A New Deep-Sea Hydrothermal Vent Species of Ostracoda (Crustacea) from the Western Pacific: Implications for Adaptation, Endemism, and Dispersal of Ostracodes in Chemosynthetic Systems.Deep-sea hydrothermal vent fields are among the most extreme habitats on Earth.  This is the first discovery of an ostracode from deep-sea hydrothermal vent environments in the western Pacific region.  3) dispersal strategy of the hydrothermal vent ostracodes.  3) this new species may have migrated from adjacent deep-sea chemosynthesis-based habitats, such as hydrothermal vents, with wood falls potentially having acted as stepping stones.
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