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
Author
Ziegler, Amanda F
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Drazen, Jeffrey C
Author
Grischenko, Andrei V
Author
Leitner, Astrid B
Author
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
cf. Cirroteuthidae morphospecies
cf. Cirroteuthidae morphospecies
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 "
Cirroteuthis
morphotype".
Materials
Type status:
Other material
. Occurrence: recordedBy:
Diva J. Amon, Amanda F. Ziegler
; individualCount:
1
; behavior: Swimming; occurrenceStatus: present; preparations: Imaged only; Taxon: taxonConceptID: cf. Cirroteuthidae morphospecies; scientificName: Cirroteuthidae sp.; kingdom: Animalia; phylum: Mollusca; class: Cephalopoda; order: Octopoda; family: Cirroteuthidae; taxonRank: family; scientificNameAuthorship: Keferstein, 1866; Location: waterBody: Pacific Ocean; stateProvince: Clarion-Clipperton Zone; locality:
UK Seabed Resources Ltd exploration contract area (UK-1)
; verbatimLocality: UK-1 Stratum B; maximumDepthInMeters: 4225; locationRemarks: RV Thompson Cruise TN319; decimalLatitude:
12.5819
; decimalLongitude:
-116.7209
; geodeticDatum: WGS84; coordinateUncertaintyInMeters: 25; Identification: identifiedBy:
Janet Voight, Diva J. Amon, Amanda F. Ziegler
; dateIdentified: 2015; identificationReferences: http://tolweb.org/Cirrata/20086; identificationRemarks: Identified only from imagery; identificationQualifier: cf.; Event: samplingProtocol:
Autonomous Underwater Vehicle
; eventDate:
2015-03-09
; eventTime: 11:07; habitat: Abyssal polymetallic-nodule field; fieldNumber: Dive 6 (AV06); Record Level: language: en; institutionCode:
UHM
; datasetName: ABYSSLINE; basisOfRecord: HumanObservation
Type status:
Other material
. Occurrence: recordedBy:
Diva J. Amon, Amanda F. Ziegler
; individualCount:
1
; behavior: Swimming; occurrenceStatus: present; preparations: Imaged only; Taxon: taxonConceptID: cf. Cirroteuthidae morphospecies; scientificName: Cirroteuthidae sp.; kingdom: Animalia; phylum: Mollusca; class: Cephalopoda; order: Octopoda; family: Cirroteuthidae; taxonRank: family; scientificNameAuthorship: Keferstein, 1866; Location: waterBody: Pacific Ocean; stateProvince: Clarion-Clipperton Zone; locality:
UK Seabed Resources Ltd exploration contract area (UK-1)
; verbatimLocality: UK-1 Stratum B; maximumDepthInMeters: 4233; locationRemarks: RV Thompson Cruise TN319; decimalLatitude:
12.5341
; decimalLongitude:
-116.6039
; geodeticDatum: WGS84; coordinateUncertaintyInMeters: 25; Identification: identifiedBy:
Janet Voight, Diva J. Amon, Amanda F. Ziegler
; dateIdentified: 2015; identificationReferences: http://tolweb.org/Cirrata/20086; identificationRemarks: Identified only from imagery; identificationQualifier: cf.; Event: samplingProtocol:
Autonomous Underwater Vehicle
; eventDate:
2015-03-18
; eventTime: 16:00; habitat: Abyssal polymetallic-nodule field; fieldNumber: Dive 9 (AV09); Record Level: language: en; institutionCode:
UHM
; datasetName: ABYSSLINE; basisOfRecord: HumanObservation
Type status:
Other material
. Occurrence: recordedBy:
Diva J. Amon, Amanda F. Ziegler
; individualCount:
1
; behavior: Swimming; occurrenceStatus: present; preparations: Imaged only; Taxon: taxonConceptID: cf. Cirroteuthidae morphospecies; scientificName: Cirroteuthidae sp.; kingdom: Animalia; phylum: Mollusca; class: Cephalopoda; order: Octopoda; family: Cirroteuthidae; taxonRank: family; scientificNameAuthorship: Keferstein, 1866; Location: waterBody: Pacific Ocean; stateProvince: Clarion-Clipperton Zone; locality:
UK Seabed Resources Ltd exploration contract area (UK-1)
; verbatimLocality: UK-1 Stratum B; maximumDepthInMeters: 4254; locationRemarks: RV Thompson Cruise TN319; decimalLatitude:
12.4932
; decimalLongitude:
-116.6517
; geodeticDatum: WGS84; coordinateUncertaintyInMeters: 25; Identification: identifiedBy:
Janet Voight, Diva J. Amon, Amanda F. Ziegler
; dateIdentified: 2015; identificationReferences: http://tolweb.org/Cirrata/20086; identificationRemarks: Identified only from imagery; identificationQualifier: cf.; Event: samplingProtocol:
Autonomous Underwater Vehicle
; eventDate:
2015-03-04
; eventTime: 0:31; habitat: Abyssal polymetallic-nodule field; fieldNumber: Dive 5 (AV05); Record Level: language: en; institutionCode:
UHM
; datasetName: ABYSSLINE; basisOfRecord: HumanObservation
Type status:
Other material
. Occurrence: recordedBy:
Diva J. Amon, Amanda F. Ziegler
; individualCount:
1
; behavior: Swimming; occurrenceStatus: present; preparations: Imaged only; Taxon: taxonConceptID: cf. Cirroteuthidae morphospecies; scientificName: Cirroteuthidae sp.; kingdom: Animalia; phylum: Mollusca; class: Cephalopoda; order: Octopoda; family: Cirroteuthidae; taxonRank: family; scientificNameAuthorship: Keferstein, 1866; Location: waterBody: Pacific Ocean; stateProvince: Clarion-Clipperton Zone; locality:
UK Seabed Resources Ltd exploration contract area (UK-1)
; verbatimLocality: UK-1 Stratum B; maximumDepthInMeters: 4223; locationRemarks: RV Thompson Cruise TN319; decimalLatitude:
12.5854
; decimalLongitude:
-116.7193
; geodeticDatum: WGS84; coordinateUncertaintyInMeters: 25; Identification: identifiedBy:
Janet Voight, Diva J. Amon, Amanda F. Ziegler
; dateIdentified: 2015; identificationReferences: http://tolweb.org/Cirrata/20086; identificationRemarks: Identified only from imagery; identificationQualifier: cf.; Event: samplingProtocol:
Autonomous Underwater Vehicle
; eventDate:
2015-03-09
; eventTime: 9:40; habitat: Abyssal polymetallic-nodule field; fieldNumber: Dive 6 (AV06); Record Level: language: en; institutionCode:
UHM
; datasetName: ABYSSLINE; basisOfRecord: HumanObservation
Notes
Octopod with large paired fins emerging from lateral mantle, secondary web between the arms and primary web, and two rows of long cirri lateral to single row of arm suckers. Head about the same width as mantle. Mantle notably elongate, vague translucence. Distal arms often coiled aborally, exposing the secondary web.
Fig. 54