Checklist of newly-vouchered annelid taxa from the Clarion-Clipperton Zone, central Pacific Ocean, based on morphology and genetic delimitation Author Wiklund, Helena https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8252-3504 Gothenburg Global Biodiversity Centre, Gothenburg, Sweden & Natural History Museum, London, United Kingdom & University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden helena.wiklund@marine.gu.se Author Rabone, Muriel https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8351-2313 Natural History Museum, London, United Kingdom Author Glover, Adrian G https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9489-074X Natural History Museum, London, United Kingdom a.glover@nhm.ac.uk Author Bribiesca-Contreras, Guadalupe https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8163-8724 Natural History Museum, London, United Kingdom Author Drennan, Regan https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0137-5464 Natural History Museum, London, United Kingdom & University of Southampton, Southampton, United Kingdom Author Stewart, Eva C D https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8383-5705 Natural History Museum, London, United Kingdom & University of Southampton, Southampton, United Kingdom Author Boolukos, Corie M Natural History Museum, London, United Kingdom Author King, Lucas D Natural History Museum, London, United Kingdom Author Sherlock, Emma Natural History Museum, London, United Kingdom Author Smith, Craig R https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3976-0889 University of Hawaii, Honolulu, United States of America Author Dahlgren, Thomas G https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6854-2031 NORCE Norwegian Research Centre, Bergen, Norway & University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden & Gothenburg Global Biodiversity Centre, Gothenburg, Sweden Author Neal, Lenka Natural History Museum, London, United Kingdom l.nealova@nhm.ac.uk text Biodiversity Data Journal 2023 2023-09-15 11 86921 86921 http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.11.e86921 journal article http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.11.e86921 1314-2828-11-e86921 C611C2E2385050A296DFAE776F86CF82 Polynoidae sp. (NHM_773B) Materials Type status: Other material . Occurrence: catalogNumber: NHMUK ANEA 2023.525 ; recordNumber: NHM_1355B; recordedBy: Adrian Glover | Helena Wiklund | Thomas Dahlgren | Madeleine Brasier ; individualCount: 1 ; preparations: specimen stored in 80% non-denatured ethanol aqueous solution | DNA voucher stored in buffer; otherCatalogNumbers: 0174126239; associatedSequences: OQ746675 (16S) | OQ738581 (COI); occurrenceID: 3ED94846-4343-57F8-ACF4-8545B2B878D3 ; Taxon: taxonConceptID: Polynoidae sp. (NHM_773B); scientificName: Polynoidae; kingdom: Animalia; phylum: Annelida; class: Polychaeta; order: Phyllodocida; family: Polynoidae; taxonRank: family; scientificNameAuthorship: Kinberg, 1856; Location: waterBody: Pacific; stateProvince: Clarion Clipperton Zone; locality: Ocean Mineral Singapore exploration claim Stratum A ; verbatimLocality: OMS Stratum A ; maximumDepthInMeters: 4302; locationRemarks: Deployment EB 06; at Station S 5; from R/ V Thomas G. Thompson Cruise no. TN319; verbatimLatitude: 12'15.44; verbatimLongitude: 117'18.13; decimalLatitude: 12.25733 ; decimalLongitude: -117.30217 ; geodeticDatum: WGS84; Identification: identifiedBy: Helena Wiklund | Lenka Neal | Thomas Dahlgren | Adrian Glover | Madeleine Brasier | Regan Drennan | Eva Stewart ; dateIdentified: 2021-04-20 ; identificationRemarks: identified by DNA and morphology; Event: eventID: OMS1_AB02_EB06; samplingProtocol: Brenke Epibenthic Sledge ; eventDate: 2015-03-01 ; eventTime: 04:02; habitat: Abyssal plain; fieldNotes: Collected from epi net (on the epibenthic sledge); Record Level: language: en; institutionCode: NHMUK; collectionCode: ZOO; datasetName: ABYSSLINE; basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen Type status: Other material . Occurrence: catalogNumber: NHMUK ANEA 2023.527 ; recordNumber: NHM_2291; recordedBy: Adrian Glover | Helena Wiklund | Thomas Dahlgren | Madeleine Brasier ; individualCount: 1 ; preparations: specimen stored in 80% non-denatured ethanol aqueous solution | DNA voucher stored in buffer; otherCatalogNumbers: 0174126156; associatedSequences: OQ746770 (16S); occurrenceID: 252F6985-103B-5149-855F-9BA85ACF095E ; Taxon: taxonConceptID: Polynoidae sp. (NHM_773B); scientificName: Polynoidae; kingdom: Animalia; phylum: Annelida; class: Polychaeta; order: Phyllodocida; family: Polynoidae; taxonRank: family; scientificNameAuthorship: Kinberg, 1856; Location: waterBody: Pacific; stateProvince: Clarion Clipperton Zone; locality: Ocean Mineral Singapore exploration claim Stratum A ; verbatimLocality: OMS Stratum A ; maximumDepthInMeters: 4302; locationRemarks: Deployment EB 06; at Station S 5; from R/ V Thomas G. Thompson Cruise no. TN319; verbatimLatitude: 12'15.44; verbatimLongitude: 117'18.13; decimalLatitude: 12.25733 ; decimalLongitude: -117.30217 ; geodeticDatum: WGS84; Identification: identifiedBy: Helena Wiklund | Lenka Neal | Thomas Dahlgren | Adrian Glover | Madeleine Brasier | Regan Drennan | Eva Stewart ; dateIdentified: 2021-04-20 ; identificationRemarks: identified by DNA and morphology; Event: eventID: OMS1_AB02_EB06; samplingProtocol: Brenke Epibenthic Sledge ; eventDate: 2015-03-01 ; eventTime: 04:02; habitat: Abyssal plain; fieldNotes: Collected from supra net (on the epibenthic sledge); Record Level: language: en; institutionCode: NHMUK; collectionCode: ZOO; datasetName: ABYSSLINE; basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen Type status: Other material . Occurrence: catalogNumber: NHMUK ANEA 2023.526 ; recordNumber: NHM_1735; recordedBy: Adrian Glover | Helena Wiklund | Thomas Dahlgren | Madeleine Brasier ; individualCount: 1 ; preparations: specimen stored in 80% non-denatured ethanol aqueous solution | DNA voucher stored in buffer; otherCatalogNumbers: 0174126792; associatedSequences: OQ746707 (16S) | OQ746898 (18S) | OQ738597 (COI); occurrenceID: E9A33C38-5BA1-599B-9F29-65A9A02765B0 ; Taxon: taxonConceptID: Polynoidae sp. (NHM_773B); scientificName: Polynoidae; kingdom: Animalia; phylum: Annelida; class: Polychaeta; order: Phyllodocida; family: Polynoidae; taxonRank: family; scientificNameAuthorship: Kinberg, 1856; Location: waterBody: Pacific; stateProvince: Clarion Clipperton Zone; locality: Ocean Mineral Singapore exploration claim Stratum A ; verbatimLocality: OMS Stratum A ; maximumDepthInMeters: 4045; locationRemarks: Deployment EB 10; at Station S 7; from R/ V Thomas G. Thompson Cruise no. TN319; verbatimLatitude: 12'10.43; verbatimLongitude: 117'11.57; decimalLatitude: 12.17383 ; decimalLongitude: -117.19283 ; geodeticDatum: WGS84; Identification: identifiedBy: Helena Wiklund | Lenka Neal | Thomas Dahlgren | Adrian Glover | Madeleine Brasier | Regan Drennan | Eva Stewart ; dateIdentified: 2021-04-20 ; identificationRemarks: identified by DNA and morphology; Event: eventID: OMS1_AB02_EB10; samplingProtocol: Brenke Epibenthic Sledge ; eventDate: 2015-03-11 ; eventTime: 22:49; habitat: Abyssal plain; fieldNotes: Collected from epi net (on the epibenthic sledge); Record Level: language: en; institutionCode: NHMUK; collectionCode: ZOO; datasetName: ABYSSLINE; basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen Type status: Other material . Occurrence : catalogNumber: NHMUK ANEA 2023.524 ; recordNumber: NHM_0912; recordedBy: Adrian Glover | Helena Wiklund | Thomas Dahlgren | Madeleine Brasier ; individualCount: 1 ; preparations: specimen stored in 80% non-denatured ethanol aqueous solution | DNA voucher stored in buffer; otherCatalogNumbers: 0174127380; associatedSequences: OQ738543 (COI); occurrenceID: E650AF5C-DA76-57C2-B8BF-BAD1BDE70459 ; Taxon : taxonConceptID: Polynoidae sp. (NHM_773B); scientificName: Polynoidae ; kingdom: Animalia ; phylum: Annelida ; class: Polychaeta ; order: Phyllodocida ; family: Polynoidae ; taxonRank: family; scientificNameAuthorship: Kinberg , 1856; Location : waterBody: Pacific ; stateProvince: Clarion Clipperton Zone ; locality: UK Seabed Resources Ltd exploration area UK-1 Stratum B ; verbatimLocality: UK 1 Stratum B ; maximumDepthInMeters: 4198; locationRemarks: Deployment EB 03; at Station U 4; from R/ V Thomas G. Thompson Cruise no. TN319; verbatimLatitude: 12'34.28; verbatimLongitude: 116'36.63; decimalLatitude: 12.57133 ; decimalLongitude: -116.6105 ; geodeticDatum: WGS84; Identification : identifiedBy: Helena Wiklund | Lenka Neal | Thomas Dahlgren | Adrian Glover | Madeleine Brasier | Regan Drennan | Eva Stewart ; dateIdentified: 2021-04-20 ; identificationRemarks: identified by DNA and morphology; Event : eventID: UK 1_AB02_EB03; samplingProtocol: Brenke Epibenthic Sledge ; eventDate: 2015-02-23 ; eventTime: 05:39; habitat: Abyssal plain; fieldNotes: Collected from epi net (on the epibenthic sledge); Record Level : language: en; institutionCode: NHMUK; collectionCode: ZOO; datasetName: ABYSSLINE; basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen Type status: Other material . Occurrence : catalogNumber: NHMUK ANEA 2023.521 ; recordNumber: NHM_0773B; recordedBy: Adrian Glover | Helena Wiklund | Thomas Dahlgren | Madeleine Brasier ; individualCount: 1 ; preparations: specimen stored in 80% non-denatured ethanol aqueous solution | DNA voucher stored in buffer; otherCatalogNumbers: 0174126551; associatedSequences: OQ746556 (16S); occurrenceID: CD692927-546D-5B66-9590-314044F5EEED ; Taxon : taxonConceptID: Polynoidae sp. (NHM_773B); scientificName: Polynoidae ; kingdom: Animalia ; phylum: Annelida ; class: Polychaeta ; order: Phyllodocida ; family: Polynoidae ; taxonRank: family; scientificNameAuthorship: Kinberg , 1856; Location : waterBody: Pacific ; stateProvince: Clarion Clipperton Zone ; locality: UK Seabed Resources Ltd exploration area UK-1 Stratum B ; verbatimLocality: UK 1 Stratum B ; maximumDepthInMeters: 4425; locationRemarks: Deployment EB 02; at Station U 5; from R/ V Thomas G. Thompson Cruise no. TN319; verbatimLatitude: 12'32.23; verbatimLongitude: 116'36.25; decimalLatitude: 12.53717 ; decimalLongitude: -116.60417 ; geodeticDatum: WGS84; Identification : identifiedBy: Helena Wiklund | Lenka Neal | Thomas Dahlgren | Adrian Glover | Madeleine Brasier | Regan Drennan | Eva Stewart ; dateIdentified: 2021-04-20 ; identificationRemarks: identified by DNA and morphology; Event : eventID: UK 1_AB02_EB02; samplingProtocol: Brenke Epibenthic Sledge ; eventDate: 2015-02-20 ; eventTime: 06:24; habitat: Abyssal plain; fieldNotes: Collected from epi net (on the epibenthic sledge); Record Level : language: en; institutionCode: NHMUK; collectionCode: ZOO; datasetName: ABYSSLINE; basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen Type status: Other material . Occurrence : catalogNumber: NHMUK ANEA 2023.522 ; recordNumber: NHM_0783B; recordedBy: Adrian Glover | Helena Wiklund | Thomas Dahlgren | Madeleine Brasier ; individualCount: 1 ; preparations: specimen stored in 80% non-denatured ethanol aqueous solution | DNA voucher stored in buffer; otherCatalogNumbers: 0174126572; associatedSequences: OQ746559 (16S); occurrenceID: 1E7059D4-630F-57B1-91D4-3CE53F096D60 ; Taxon : taxonConceptID: Polynoidae sp. (NHM_773B); scientificName: Polynoidae ; kingdom: Animalia ; phylum: Annelida ; class: Polychaeta ; order: Phyllodocida ; family: Polynoidae ; taxonRank: family; scientificNameAuthorship: Kinberg , 1856; Location : waterBody: Pacific ; stateProvince: Clarion Clipperton Zone ; locality: UK Seabed Resources Ltd exploration area UK-1 Stratum B ; verbatimLocality: UK 1 Stratum B ; maximumDepthInMeters: 4425; locationRemarks: Deployment EB 02; at Station U 5; from R/ V Thomas G. Thompson Cruise no. TN319; verbatimLatitude: 12'32.23; verbatimLongitude: 116'36.25; decimalLatitude: 12.53717 ; decimalLongitude: -116.60417 ; geodeticDatum: WGS84; Identification : identifiedBy: Helena Wiklund | Lenka Neal | Thomas Dahlgren | Adrian Glover | Madeleine Brasier | Regan Drennan | Eva Stewart ; dateIdentified: 2021-04-20 ; identificationRemarks: identified by DNA and morphology; Event : eventID: UK 1_AB02_EB02; samplingProtocol: Brenke Epibenthic Sledge ; eventDate: 2015-02-20 ; eventTime: 06:24; habitat: Abyssal plain; fieldNotes: Collected from epi net (on the epibenthic sledge); Record Level : language: en; institutionCode: NHMUK; collectionCode: ZOO; datasetName: ABYSSLINE; basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen Type status: Other material . Occurrence : catalogNumber: NHMUK ANEA 2023.523 ; recordNumber: NHM_0783D; recordedBy: Adrian Glover | Helena Wiklund | Thomas Dahlgren | Madeleine Brasier ; individualCount: 1 ; preparations: specimen stored in 80% non-denatured ethanol aqueous solution | DNA voucher stored in buffer; otherCatalogNumbers: 0174126555; associatedSequences: OQ746560 (16S); occurrenceID: DBA078C4-E264-5CBE-8F04-C33CDC99DBC0 ; Taxon : taxonConceptID: Polynoidae sp. (NHM_773B); scientificName: Polynoidae ; kingdom: Animalia ; phylum: Annelida ; class: Polychaeta ; order: Phyllodocida ; family: Polynoidae ; taxonRank: family; scientificNameAuthorship: Kinberg , 1856; Location : waterBody: Pacific ; stateProvince: Clarion Clipperton Zone ; locality: UK Seabed Resources Ltd exploration area UK-1 Stratum B ; verbatimLocality: UK 1 Stratum B ; maximumDepthInMeters: 4425; locationRemarks: Deployment EB 02; at Station U 5; from R/ V Thomas G. Thompson Cruise no. TN319; verbatimLatitude: 12'32.23; verbatimLongitude: 116'36.25; decimalLatitude: 12.53717 ; decimalLongitude: -116.60417 ; geodeticDatum: WGS84; Identification : identifiedBy: Helena Wiklund | Lenka Neal | Thomas Dahlgren | Adrian Glover | Madeleine Brasier | Regan Drennan | Eva Stewart ; dateIdentified: 2021-04-20 ; identificationRemarks: identified by DNA and morphology; Event : eventID: UK 1_AB02_EB02; samplingProtocol: Brenke Epibenthic Sledge ; eventDate: 2015-02-20 ; eventTime: 06:24; habitat: Abyssal plain; fieldNotes: Collected from epi net (on the epibenthic sledge); Record Level : language: en; institutionCode: NHMUK; collectionCode: ZOO; datasetName: ABYSSLINE; basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen Distribution Eastern Clarion-Clipperton Zone, central Pacific Ocean. Diagnosis Damaged specimens (Fig. 90 ) consistent with placement within family Polynoidae , based on morphology and DNA. Genetically matches with Macellicephala sp. 35 as identified in Bonifacio et al. (2021) .