Megafauna of the UKSRL exploration contract area and eastern Clarion-Clipperton Zone in the Pacific Ocean: Annelida, Arthropoda, Bryozoa, Chordata, Ctenophora, Mollusca
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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
Bathysaurus cf. mollis
Guenther
, 1878
Bathysaurus cf. mollis
In the "Atlas of Abyssal Megafauna Morphotypes of the Clarion-Clipperton Fracture Zone" created for the ISA (http://ccfzatlas.com/), this morphospecies is listed as "
Bathysaurus mollis
".
Materials
Type status:
Other material
. Occurrence: recordedBy:
Diva J. Amon, Amanda F. Ziegler
; individualCount:
1
; lifeStage:
Adult
; behavior: Swimming; 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: Bathysauruscf.mollis; scientificName: Bathysaurusmollis; kingdom: Animalia; phylum: Chordata; class: Actinopterygii; order: Aulopiformes; family: Bathysauridae; genus: Bathysaurus; taxonRank: species; scientificNameAuthorship: Gunther, 1878; Location: waterBody: Pacific Ocean; stateProvince: Clarion-Clipperton Zone; locality:
UK Seabed Resources Ltd exploration contract area (UK-1)
; verbatimLocality: UK-1 Stratum A; maximumDepthInMeters: 4028; locationRemarks: RV Melville Cruise MV1313; decimalLatitude:
13.8618
; decimalLongitude:
-116.5484
; 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:
2013-10-21
; eventTime: 4:45; habitat: Abyssal polymetallic-nodule field; fieldNumber: Dive 6 (RV06); 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; 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: Bathysauruscf.mollis; scientificName: Bathysaurusmollis; kingdom: Animalia; phylum: Chordata; class: Actinopterygii; order: Aulopiformes; family: Bathysauridae; genus: Bathysaurus; taxonRank: species; scientificNameAuthorship: Gunther, 1878; Location: waterBody: Pacific Ocean; stateProvince: Clarion-Clipperton Zone; locality:
UK Seabed Resources Ltd exploration contract area (UK-1)
; verbatimLocality: UK-1 Stratum B; maximumDepthInMeters: 4226; locationRemarks: RV Thompson Cruise TN319; decimalLatitude:
12.5787
; decimalLongitude:
-116.7246
; 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: 6:44; habitat: Abyssal polymetallic-nodule field; fieldNumber: Dive 6 (AV06); Record Level: language: en; institutionCode:
UHM
; datasetName: ABYSSLINE; basisOfRecord: HumanObservation
Notes
White to grey/silvery body with flattened, depressed head and gold to green, round reflective eyes. Large mouth with jaw extending past eye and prominent teeth. Typical posture is perched on substrate with all fins extended.
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