Megafauna of the UKSRL exploration contract area and eastern Clarion-Clipperton Zone in the Pacific Ocean: Annelida, Arthropoda, Bryozoa, Chordata, Ctenophora, Mollusca
Author
Amon, Diva J
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Ziegler, Amanda F
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Drazen, Jeffrey C
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Grischenko, Andrei V
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Leitner, Astrid B
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Lindsay, Dhugal J
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Voight, Janet R
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Wicksten, Mary K
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Young, Craig M
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Smith, Craig R
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Biodiversity Data Journal
2017
5
14598
14598
http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.5.e14598
journal article
http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.5.e14598
1314-2828--14598
643B7F66-19CC-49AD-89D5-0D6AEA062AE4
cf. Ophidiidae morphospecies 4
Materials
Type status:
Other material
. Occurrence: recordedBy:
Diva J. Amon, Amanda F. Ziegler
; individualCount:
1
; lifeStage:
Adult
; behavior: Swimming; occurrenceStatus: present; preparations: Imaged only; Taxon: taxonConceptID: cf. Ophidiidae morphospecies 4; scientificName: Ophidiidae sp.; kingdom: Animalia; phylum: Chordata; class: Actinopterygii; order: Ophidiiformes; family: Ophidiidae; taxonRank: family; scientificNameAuthorship: Rafinesque, 1810; Location: waterBody: Pacific Ocean; stateProvince: Clarion-Clipperton Zone; locality:
UK Seabed Resources Ltd exploration contract area (UK-1)
; verbatimLocality: UK-1 Stratum B; maximumDepthInMeters: 4251; locationRemarks: RV Thompson Cruise TN319; decimalLatitude:
12.4957
; decimalLongitude:
-116.6505
; geodeticDatum: WGS84; coordinateUncertaintyInMeters: 25; Identification: identifiedBy:
Astrid Leitner, Jeffrey Drazen, Diva J. Amon, Amanda F. Ziegler
; dateIdentified: 2015; identificationRemarks: Identified only from imagery; identificationQualifier: cf.; Event: samplingProtocol:
Autonomous Underwater Vehicle
; eventDate:
2015-03-04
; eventTime: 1:09; habitat: Abyssal polymetallic-nodule field; fieldNumber: Dive 5 (AV05); Record Level: language: en; institutionCode:
UHM
; datasetName: ABYSSLINE; basisOfRecord: HumanObservation
Type status:
Other material
. Occurrence: recordedBy:
Diva J. Amon, Amanda F. Ziegler
; individualCount:
1
; lifeStage:
Adult
; behavior: Swimming; occurrenceStatus: present; preparations: Imaged only; Taxon: taxonConceptID: cf. Ophidiidae morphospecies 4; scientificName: Ophidiidae sp.; kingdom: Animalia; phylum: Chordata; class: Actinopterygii; order: Ophidiiformes; family: Ophidiidae; taxonRank: family; scientificNameAuthorship: Rafinesque, 1810; Location: waterBody: Pacific Ocean; stateProvince: Clarion-Clipperton Zone; locality:
UK Seabed Resources Ltd exploration contract area (UK-1)
; verbatimLocality: UK-1 Stratum B; maximumDepthInMeters: 4211; locationRemarks: RV Thompson Cruise TN319; decimalLatitude:
12.5726
; decimalLongitude:
-116.7342
; geodeticDatum: WGS84; coordinateUncertaintyInMeters: 25; Identification: identifiedBy:
Astrid Leitner, Jeffrey Drazen, Diva J. Amon, Amanda F. Ziegler
; dateIdentified: 2015; identificationRemarks: Identified only from imagery; identificationQualifier: cf.; Event: samplingProtocol:
Autonomous Underwater Vehicle
; eventDate:
2015-03-09
; eventTime: 7:43; habitat: Abyssal polymetallic-nodule field; fieldNumber: Dive 6 (AV06); Record Level: language: en; institutionCode:
UHM
; datasetName: ABYSSLINE; basisOfRecord: HumanObservation
Notes
Rounded bulbous head. Blue/purple to brown coloration.
Fig. 40