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
1314-2828-5-14598
643B7F66-19CC-49AD-89D5-0D6AEA062AE4
cf. Zoarcidae morphospecies 2
Materials
Type status:
Other material
. Occurrence: recordedBy:
Jeffrey Drazen, Astrid Leitner
; individualCount:
1
; lifeStage:
Adult
; behavior: On seafloor; occurrenceStatus: present; preparations: Imaged only; associatedReferences: Leitner A, Neuheimer A, Donlon E, Smith CR, Drazen JC. Environmental and bathymetric influences on abyssal bait-attending communities of the Clarion Clipperton Zone. Deep Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers. 2017. doi: 10.1016/j.dsr.2017.05; Taxon: taxonConceptID: cf. Zoarcidae morphospecies 2; scientificName: Zoarcidae sp.; kingdom: Animalia; phylum: Chordata; class: Actinopterygii; order: Perciformes; family: Zoarcidae; taxonRank: family; scientificNameAuthorship: Swainson, 1839; Location: waterBody: Pacific Ocean; stateProvince: Clarion-Clipperton Zone; locality:
UK Seabed Resources Ltd exploration contract area (UK-1)
; verbatimLocality: UK-1 Stratum B; maximumDepthInMeters: 4312; locationRemarks: RV Thompson Cruise TN319; decimalLatitude:
12.5532
; decimalLongitude:
-116.5586
; geodeticDatum: WGS84; coordinateUncertaintyInMeters: 50; Identification: identifiedBy:
Astrid Leitner, Jeffrey Drazen, Diva J. Amon, Amanda F. Ziegler
; dateIdentified: 2015; identificationRemarks: Identified only from imagery; identificationQualifier: cf.; Event: samplingProtocol:
Baited Camera
; eventDate:
2015-03-05
; eventTime: 19:37; habitat: Abyssal polymetallic-nodule field; fieldNumber: CA07; Record Level: language: en; institutionCode:
UHM
; datasetName: ABYSSLINE; basisOfRecord: HumanObservation
Notes
Stout eel-like body. Distinguished from
Pachycara nazca
by relatively more pointed, slender head and dark dorsal and anal fin edges.
Fig. 46