Molpadia musculus

Molpadia musculus
Preserved specimen
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Echinodermata
Class: Holothuroidea
Order: Molpadida
Family: Molpadiidae
Genus: Molpadia
Species:
M. musculus
Binomial name
Molpadia musculus
Risso, 1826[1]
Synonyms[1]
  • Ankyroderma danielsseni Théel, 1886
  • Ankyroderma hispanicum Petit, 1883
  • Ankyroderma loricatum Perrier R., 1898
  • Ankyroderma musculus (Risso, 1826)
  • Ankyroderma perrieri Petit, 1883
  • Eumolpadia asaphes Heding, 1935
  • Haplodactyla mediterranea Grube, 1840
  • Molpadia danielsseni Théel, 1886
  • Molpadia loricata (R. Perrier, 1898)
  • Trochostoma violaceum Théel, 1886

Molpadia musculus is a species of sea cucumber in the family Molpadiidae. It is found in deep waters in the Atlantic Ocean, burrowing in the mud.

Distribution and habitat

Molpadia musculus is found in the northern Atlantic Ocean at depths of about 2,000 to 5,000 m (6,600 to 16,400 ft). It lives buried in the mud on the seabed with its anterior (mouth end) directed downwards and its posterior (rear end) on the surface of the sediment. This sea cucumber can be very common on the deep seabed, with up to 220 per square metre having been recorded.[2]

Ecology

Molpadia musculus is a detritivore, ingesting the mud through which it burrows, extracting the nutritious fragments as the mud passes through the gut and voiding the rest onto the surface of the sediment.[2] The mud has a high content of bacteria, archaea and other prokaryote organisms, especially the top centimetre. There is also a large diversity of micro-organisms present in the sea cucumber's gut; however, research has shown that the fauna of the gut are different from the fauna present in the sediment. To provide an explanation for this, the researchers hypothesized that the fauna in the gut were living there as commensals, to the mutual benefit of themselves and the sea cucumber.[3] It seems that the sea cucumber does not need to build up a gut community of bacteria where the sediment is rich in organic matter, as in the Nazaré Canyon, but such a community is necessary where the sediment quality is poor as in the Cascais Canyon.[4]

Like other sea cucumbers, Molpadia musculus is gonochoric, with separate sexes. Fertilisation is external, the larvae are planktonic and settle on the seabed when sufficiently developed, undergoing metamorphosis into juveniles.[5]

References

  1. ^ a b Paulay, Gustav (2018). "Molpadia musculus Risso, 1826". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 25 April 2018.
  2. ^ a b Mah, Christopher (27 February 2012). "Bacteria in the Belly of the Beast! Prokaryote Diversity in Abyssal Sea Cucumbers!". The Echinoblog. Retrieved 25 April 2018.
  3. ^ Amaro, Teresa; Luna, Gian Marco; Danovaro, Roberto; Billett, David S.M.; Cunha, Marina R. (2012). "High prokaryotic biodiversity associated with gut contents of the holothurian Molpadia musculus from the Nazaré Canyon (NE Atlantic)". Deep Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers. 63: 82–90. doi:10.1016/j.dsr.2012.01.007.
  4. ^ Amaro, Teresa; Witte, Harry; Herndl, Gerhard J.; Cunha, Marina R.; Billett, David S.M. (2009). "Deep-sea bacterial communities in sediments and guts of deposit-feeding holothurians in Portuguese canyons (NE Atlantic)". Deep Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers. 56 (10): 1834–1843. doi:10.1016/j.dsr.2009.05.014.
  5. ^ "Molpadia musculus Risso, 1826". Sealifebase. Retrieved 25 April 2018.

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