Abyssal fauna of the UK- 1 polymetallic nodule exploration claim, Clarion-Clipperton Zone, central Pacific Ocean: Echinodermata
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Glover, Adrian G
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Wiklund, Helena
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Rabone, Muriel
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Amon, Diva J
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Smith, Craig R
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O'Hara, Tim
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Mah, Christopher L
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Dahlgren, Thomas G
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Biodiversity Data Journal
2016
4
7251
7251
http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.4.e7251
journal article
http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.4.e7251
1314-2828-4-7251
Crinoidea sp. 'NHM_056'
Materials
Type status:
Other material
. Occurrence: catalogNumber:
92825c07-a16d-4c5e-a8e9-4fbcdc8cf44a
; recordNumber: NHM_056; recordedBy:
Adrian Glover, Helena Wiklund, Thomas Dahlgren, Maggie Georgieva
; individualCount:
1
; preparations: tissue and DNA voucher stored in 80% non-denatured ethanol aqueous solution; otherCatalogNumbers: 5023479; associatedSequences: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/nuccore/KU519516 | KU519533; Taxon: taxonConceptID: Crinoidea sp. (NHM_056); scientificName: Crinoidea; kingdom: Animalia; phylum: Echinodermata; class: Crinoidea; Location: waterBody: Pacific; stateProvince: Clarion Clipperton Zone; locality:
UK Seabed Resources Ltd exploration claim UK-1
; verbatimLocality: UK-1 Stratum A; maximumDepthInMeters: 4108; locationRemarks: RV Melville Cruise MV1313; decimalLatitude:
13.849883333333
; decimalLongitude:
-116.64495
; geodeticDatum: WGS84; Identification: identifiedBy: Adrian Glover, Helena Wiklund, Thomas Dahlgren; dateIdentified: 2015-06-01; identificationRemarks: identified by DNA and morphology; Event: samplingProtocol:
USNEL Box Core
; eventDate:
2013-10-09
; eventTime: 17:34; habitat: Abyssal plain; fieldNumber: BC04; fieldNotes: Collected from polymetallic nodule found in benthic sediment; Record Level: language: en; institutionCode:
NHMUK
; collectionCode:
ZOO
; datasetName: ABYSSLINE; basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen
Description
Specimen including stalk and crown, calyx with proximal arms only, 5mm in total length. Calyx 0.62mm in width, including proximal arms 0.86mm in length. Distally, pinnules observed on arms arising laterally from arms (Fig. 15).
Genetic data for this taxa with new GenBank accession numbers are provided in Table 2
Diagnosis
Forms a unique monophyletic clade distinct from other AB01 specimens. No genetic matches on GenBank or Barcode of Life Database.
Ecology
Found on polymetallic nodule.