%0 Journal Article
%J Neuroforum
%D 2020
%T Exploring brain diversity in crustaceans: sensory systems of deep vent shrimpsAbstract
%A Machon, Julia
%A Krieger, Jakob
%A Magali Zbinden
%A Juliette Ravaux
%A Harzsch, Steffen
%B Neuroforum
%8 Nov-04-2021
%G eng
%U https://www.degruyter.com/view/journals/nf/ahead-of-print/article-10.1515-nf-2020-0009/article-10.1515-nf-2020-0009.xml
%R 10.1515/nf-2020-0009
%0 Journal Article
%J Marine Ecology Progress Series
%D 2020
%T Rimicaris exoculata: biology and ecology of a shrimp from deep-sea hydrothermal vents associated with ectosymbiotic bacteria
%A Magali Zbinden
%A Cambon-Bonavita, MA
%X Rimicaris exoculata, the ‘blind shrimp,’ is the most abundant species living on active hydrothermal edifices at deep-sea vents of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge. Its unusually enlarged branchial chamber houses a dense ectosymbiotic community of chemoautotrophic bacteria. Long debated, shrimp nutrition has been proven to be a kind of osmotrophy, whereby small organic molecules produced by the symbionts pass through the integument of the shrimp directly into the circulatory system, rather than through the digestive system. The broad phylogenetic and metabolic diversity of this epibiotic community suggests a highly flexible and adjustable microbial consortium, adapted to the chemically contrasting environments inhabited by the shrimp. To cope with the highly fluctuating oxygen and temperature conditions of its habitat, R. exoculata possesses hemocyanin with a strong oxygen affinity, and has developed both molecular and behavioral responses to heat stresses. If R. exoculata is able to detect very dim light or chemical compounds emitted by vents, the relatively small visual and olfactory areas in the brain, along with the disproportionately enlarged higher centers, argue for a significant involvement of navigational skills using learning and place memory to orient itself within its aphotic environment. This shrimp undergoes unconventional larval development, with a primary lecithotrophic stage followed by an extended planktotrophic period, allowing a huge potential for dispersion. In light of mining licenses posing a threat for deep-sea environments, this species is a model still to be studied to better understand life in extreme deep-sea ecosystems at the global scale of an ocean.
%B Marine Ecology Progress Series
%V 652
%P 187 - 222
%8 Mar-10-2021
%G eng
%U https://www.int-res.com/abstracts/meps/v652/p187-222/
%! Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser.
%R 10.3354/meps13467
%0 Journal Article
%J eLife
%D 2019
%T Neuroanatomy of a hydrothermal vent shrimp provides insights into the evolution of crustacean integrative brain centers
%A Machon, Julia
%A Krieger, Jakob
%A Meth, Rebecca
%A Magali Zbinden
%A Juliette Ravaux
%A Montagné, Nicolas
%A Chertemps, Thomas
%A Harzsch, Steffen
%X Alvinocaridid shrimps are emblematic representatives of the deep hydrothermal vent
fauna at the Mid-Atlantic Ridge. They are adapted to a mostly aphotic habitat with extreme
physicochemical conditions in the vicinity of the hydrothermal fluid emissions. Here, we
investigated the brain architecture of the vent shrimp Rimicaris exoculata to understand possible
adaptations of its nervous system to the hydrothermal sensory landscape. Its brain is modified from
the crustacean brain ground pattern by featuring relatively small visual and olfactory neuropils that
contrast with well-developed higher integrative centers, the hemiellipsoid bodies. We propose that
these structures in vent shrimps may fulfill functions in addition to higher order sensory processing
and suggest a role in place memory. Our study promotes vent shrimps as fascinating models to
gain insights into sensory adaptations to peculiar environmental conditions, and the evolutionary
transformation of specific brain areas in Crustacea.
%B eLife
%V 8
%8 Jun-08-2019
%G eng
%U https://elifesciences.org/articles/47550
%R 10.7554/eLife.47550.001
%0 Journal Article
%J Frontiers in Marine Science
%D 2018
%T Blow Your Nose, Shrimp! Unexpectedly Dense Bacterial Communities Occur on the Antennae and Antennules of Hydrothermal Vent Shrimp
%A Magali Zbinden
%A Gallet, Alison
%A Szafranski, Kamil M.
%A Machon, Julia
%A Juliette Ravaux
%A Léger, Nelly
%A Duperron, Sébastien
%X In crustaceans, as in other animals, perception of environmental cues is of key importance for a wide range of interactions with the environment and congeners. Chemoreception involves mainly the antennae and antennules, which carry sensilla that detect water-borne chemicals. The functional importance of these as exchange surfaces in the shrimp’s sensory perception requires them to remain free of any microorganism and deposit that could impair the fixation of odorant molecules on sensory neurons. We report here the occurrence of an unexpected dense bacterial colonization on surface of the antennae and antennules of four hydrothermal vent shrimp species. Microscopic observation, qPCR and 16S rRNA barcoding reveal the abundance, diversity and taxonomic composition of these bacterial communities, that are compared with those found on a related coastal shrimp. Bacterial abundances vary among species. Bacteria are almost absent in coastal shrimp, meanwhile they fully cover the antennal flagella in some hydrothermal vent species. Epsilon- and Gammaproteobacteria dominate the hydrothermal shrimp-associated communities, whereas Alphaproteobacteria and Bacteroidetes are dominant in the coastal ones. Bacteria associated with vent shrimp species are most similar to known chemoautotrophic sulfur-oxidizers. Potential roles of these bacteria on the hydrothermal shrimp antennae and antennules and on sensory functions are discussed.
%B Frontiers in Marine Science
%V 5
%8 Aug-10-2018
%G eng
%U https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fmars.2018.00357/full
%! Front. Mar. Sci.
%R 10.3389/fmars.2018.00357
%0 Journal Article
%J Chemical Senses
%D 2018
%T Comparison of Chemoreceptive Abilities of the Hydrothermal Shrimp Mirocaris fortunata and the Coastal Shrimp Palaemon elegans
%A Machon, Julia
%A Lucas, Philippe
%A Juliette Ravaux
%A Magali Zbinden
%X Chemoreception might play an important role for endemic shrimp that inhabit deep and dark hydrothermal vents to find food sources and to locate active edifices that release specific chemicals. We compared the chemosensory abilities of the hydrothermal shrimp Mirocaris fortunata and the coastal related species, Palaemon elegans. The detection of diverse ecologically relevant chemical stimuli by the antennal appendages was measured with electroantennography. The 2 species can detect food-related odor and sulfide, a short-distance stimulus, via both their antennae and antennules. Neither iron nor manganese, considered as long-distance stimuli, was detected by the antennal appendages. Investigation of the ultrastructure of aesthetasc sensilla revealed no specific features of the hydrothermal species regarding innervation by olfactory sensory neurons. Pore-like structures occurring in the aesthetasc cuticle and dense bacterial covering seem to be unique to hydrothermal species, but their potential link to chemoreception remains elusive.
%B Chemical Senses
%V 43
%P 489-501
%8 06
%G eng
%U https://doi.org/10.1093/chemse/bjy041
%R 10.1093/chemse/bjy041
%0 Journal Article
%J PLOS ONE
%D 2018
%T Gill chamber and gut microbial communities of the hydrothermal shrimp Rimicaris chacei Williams and Rona 1986: A possible symbiosis
%A Apremont, Vincent
%A Cambon-Bonavita, Marie-Anne
%A Cueff-Gauchard, Valérie
%A François, David
%A Pradillon, Florence
%A Laure Corbari
%A Magali Zbinden
%E Kuo, Chih-Horng
%X
The detection of chemical signals is involved in a variety of crustacean behaviors, such as social
interactions, search and evaluation of food and navigation in the environment. At hydrothermal
vents, endemic shrimp may use the chemical signature of vent fluids to locate active edifices,
however little is known on their sensory perception in these remote deep-sea habitats. Here,
we present the first comparative description of the sensilla on the antennules and antennae
of 4 hydrothermal vent shrimp (Rimicaris exoculata, Mirocaris fortunata, Chorocaris chacei,
and Alvinocaris markensis) and of a closely related coastal shrimp (Palaemon elegans). These
observations revealed no specific adaptation regarding the size or number of aesthetascs
(specialized unimodal olfactory sensilla) between hydrothermal and coastal species. We also
identified partial sequences of the ionotropic receptor IR25a, a co-receptor putatively involved in
olfaction, in 3 coastal and 4 hydrothermal shrimp species, and showed that it is mainly expressed
in the lateral flagella of the antennules that bear the unimodal chemosensilla aesthetascs.
Rimicaris exoculata is a deep-sea hydrothermal vent shrimp whose enlarged gill chamber houses a complex trophic epibiotic community. Its gut harbours an autochthonous and distinct microbial community. This species dominates hydrothermal ecosystem megafauna along the Mid-Atlantic Ridge, regardless of contrasting geochemical conditions prevailing in them. Here, the resident gut epibiont community at four contrasted hydrothermal vent sites (Rainbow, TAG, Logatchev and Ashadze) was analysed and compiled with previous data to evaluate the possible influence of site location, using 16S rRNA surveys and microscopic observations (transmission electron microscopy, scanning electron microscopy and fluorescence in situ hybridization analyses). Filamentous epibionts inserted between the epithelial cell microvilli were observed on all examined samples. Results confirmed resident gut community affiliation to Deferribacteres, Mollicutes, Epsilonproteobacteria and to a lesser extent Gammaproteobacteria lineages. Still a single Deferribacteres phylotype was retrieved at all sites. Four Mollicutes-related operational taxonomic units were distinguished, one being only identified on Rainbow specimens. The topology of ribotype median-joining networks illustrated a community diversification possibly following demographic expansions, suggesting a more ancient evolutionary history and/or a larger effective population size at Rainbow. Finally, the gill chamber community distribution was also analysed through ribotype networks based on sequences from R. exoculata collected at the Rainbow, Snake Pit, TAG, Logatchev and Ashadze sites. Results allow the refining of hypotheses on the epibiont role and transmission pathways.
%B FEMS Microbiol Ecol %V 91 %8 2015 Oct %G eng %N 10 %R 10.1093/femsec/fiv101 %0 Journal Article %J Marine Biology %D 2015 %T Epsilonproteobacteria as gill epibionts of the hydrothermal vent gastropod Cyathermia naticoides (North East-Pacific Rise) %A Magali Zbinden %A Marqué, Lise %A Sylvie M Gaudron %A Juliette Ravaux %A Nelly Léger %A Sébastien Duperron %XMollusks, and particularly gastropods, are one of the major taxonomic groups at vents. In these ecosystems, devoid of light, chemoautotrophic bacteria are at the base of the food web and symbiotic association between metazoa and these bacteria is numerous. Nevertheless, apart few “large-size” well-known species, the “small-size” gastropods (shell <5 mm), although very abundant, remain poorly studied regarding symbioses. We investigated here Cyathermia naticoides (Warén and Bouchet in Zool Scr 18(1), 1989), a small coiled gastropod found in abundance on the East Pacific Rise among Riftia pachyptila tubes, and usually inferred to graze on tubeworm bacterial cover, and/or filter feeding. Among mollusks, symbioses are well known in large species and almost exclusively rely on sulfide or methane-oxidizing proteobacterial endosymbionts, occurring within the host tissues in gill epithelial bacteriocytes. Combining several approaches (molecular biology, microscopy, stable isotopes analyses), we described here an unusual symbiosis, where autotrophic filamentous Epsilonproteobacteria are located extracellularly, at the base of host gill filaments. Numerous endocytotic lysosome-like structures were observed in the gill epithelium of the animal suggesting bacteria may contribute to its nutrition through intracellular digestion by gill cells. Additional food source by non-symbiotic proteobacteria grazed on R. pachyptila tubes could complete the diet. The possible role of temperature in the selection of Epsilon- vs Gammaproteobacterial partners is discussed.
%B Marine Biology %V 162 %P 435-448 %8 11 Déc 2014 %G eng %U http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00227-014-2591-7# %N 2 %0 Journal Article %J Marine Ecology %D 2015 %T How are microbial and detrital sources partitioned among and within gastropods species at East Pacific Rise hydrothermal vents? %A Sylvie M Gaudron %A Marqué, Lise %A Eric Thiébaut %A Riera, Pascal %A Duperron, Sébastien %A Magali Zbinden %K Chemosynthetic %K gastropods %K mixing model %K Stable isotopes %K trophic niche %K vents %X Abstract For the last few decades, trophic ecology has usually been investigated by using stable isotopes. However, the isotopic signatures of potential food sources in hydrothermal vent ecosystems are often unknown and so their relative contribution to the consumers’ diet, as well as resource partitioning, are then difficult to estimate. Here, we used a recent Bayesian mixing model (stable isotope analysis in R, SIAR) based on δ13C and δ15N to estimate the contribution of multiple food sources to the diet of eight vent gastropods that can reach high densities at hydrothermal vents (Lepetodrilus elevatus, Lepetodrilus pustulosus, Lepetodrilus ovalis, Eulepetopsis vitrea, Cyathermia naticoides, Peltospira delicata, Peltospira operculata and Rhynchopelta concentrica). These species, known as primary consumers (mostly bacterivores and detritivores), were sampled on the South-East Pacific Rise at 17°25′ S and the North-East Pacific Rise at 9°50′ N and 12°50′ N. Several potential food sources were sampled according to the gastropod habitat on the chimney wall, or mussel beds (proxies of Gammaproteobacteria form I RubisCO, Gammaproteobacteria form II RubisCO and Epsilonproteobacteria, biofilms of siboglinid and alvinellid tubes, biofilms of mussel shells and particulate organic matter). Some of these microbial and detrital sources were confirmed as present in the gut content of some small specimens by transmission electron microscopy. Distinct stable isotopic signatures of the potential food sources allowed calculation of their relative contributions to primary consumers’ diets. This revealed that gastropod species living on siboglinid or bathymodiolin habitats are usually generalists, feeding on various pools of microbial or detrital origins. For a particular habitat, sympatric gastropod species partition the food sources, thus avoiding being in competition. Only for the alvinellid habitat Peltospira spp. appeared to be more specialists as the choice of food sources is more reduced. %B Marine Ecology %V 36 %P 18-34 %G eng %U https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/maec.12260 %R 10.1111/maec.12260 %0 Journal Article %J Genetica %D 2015 %T An improved taxonomic sampling is a necessary but not sufficient condition for resolving inter-families relationships in Caridean decapods. %A Aznar-Cormano, L %A Brisset, J %A Chan, T-Y %A Laure Corbari %A Puillandre, N %A Utge, J %A Magali Zbinden %A Zuccon, D %A Samadi, S %XDuring the past decade, a large number of multi-gene analyses aimed at resolving the phylogenetic relationships within Decapoda. However relationships among families, and even among sub-families, remain poorly defined. Most analyses used an incomplete and opportunistic sampling of species, but also an incomplete and opportunistic gene selection among those available for Decapoda. Here we test in the Caridea if improving the taxonomic coverage following the hierarchical scheme of the classification, as it is currently accepted, provides a better phylogenetic resolution for the inter-families relationships. The rich collections of the Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle de Paris are used for sampling as far as possible at least two species of two different genera for each family or subfamily. All potential markers are tested over this sampling. For some coding genes the amplification success varies greatly among taxa and the phylogenetic signal is highly saturated. This result probably explains the taxon-heterogeneity among previously published studies. The analysis is thus restricted to the genes homogeneously amplified over the whole sampling. Thanks to the taxonomic sampling scheme the monophyly of most families is confirmed. However the genes commonly used in Decapoda appear non-adapted for clarifying inter-families relationships, which remain poorly resolved. Genome-wide analyses, like transcriptome-based exon capture facilitated by the new generation sequencing methods might provide a sounder approach to resolve deep and rapid radiations like the Caridea.
%B Genetica %V 143 %P 195-205 %8 2015 Apr %G eng %N 2 %R 10.1007/s10709-014-9807-0 %0 Journal Article %J Deep Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography %D 2015 %T Long-term maintenance and public exhibition of deep-sea hydrothermal fauna: The AbyssBox project %A Bruce Shillito %A Juliette Ravaux %A Sarrazin, Jozee %A Magali Zbinden %A Sarradin, Pierre-Marie %A Barthelemy Dominique %K AbyssBox %K Aquaria %K Aquariology %K Deep waters %K Hydrostatic Pressure %K Hydrothermal Vents %K Public exhibition %K Scientific experiments %X The AbyssBox project aims to provide the first permanent public exhibition of live deep-sea hydrothermal fauna maintained at in situ pressure. AbyssBox is a pressurized aquarium designed to function permanently. Here we present details of the project after the public exhibition functioned for more than three years at Océanopolis aquarium in Brest, France. We also describe the AbyssBox pressure aquarium, and provide data and observations on vent shrimp (Mirocaris fortunata) and crabs (Segonzacia mesatlantica) that were sampled from 1700m depth at the Lucky Strike vent field (Mid-Atlantic Ridge) during different cruises. While mortalities exceeded 50% during the first days following sampling, the remaining animals appeared to acclimate fairly well. Some crabs have now been kept for more than 2 years, and some shrimp have spent more than 3 years in captivity. Primarily designed for a public exhibition, the AbyssBox is already used for scientific purposes, since it provides one of the most effective tools for long-term rearing of deep-sea fauna. AbyssBox is a first step towards maintaining a variety of deep-sea fauna year-round at in situ pressure, which will serve both scientific and public interests. %B Deep Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography %V 121 %P 137 - 145 %G eng %U http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0967064515001460 %R https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dsr2.2015.05.002