Abstract
Bathymodiolus boomerang n. sp., a very large mussel, is described from deep cold seeps located on a continental margin on the southern end of the Barbados accretionary Prism in the tropical western Atlantic. The exceptional gigantism of this species, which makes it the largest mussel presently known on earth, is related to its life history in a muddy biotope with abundance of nutrients via symbiotic bacteria and a presumed longevity due to adaptation to fluid flow variability.
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