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Ross Sea Pycnogonids

Version 2.0 published by SCAR - AntOBIS on Aug 7, 2013 SCAR - AntOBIS

The biodiversity research expedition TAN0204 with RS Tangaroa to the Ross Sea in 2004 yielded a new collection of 2,687 specimens of pycnogonids. As much as 25 dfferent species encompassing 14 genera and eight families were identified and their records are discussed herein. The collection is archived in the Marine Invertebrate Collection of the New Zealand National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research (NIWA). The majority (69%) of specimens are from the Nymphon australe group (Nymphonidae), although species richness and abundance varied among the stations sampled. The collection includes several specimens from polymerous taxa; Pentanymphon antarcticum (Nymphonidae), Decolopoda australis (Colossendeidae) and Pentapycnon bouvieri (Pycnogonidae). All species were classified based on morphological characters, and DNA sequences (from the 18S, 12S, 16S and COI regions) for 21 of the representative morphotypes are given. The DNA sequences confirmed the species-level distinctiveness of these morphotypes.

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Neilsen, Lavery & Lorz (2009) Synopsis of a new collection of sea spiders from the Ross Sea Antarctica , In press Polar Biology

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The publisher and rights holder of this work is SCAR - AntOBIS. Unrestricted

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This resource has been registered with GBIF, and assigned the following GBIF UUID: 7b6322ee-f762-11e1-a439-00145eb45e9a.  SCAR - AntOBIS publishes this resource, and is itself registered in GBIF as a data publisher endorsed by Ocean Biogeographic Information System.

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Online datasethttp://www.iobis.org/mapper/?dataset=1609
Metadatahttp://www.vliz.be/imis/imis.php?module=dataset&dasid=1967

Contacts

Who created the resource:

Rachel Grant

Who can answer questions about the resource:

Rachel Grant

Who filled in the metadata:

Anton Van de Putte
Antarctic Biodiversity Information Facility (ANTABIF)
http://data.biodiversity.aq

Geographic Coverage

PS, Ross Sea

Bounding Coordinates South West [-90, -180], North East [90, 180]

Taxonomic Coverage

urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1302

Class  Pycnogonida [Sea spiders]

Additional Metadata

Alternative Identifiers http://ipt.biodiversity.aq/resource.do?r=rachel_neilsen
7b6322ee-f762-11e1-a439-00145eb45e9a