Amundsen Sea Mollusca from the BIOPEARL II expedition | Zendy

Camille Moreau | Zendy; Katrin Linse | Zendy; Huw J. Griffiths | Zendy; David Barnes | Zendy; Stefanie Kaiser | Zendy; Adrian G. Glover | Zendy; Chester J. Sands | Zendy; Jan M. Strugnell | Zendy; Peter Enderlein | Zendy; P.H. Geissler | Zendy

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Amundsen Sea Mollusca from the BIOPEARL II expedition

Author(s) -

Camille Moreau,

Katrin Linse,

Huw J. Griffiths,

David Barnes,

Stefanie Kaiser,

Adrian G. Glover,

Chester J. Sands,

Jan M. Strugnell,

Peter Enderlein,

P.H. Geissler

Publication year - 2013

Publication title -

zookeys

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.672

H-Index - 43

eISSN - 1313-2989

pISSN - 1313-2970

DOI - 10.3897/zookeys.294.4796

Subject(s) - bay , oceanography , benthic zone , fauna , species richness , polyplacophora , mollusca , biodiversity , fishery , geography , ecology , biology , geology

Information regarding the molluscs in this dataset is based on the epibenthic sledge (EBS) samples collected during the cruise BIOPEARL II / JR179 RRS James Clark Ross in the austral summer 2008. A total of 35 epibenthic sledge deployments have been performed at five locations in the Amundsen Sea at Pine Island Bay (PIB) and the Amundsen Sea Embayment (ASE) at depths ranging from 476 to 3501m. This presents a unique and important collection for the Antarctic benthic biodiversity assessment as the Amundsen Sea remains one of the least known regions in Antarctica. Indeed the work presented in this dataset is based on the first benthic samples collected with an EBS in the Amundsen Sea. However we assume that the data represented are an underestimation of the real fauna present in the Amundsen Sea. In total 9261 specimens belonging to 6 classes 55 families and 97 morphospecies were collected. The species richness per station varied between 6 and 43. Gastropoda were most species rich 50 species followed by Bivalvia (37), Aplacophora (5), Scaphopoda (3) and one from each of Polyplacophora and Monoplacophora.

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