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Benthic polychaetes off Edward VIII Plateau in the continental shelf of East Antarctica

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Title Benthic polychaetes off Edward VIII Plateau in the continental shelf of East Antarctica
 
Creator Parameswaran, Usha V.
Jaleel, Abdul K. U.
Sanjeevan, V. N.
Antony, P. J.
Elizabeth, John
 
Subject Antarctica
Benthos
Polychaetes
Continental shelf
 
Description 921-925
Samples of marine benthos were collected from three
stations (200-300 m depth) off the Edward VIII Plateau (Enderby Land, East Antarctica) during the Third Indian Expedition to
the Southern Ocean (2009). Dominant taxonomic groups collected were the
polychaetes (165 individuals), nematodes (71) and crustaceans (83), along with
echinoderms (19), bivalve molluscs (18), mast pycnogonids (4) and bryozoans.
Among the polychaetes, 53 species could be identified. Syllids were represented
by the most number of individuals (18.5%), followed by the paraonids (13.1%),
spionids (12.5%) and cirratulids (11.9%). Most abundant species collected were Brania
sp. (Syllidae) and Laonice weddellia (Spionidae). The polychaete
species represented in the samples are listed.
 
Date 2016-06-23T15:30:47Z
2016-06-23T15:30:47Z
2014-06
 
Type Article
 
Identifier 0975-1033 (Online); 0379-5136 (Print)
http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/28961
 
Language en_US
 
Rights CC Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 2.5 India
 
Publisher NISCAIR-CSIR, India
 
Source IJMS Vol.43(6) [June 2014]