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--7251
Ophiuroidea incertae sedis sp. 'NHM_041'
Materials
Type status:
Other material
. Occurrence: catalogNumber:
608349ff-5adf-4e1e-8cd7-7e0e41aee222
; recordNumber: NHM_041; 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: 5023475; associatedSequences: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/nuccore/KU519563 | KU519521 | KU519538; Taxon: taxonConceptID: Ophiuroidea incertae sedis sp. (NHM_041); scientificName: Ophiuroidea; kingdom: Animalia; phylum: Echinodermata; class: Ophiuroidea; Location: waterBody: Pacific; stateProvince: Clarion Clipperton Zone; locality:
UK Seabed Resources Ltd exploration claim UK-1
; verbatimLocality: UK-1 Stratum A; maximumDepthInMeters: 4336; locationRemarks: RV Melville Cruise MV1313; decimalLatitude:
13.8372
; decimalLongitude:
-116.55843333333
; geodeticDatum: WGS84; Identification: identifiedBy:
Adrian Glover, Helena Wiklund, Thomas Dahlgren
; dateIdentified: 2015-06-01; identificationRemarks: identified by DNA and morphology; identificationQualifier: incertae sedis; Event: samplingProtocol:
Brenke Epibenthic Sledge
; eventDate:
2013-10-09
; eventTime: 10:26; habitat: Abyssal plain; fieldNumber: EB01; fieldNotes: Collected from epi net (on the epibenthic sledge); Record Level: language: en; institutionCode:
NHMUK
; collectionCode:
ZOO
; datasetName: ABYSSLINE; basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen
Description
Small disc fragments found in several samples, distinct petal arrangement visible ventrally (Fig. 22).
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. Morphologically not recognisable.