Here we present the results from a shotgun sequencing effort on foot tissues from a deep-sea hydrothermal vent endemic limpet. We present the complete mitochondrial genome of the hydrothermal vent endemic gastropod Peltospira smaragdina (Gastropoda, Peltospiridae) for the first time. This species is characteristic of circa-Azores hydrothermal vent ecoregion and provides a candidate environmental DNA (eDNA) indicator of active hydrothermal vent sites. The results also suggest that the epilithic biofilm on the newly discovered Moytirra hydrothermal vents is dominated by Sulfurimonas –like microbes and corresponds with similar studies on hydrothermal hosted microbial communities. The association between Peltospira and Sulfurimonas is presented as potentially a holobiontic relationship, with both the snail and the microbial biofilm. We highlight the efficacy of using non-traditional sampling to develop a broader ecosystem understanding.

在这里，我们介绍了a弹枪对深海热液喷发地方的足部组织进行测序的结果。我们首次提出了热液喷发特有腹足动物Peltospira smaragdina（Gastropoda，Peltospiridae）的完整线粒体基因组。该物种是大约亚速尔群岛热液喷口生态区的特征，并提供了活跃的热液喷口站点的候选环境DNA（eDNA）指示剂。研究结果还表明，新发现的Moytirra热液喷口的上层生物膜主要由硫酸单胞菌（如微生物）所控制，并且与对热液宿主微生物群落的类似研究相对应。peltospira和Sulfurimonas之间的关联蜗牛和微生物生物膜都被认为是潜在的整体关系。我们强调了使用非传统采样来发展对生态系统的更广泛理解的功效。