Abyssal fauna of the UK- 1 polymetallic nodule exploration claim, Clarion-Clipperton Zone, central Pacific Ocean: Echinodermata Author Glover, Adrian G Author Wiklund, Helena Author Rabone, Muriel Author Amon, Diva J Author Smith, Craig R Author O'Hara, Tim Author Mah, Christopher L Author Dahlgren, Thomas G text 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 Porcellanaster ceruleus Wyville Thomson, 1877 Materials Type status: Other material . Occurrence: catalogNumber: c57f1bd3-1b32-41e6-8e1d-0ad6472e4327 ; recordNumber: NHM_168; 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: 5023491; associatedSequences: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/nuccore/KU519568; Taxon: taxonConceptID: Porcellanastercf.ceruleus; scientificName: Porcellanasterceruleus; kingdom: Animalia; phylum: Echinodermata; class: Asteroidea; order: Paxillosida; family: Porcellanasteridae; genus: Porcellanaster; scientificNameAuthorship: Wyville Thomson, 1877; Location: waterBody: Pacific; stateProvince: Clarion Clipperton Zone; locality: UK Seabed Resources Ltd exploration claim UK-1 ; verbatimLocality: UK-1 Stratum A; maximumDepthInMeters: 4084; locationRemarks: RV Melville Cruise MV1313; decimalLatitude: 13.963233333333 ; decimalLongitude: -116.56821666667 ; geodeticDatum: WGS84; Identification: identifiedBy: Diva Amon, Chris Mah, Adrian Glover, Helena Wiklund, Thomas Dahlgren ; dateIdentified: 2015-06-01; identificationRemarks: identified by DNA and morphology; identificationQualifier: cf; Event: samplingProtocol: USNEL Box Core ; eventDate: 2013-10-12 ; eventTime: 23:01; habitat: Abyssal plain; fieldNumber: BC06; fieldNotes: Collected from 0-2 cm layer of box core using a 300 micron sieve; Record Level: language: en; institutionCode: NHMUK ; collectionCode: ZOO ; datasetName: ABYSSLINE; basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen Type status: Other material . Occurrence: catalogNumber: 7e8ca2d8-aea1-45bd-b7e0-d0575cadd82d ; recordNumber: NHM_200; 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: 5023495; associatedSequences: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/nuccore/KU519569; Taxon: taxonConceptID: Porcellanastercf.ceruleus; scientificName: Porcellanasterceruleus; kingdom: Animalia; phylum: Echinodermata; class: Asteroidea; order: Paxillosida; family: Porcellanasteridae; genus: Porcellanaster; scientificNameAuthorship: Wyville Thomson, 1877; Location: waterBody: Pacific; stateProvince: Clarion Clipperton Zone; locality: UK Seabed Resources Ltd exploration claim UK-1 ; verbatimLocality: UK-1 Stratum A; maximumDepthInMeters: 4054; locationRemarks: RV Melville Cruise MV1313; decimalLatitude: 13.824116666667 ; decimalLongitude: -116.53425 ; geodeticDatum: WGS84; Identification: identifiedBy: Diva Amon, Chris Mah, Adrian Glover, Helena Wiklund, Thomas Dahlgren ; dateIdentified: 2015-06-01; identificationRemarks: identified by DNA and morphology; identificationQualifier: cf; Event: samplingProtocol: USNEL Box Core ; eventDate: 2013-10-14 ; eventTime: 21:37; habitat: Abyssal plain; fieldNumber: BC07; fieldNotes: Collected from 2-5 cm layer of box core using a 300 micron sieve; Record Level: language: en; institutionCode: NHMUK ; collectionCode: ZOO ; datasetName: ABYSSLINE; basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen Type status: Other material . Occurrence: catalogNumber: 95d0bd7f-0df9-47e4-8003-cd12007d54b4 ; recordNumber: NHM_253; recordedBy: Adrian Glover, Helena Wiklund, Thomas Dahlgren, Maggie Georgieva ; individualCount: 2 ; preparations: tissue and DNA voucher stored in 80% non-denatured ethanol aqueous solution; otherCatalogNumbers: 5023506; associatedSequences: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/nuccore/KU519570 | KU519525 | KU519542; Taxon: taxonConceptID: Porcellanastercf.ceruleus; scientificName: Porcellanasterceruleus; kingdom: Animalia; phylum: Echinodermata; class: Asteroidea; order: Paxillosida; family: Porcellanasteridae; genus: Porcellanaster; scientificNameAuthorship: Wyville Thomson, 1877; Location: waterBody: Pacific; stateProvince: Clarion Clipperton Zone; locality: UK Seabed Resources Ltd exploration claim UK-1 ; verbatimLocality: UK-1 Stratum A; maximumDepthInMeters: 4076; locationRemarks: RV Melville Cruise MV1313; decimalLatitude: 13.755833333333 ; decimalLongitude: -116.48666666667 ; geodeticDatum: WGS84; Identification: identifiedBy: Diva Amon, Chris Mah, Adrian Glover, Helena Wiklund, Thomas Dahlgren ; dateIdentified: 2015-06-01; identificationRemarks: identified by DNA and morphology; identificationQualifier: cf; Event: samplingProtocol: Brenke Epibenthic Sledge ; eventDate: 2013-10-17 ; eventTime: 01:50; habitat: Abyssal plain; fieldNumber: EB04; fieldNotes: Collected from epi net (on the epibenthic sledge); Record Level: language: en; institutionCode: NHMUK ; collectionCode: ZOO ; datasetName: ABYSSLINE; basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen Type status: Other material . Occurrence: catalogNumber: d15a68e0-b2b3-40b4-8cab-0563609cc80d ; recordNumber: NHM_267; 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: 5023509; associatedSequences: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/nuccore/KU519571; Taxon: taxonConceptID: Porcellanastercf.ceruleus; scientificName: Porcellanasterceruleus; kingdom: Animalia; phylum: Echinodermata; class: Asteroidea; order: Paxillosida; family: Porcellanasteridae; genus: Porcellanaster; scientificNameAuthorship: Wyville Thomson, 1877; Location: waterBody: Pacific; stateProvince: Clarion Clipperton Zone; locality: UK Seabed Resources Ltd exploration claim UK-1 ; verbatimLocality: UK-1 Stratum A; maximumDepthInMeters: 4076; locationRemarks: RV Melville Cruise MV1313; decimalLatitude: 13.755833333333 ; decimalLongitude: -116.48666666667 ; geodeticDatum: WGS84; Identification: identifiedBy: Diva Amon, Chris Mah, Adrian Glover, Helena Wiklund, Thomas Dahlgren ; dateIdentified: 2015-06-01; identificationRemarks: identified by DNA and morphology; identificationQualifier: cf; Event: samplingProtocol: Brenke Epibenthic Sledge ; eventDate: 2013-10-17 ; eventTime: 01:50; habitat: Abyssal plain; fieldNumber: EB04; fieldNotes: Collected from epi net (on the epibenthic sledge); Record Level: language: en; institutionCode: NHMUK ; collectionCode: ZOO ; datasetName: ABYSSLINE; basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen Type status: Other material . Occurrence: catalogNumber: 76acc5a2-6e0e-4599-8104-b8e243af10c4 ; recordNumber: NHM_408; 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: 5023519; associatedSequences: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/nuccore/KU519572; Taxon: taxonConceptID: Porcellanastercf.ceruleus; scientificName: Porcellanasterceruleus; kingdom: Animalia; phylum: Echinodermata; class: Asteroidea; order: Paxillosida; family: Porcellanasteridae; genus: Porcellanaster; scientificNameAuthorship: Wyville Thomson, 1877; Location: waterBody: Pacific; stateProvince: Clarion Clipperton Zone; locality: UK Seabed Resources Ltd exploration claim UK-1 ; verbatimLocality: UK-1 Stratum A; maximumDepthInMeters: 4500; locationRemarks: RV Melville Cruise MV1313; decimalLatitude: 13.863283333333 ; decimalLongitude: -116.54885 ; geodeticDatum: WGS84; Identification: identifiedBy: Diva Amon, Chris Mah, Adrian Glover, Helena Wiklund, Thomas Dahlgren ; dateIdentified: 2015-06-01; identificationRemarks: identified by DNA and morphology; identificationQualifier: cf; Event: samplingProtocol: USNEL Box Core ; eventDate: 2013-10-20 ; eventTime: 03:39; habitat: Abyssal plain; fieldNumber: BC12; fieldNotes: Collected from 0-2 cm layer of box core using a 300 micron sieve; Record Level: language: en; institutionCode: NHMUK ; collectionCode: ZOO ; datasetName: ABYSSLINE; basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen Description Voucher material NHM_267 maximum width of disc 10.5mm (Fig. 11). Length of medial antenna 3.1mm- specimen NHM_253 (Fig. 11). Morphological identification matches Porcellanaster ceruleus detailed in Wywille Thomson (1877). Genetic data for this taxa with new GenBank accession numbers are provided in Table 2 Diagnosis Morphologically matches diagnosis of Porcellanaster ceruleus Wyville Thomson, 1877. Forms a unique monophyletic clade distinct from other AB01 specimens. Sequences of this material has no genetic matches on GenBank or Barcode of Life Database. The type material of Porcellanaster ceruleus Wyville Thomson, 1877 was dredged by the Challanger SE of New York (38°34'N; 72°10'W, 2270m depth) wich is significantly separated from our collection site. We assign the tentative name Porcellanaster cf. ceruleus to this material until we have a better understanding of genetic variation within the species including data from the type locality.