SCAR Biogeographic Atlas of the Southern Ocean - Stylasteridae (Cnidaria, Hydrozoa) - data

Occurrence
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Description

Literature review Dataset supplied in the framework of the Biogeographic Atlas of the Southern Ocean (BASO). The Biogeographic Atlas of the Southern Ocean is assembles a selection of representative maps and syntheses on the distribution of the Southern Ocean organisms, to provide a general overview of the biogeography of the Southern Ocean (s.l.) and a benchmark of current biogeographic knowledge at the end of the Census of Antarctic Marine Life (CAML). This will update the well-known and useful but largely outdated Hedgpeth 1969’s Folio on “Distribution of selected groups of marine invertebrates in waters south of 35°S latitude” in the Antarctic Map Folio Series (American Geographical Society).

Data Records

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How to cite

Researchers should cite this work as follows:

Bax N., Cairns S. (2019): SCAR Biogeographic Atlas of the Southern Ocean - Stylasteridae (Cnidaria, Hydrozoa) - data. v1.2. SCAR - AntOBIS. Dataset/Occurrence. https://ipt.biodiversity.aq/resource?r=baso_hydrozoa_stylasteridae&v=1.2

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The publisher and rights holder of this work is SCAR - AntOBIS. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution (CC-BY 4.0) License.

GBIF Registration

This resource has been registered with GBIF, and assigned the following GBIF UUID: 0d8c0748-f4f0-43d9-a6f1-1214b737bdc0.  SCAR - AntOBIS publishes this resource, and is itself registered in GBIF as a data publisher endorsed by Ocean Biodiversity Information System.

Keywords

Hydrozoa_Stylasteridae; SCAR-MARBIN; BASO; Occurrence; HYDROZOANS; Occurrence

Contacts

Narissa Bax
  • Originator ●
  • Point Of Contact
University of Tasmania
AU
Stephen Cairns
  • Originator ●
  • Point Of Contact
Smithsonian Institution
Washington, D.C.
US
Yi Ming Gan
  • Metadata Provider
  • Data manager
Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences
  • Rue Vautier 29
1000 Brussels
Brussels
BE
  • -

Geographic Coverage

Southern Ocean and sub-Antarcitc region

Bounding Coordinates South West [-77.086, -180], North East [-24.017, 180]

Taxonomic Coverage

Animalia> Cnidaria> Hydrozoa> Anthoathecata> Stylasteridae

Family Stylasteridae
Genus Adelopora, Calyptopora, Cheiloporidion, Conopora, Crypthelia, Errina, Errinopora, Errinopsis, Inferiolabiata, Lepidopora, Lepidotheca, Sporadopora, Stellapora, Stylaster
Species Adelopora pseudothyron, Calyptopora reticulata, Cheiloporidion pulvinatum, Conopora verrucosa, Crypthelia formosa, Crypthelia fragilis, Crypthelia studeri, Errina antarctica, Errina boschmai, Errina cheilopora, Errina cyclopora, Errina fissurata, Errina gracilis, Errina kerguelensis, Errina laevigata, Errina laterorifa, Errina reticulata, Errinopora cestoporina, Errinopsis fenestrata, Errinopsis reticulum, Inferiolabiata labiata, Inferiolabiata lowei, Lepidopora acrolophos, Lepidopora granulosa, Lepidopora sarmentosa, Lepidotheca fascicularis, Lepidotheca inconsuta, Sporadopora dichotoma, Stellapora echinata, Stylaster densicaulis, Stylaster eguchii, Stylaster profundus, Stylaster robustus

Project Data

The “Biogeographic Atlas of the Southern Ocean” is a legacy of the International Polar Year 2007-2009 (www.ipy.org) and of the Census of Marine Life 2000-2010 (www.coml.org), contributed by the Census of Antarctic Marine Life (www.caml.aq) and the SCAR Marine Biodiversity Information Network (www.scarmarbin.be; www.biodiversity.aq).

Title SCAR Biogeographic Atlas of the Southern Ocean
Funding Published by: The Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research, Scott Polar Research Institute, Lensfield Road, Cambridge, CB2 1ER, United Kingdom (www.scar.org). Publication funded by: - The Census of Antarctic Marine Life (Albert P. Sloan Foundation, New York) - The TOTAL Foundation, Paris. The “Biogeographic Atlas of the Southern Ocean” shared the Cosmos Prize awarded to the Census of Marine Life by the International Osaka Expo’90 Commemorative Foundation, Tokyo, Japan. Publication supported by: - The Belgian Science Policy (Belspo), through the Belgian Scientific Research Programme on the Antarctic and the “biodiversity.aq” network (SCAR-MarBIN/ANTABIF) - The Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences (RBINS), Brussels, Belgium - The British Antarctic Survey (BAS), Cambridge, United Kingdom - The Université Pierre et Marie Curie (UPMC), Paris, France - The Australian Antarctic Division, Hobart, Australia - The Scientific Steering Committee of CAML, Michael Stoddart (CAML Administrator) and Victoria Wadley (CAML Project Manager)
Related Projects Antarctic bioDiVersity dAta iNfrastruCturE (ADVANCE)
 RT/23/ADVANCE

The personnel involved in the project:

Anton Van de Putte

Sampling Methods

n/a

Study Extent Literature study
Quality Control n/a

Method step description:

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Bibliographic Citations

  1. Bax N., Cairns S., 2014. Chapter 5.7 Stylasteridae (Cnidaria: Hydrozoa). In: De Broyer C., Koubbi P., Griffiths H.J., Raymond B., Udekem d’Acoz C. d’, et al. (eds.). Biogeographic Atlas of the Southern Ocean. Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research, Cambridge, pp. 107-112
  2. Cairns, S.D., 1983. Antarctic and Sub Antarctic Stylasterina (Coelenterata: Hydrozoa), Antarctic Research Series, 38, 61–164.
  3. Cairns, S.D., 1991. The Marine Fauna of New Zealand: Stylasteridae (Cnidaria: Hydroida). New Zealand Oceanographic Institute Memoir, 98, 1–180.
  4. Cairns, S.D., 1992. Worldwide distribution of the Stylasteridae (Cnidaria: Hydrozoa). Sciencia Marina, 56(2–3), 125–130.
  5. Häussermann, V., Försterra, G., 2006. Extraordinary abundance of hydrocorals (Cnidaria, Hydrozoa, Stylasteridae) in shallow water of the Patagonian fjord region. Polar Biology, 30(4), 487–492. doi: 10.1007/s00300-006-0207-5
  6. Bax, N., 2009. Deep Sea Coral Connectivity in East Antarctica. Honours thesis, University of Tasmania. 1–69.

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