATTGGGCCAACCCGGGAGACTACTGGGGGAC---GATCAACTATATAACGTAATCGTTACAGCACATGCCTTTATTATAATTTTTTTTATAGTAATGCCAATAATAATTGGCGGGTTTGGAAACTGGCTAATCCCTCTATTA---CTTGGAGCCCCAGACATAGCATTCCCACGGCTTAACAATATAAGCTTCTGGTTACTACCACCATCCCTAATCTTATTACTCTCATCTGCAGCGGTAGAAAGAGGAGTGGGGACAGGCTGAACAGTCTATCCGCCTCTCTCAAGAACTCTAGCCCATAGAGGGCCCTCTGTAGACCTG---GCAATTTTCTCCCTTCATTTAGCTGGTGCGTCTTCAATTTTAGCCTCCGTTAATTTTATTACTACTGTAATTAACATACGAGTAAAGGGGATGCTATGAGAACGAGTGCCATTATTCGTATGATCGGTAACAATCACAGCAGTACTCCTACTTCTATCTCTCCCAGTACTAGCCGGA---GCTATCACTATACTATTAACGGATCGAAACTTTAATACCTCCTTTTTCGACCCTGCTGGAGGGGGAGACCCAGTATTATTCCAGCATTTATTTTGATTT----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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Statistics of barcoding coverage: Ennucula tenuis
Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLDS) Stats
Public Records: 8
Species: 10
Species With Barcodes: 1
Public Records: 8
Species: 10
Species With Barcodes: 1
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