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First record of the genus Aonidella (Spionidae: Annelida: ‘Polychaeta’) from Bellingshausen Sea (west Antarctica)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 April 2010

Eduardo López
Eduardo López*
Affiliation:
Laboratorio de Biología Marina, Departamento de Biología (Zoología), Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Cantoblanco, 28049 Madrid, Spain
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Correspondence should be addressed to: E. López, Laboratorio de Biología Marina, Departamento de Biología (Zoología), Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Cantoblanco, 28049 Madrid, Spain email: eduardo.lopez@uam.es
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Abstract

During the Antarctic summers of 2002–2003 and of 2005–2006, the Spanish BENTART cruises were conducted to the Bellingshausen Sea (west Antarctica) aiming to get a complete picture of the benthic communities of the area. To achieve it, 30 stations were selected, from depths ranging from 100 to 2000 m. In order to characterize the infaunal, epifaunal and suprabenthic components of the communities various different sampling gears were used at each station. As a part of the obtained material, some spionid individuals were identified as belonging to a species never before recorded from the Austral Ocean, Aonidella cirrobranchiata.

Keywords

AonidellaSpionidaeAntarcticaAustral OceanBENTART
Type
Research Article
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Marine Biodiversity Records , Volume 3 , June 2010 , e32
Copyright
Copyright © Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 2010

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