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
cf. Bivalvia morphospecies
Materials
Type status:
Other material
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Diva J. Amon, Amanda F. Ziegler
; individualCount:
1
; lifeStage:
Adult
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Eastern Clarion-Clipperton Zone
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Janet Voight, Diva J. Amon, Amanda F. Ziegler
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Remotely Operated Vehicle
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2013-10-23
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UHM
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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; Taxon: taxonConceptID: cf. Bivalvia morphospecies; scientificName: Bivalvia sp.; kingdom: Animalia; phylum: Mollusca; class: Bivalvia; taxonRank: class; scientificNameAuthorship: Linnaeus, 1758; Location: waterBody: Pacific Ocean; stateProvince: Clarion-Clipperton Zone; locality:
Eastern Clarion-Clipperton Zone
; verbatimLocality: Site EPIRB; maximumDepthInMeters: 3927; locationRemarks: RV Melville Cruise MV1313; decimalLatitude:
13.6789
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-114.4093
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Janet Voight, Diva J. Amon, Amanda F. Ziegler
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Remotely Operated Vehicle
; eventDate:
2013-10-23
; eventTime: 10:47; habitat: Abyssal polymetallic-nodule field; fieldNumber: Dive 7 (RV07); 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: 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; Taxon: taxonConceptID: cf. Bivalvia morphospecies; scientificName: Bivalvia sp.; kingdom: Animalia; phylum: Mollusca; class: Bivalvia; taxonRank: class; scientificNameAuthorship: Linnaeus, 1758; Location: waterBody: Pacific Ocean; stateProvince: Clarion-Clipperton Zone; locality:
Eastern Clarion-Clipperton Zone
; verbatimLocality: Site EPIRB; maximumDepthInMeters: 3945; locationRemarks: RV Melville Cruise MV1313; decimalLatitude:
13.6794
; decimalLongitude:
-114.4130
; geodeticDatum: WGS84; coordinateUncertaintyInMeters: 25; Identification: identifiedBy:
Janet Voight, Diva J. Amon, Amanda F. Ziegler
; dateIdentified: 2014; identificationRemarks: Identified only from imagery; identificationQualifier: cf.; Event: samplingProtocol:
Remotely Operated Vehicle
; eventDate:
2013-10-23
; eventTime: 10:06; habitat: Abyssal polymetallic-nodule field; fieldNumber: Dive 7 (RV07); Record Level: language: en; institutionCode:
UHM
; datasetName: ABYSSLINE; basisOfRecord: HumanObservation
Notes
Infaunal, two-valves that meet at line; view in Fig. 53 a, c virtually into expanded siphon which is extended; Fig. 53b shows closed valves. Valve length enigmatically large (ca. 3-4 cm) for these depths, essentially 50% larger than expected.
Fig. 53