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Type: Dataset
title in English: Ross Sea Pycnogonids
Description in English: This survey 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.
Abstract in English: Pycnogonid collection from the biodiversity research expedition TAN0204 with RS Tangaroa to the Ross Sea in 2004.
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bibliographicCitation: 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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