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
cf. Phlebobranchia morphospecies 1
Materials
Type status:
Other material
. Occurrence: recordedBy:
Diva J. Amon, Amanda F. Ziegler
; individualCount:
1
; lifeStage:
Adult
; behavior: On nodule; occurrenceStatus: present; preparations: Imaged only; associatedReferences: Amon DJ, Ziegler AF, Dahlgren TG, Glover AG, Goineau A, Gooday AJ, Wiklund H, Smith CR. Insights into the abundance and diversity of abyssal megafauna in a polymetallic-nodule region in the eastern Clarion-Clipperton Zone. Scientific Reports. 2016;6. doi: 10.1038/srep30492; Taxon: taxonConceptID: cf. Phlebobranchia morphospecies 1; scientificName: Phlebobranchia sp.; kingdom: Animalia; phylum: Chordata; class: Ascidiacea; order: Phlebobranchia; taxonRank: order; scientificNameAuthorship: Lahille, 1886; Location: waterBody: Pacific Ocean; stateProvince: Clarion-Clipperton Zone; locality:
UK Seabed Resources Ltd exploration contract area (UK-1)
; verbatimLocality: UK-1 Stratum A; maximumDepthInMeters: 4033; locationRemarks: RV Melville Cruise MV1313; decimalLatitude:
13.8636
; decimalLongitude:
-116.5486
; geodeticDatum: WGS84; coordinateUncertaintyInMeters: 25; Identification: identifiedBy:
Craig Young, Diva J. Amon, Amanda F. Ziegler
; dateIdentified: 2014; identificationRemarks: Identified only from imagery; identificationQualifier: cf.; Event: samplingProtocol:
Remotely Operated Vehicle
; eventDate:
2013-10-21
; eventTime: 5:10; habitat: Abyssal polymetallic-nodule field; fieldNumber: Dive 6 (RV06); Record Level: language: en; institutionCode:
UHM
; datasetName: ABYSSLINE; basisOfRecord: HumanObservation
Notes
Elongate phlebobranch ascidian. A branching transparent stolon to the left of the ascidian may be part of the individual, but this is not certain.
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