Pachycara cf. nazca Anderson & Bluhm, 1997

Amon, Diva J, Ziegler, Amanda F, Drazen, Jeffrey C, Grischenko, Andrei V, Leitner, Astrid B, Lindsay, Dhugal J, Voight, Janet R, Wicksten, Mary K, Young, Craig M & Smith, Craig R, 2017, Megafauna of the UKSRL exploration contract area and eastern Clarion-Clipperton Zone in the Pacific Ocean: Annelida, Arthropoda, Bryozoa, Chordata, Ctenophora, Mollusca, Biodiversity Data Journal 5, pp. 14598-14598 : 14598

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Pachycara cf. nazca Anderson & Bluhm, 1997
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Type status: Other material. Occurrence: recordedBy: Diva J. Amon, Amanda F. Ziegler; individualCount: 1; lifeStage: Adult; behavior: On seafloor; 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; 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.2017.04.017; Taxon: taxonConceptID: Pachycaracf.nazca; scientificName: Pachycaranazca; kingdom: Animalia; phylum: Chordata; class: Actinopterygii; order: Perciformes; family: Zoarcidae; genus: Pachycara; taxonRank: species; scientificNameAuthorship: Anderson & Bluhm, 1997; Location: waterBody: Pacific Ocean; stateProvince: Clarion-Clipperton Zone; locality: UK Seabed Resources Ltd exploration contract area (UK-1) ; verbatimLocality: UK-1 Stratum A; maximumDepthInMeters: 4070; locationRemarks: RV Melville Cruise MV1313; decimalLatitude: 13.7605; decimalLongitude: -116.4679; geodeticDatum: WGS84; coordinateUncertaintyInMeters: 25; Identification: identifiedBy: Astrid Leitner, Jeffrey Drazen, Diva J. Amon, Amanda F. Ziegler; dateIdentified: 2014; identificationRemarks: Identified only from imagery; identificationQualifier: cf.; Event: samplingProtocol: Remotely Operated Vehicle; eventDate: 2013-10-18; eventTime: 2:24; habitat: Abyssal polymetallic-nodule field; fieldNumber: Dive 5 (RV05); Record Level: language: en; institutionCode: UHM; datasetName: ABYSSLINE; basisOfRecord: HumanObservation GoogleMaps Type status: Other material. Occurrence: catalogNumber: AB1-TR06-fish-1 ; recordNumber: AB1-TR06-fish-1; recordedBy: Jeffrey Drazen, Astrid Leitner; individualCount: 1; lifeStage: Adult; occurrenceStatus: present; preparations: tissue and DNA voucher stored in 80% non-denatured ethanol aqueous solution and remainder of animal preserved in 4% formaldehyde; 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; 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.2017.04.017; Taxon: taxonConceptID: Pachycaranazca; scientificName: Pachycaranazca; kingdom: Animalia; phylum: Chordata; class: Actinopterygii; order: Perciformes; family: Zoarcidae; genus: Pachycara; taxonRank: species; scientificNameAuthorship: Anderson & Bluhm, 1997; Location: waterBody: Pacific Ocean; stateProvince: Clarion-Clipperton Zone; locality: UK Seabed Resources Ltd exploration contract area (UK-1) ; verbatimLocality: UK-1 Stratum A; maximumDepthInMeters: 4106; locationRemarks: RV Melville Cruise MV1313; decimalLatitude: 13.9022; decimalLongitude: -116.5742; geodeticDatum: WGS84; coordinateUncertaintyInMeters: 50; Identification: identifiedBy: Astrid Leitner, Jeffrey Drazen, Diva J. Amon, Amanda F. Ziegler, Eric Anderson; dateIdentified: 2014; identificationRemarks: Identified by morphology of collected specimen; Event: samplingProtocol: Baited Trap; eventDate: 2013-10-20; eventTime: 7:44; habitat: Abyssal polymetallic-nodule field; fieldNumber: TR06; Record Level: language: en; institutionCode: UHM; datasetName: ABYSSLINE; basisOfRecord: HumanObservation GoogleMaps Type status: Other material. Occurrence: catalogNumber: AB1-TR06-fish-2 ; recordNumber: AB1-TR06-fish-2; recordedBy: Jeffrey Drazen, Astrid Leitner; individualCount: 1; lifeStage: Adult; occurrenceStatus: present; preparations: tissue and DNA voucher stored in 80% non-denatured ethanol aqueous solution and remainder of animal preserved in 4% formaldehyde; 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; 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.2017.04.017; Taxon: taxonConceptID: Pachycaranazca; scientificName: Pachycaranazca; kingdom: Animalia; phylum: Chordata; class: Actinopterygii; order: Perciformes; family: Zoarcidae; genus: Pachycara; taxonRank: species; scientificNameAuthorship: Anderson & Bluhm, 1997; Location: waterBody: Pacific Ocean; stateProvince: Clarion-Clipperton Zone; locality: UK Seabed Resources Ltd exploration contract area (UK-1) ; verbatimLocality: UK-1 Stratum A; maximumDepthInMeters: 4106; locationRemarks: RV Melville Cruise MV1313; decimalLatitude: 13.9022; decimalLongitude: -116.5742; geodeticDatum: WGS84; coordinateUncertaintyInMeters: 50; Identification: identifiedBy: Astrid Leitner, Jeffrey Drazen, Diva J. Amon, Amanda F. Ziegler, Eric Anderson; dateIdentified: 2014; identificationRemarks: Identified by morphology of collected specimen; Event: samplingProtocol: Baited Trap; eventDate: 2013-10-20; eventTime: 7:44; habitat: Abyssal polymetallic-nodule field; fieldNumber: TR06; Record Level: language: en; institutionCode: UHM; datasetName: ABYSSLINE; basisOfRecord: HumanObservation GoogleMaps Type status: Other material. Occurrence: recordedBy: Jeffrey Drazen, Astrid Leitner; individualCount: 1; lifeStage: Adult; behavior: On seafloor; 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; 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.2017.04.017; Taxon: taxonConceptID: Pachycaracf.nazca; scientificName: Pachycaranazca; kingdom: Animalia; phylum: Chordata; class: Actinopterygii; order: Perciformes; family: Zoarcidae; genus: Pachycara; taxonRank: species; scientificNameAuthorship: Anderson & Bluhm, 1997; Location: waterBody: Pacific Ocean; stateProvince: Clarion-Clipperton Zone; locality: UK Seabed Resources Ltd exploration contract area (UK-1) ; verbatimLocality: UK-1 Stratum B; maximumDepthInMeters: 4263; locationRemarks: RV Thompson Cruise TN319; decimalLatitude: 12.4526; decimalLongitude: -116.6488; 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: 2015-03-07; eventTime: 17:06; habitat: Abyssal polymetallic-nodule field; fieldNumber: CA08; Record Level: language: en; institutionCode: UHM; datasetName: ABYSSLINE; basisOfRecord: HumanObservation GoogleMaps

Notes

Large, deep-bodied eel-like shape. Large prominent lips and small rounded eyes. Large, rounded bulbous head. Smooth, scale-less appearance. Very round, large pectoral fins. Colors range from grey to white. Distinguished from other zoarcid morphospecies by large size, rounded head and pectoral fins.

Fig. 47

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Order

Perciformes

Family

Zoarcidae

Genus

Pachycara