1. Australian Antarctic Data Centre
2. Discover and Manage Data
3. Records
4. AADC-00020

Description

This dataset is a scanned copy of ANARE Research Notes 3, which describe the Pelagic Polychaetes of the Southern Ocean. It lists all the known species and with illustrated diagrams provides a guide to their taxonomic identification.

Taken from the abstract:
The pelagic polychaetes of the Southern Ocean include Vanadis antarctica (McIntosh), V. longissima (Levinsen), Rhynchonerella bongraini (Gravier), R. petersii (Langerhans), Tomopteris carpenteri (Quatrefages), T. cavallii (Rosa), T. ligulata (Rosa), T. planktonis (Apstein), T. septentrionalis (Steenstrup), Typhloscolex mulleri (Busch), Sagitella kowalevskii (Wagner), Travisiopsis coniceps (Chamberlin), Tr. lobifera (Levinsen), Tr. levinseni (Southern), Tr. lanceolata (Southern), Phalacrophorus pictus (Greeff), Pelagobia longicirrata (Greef) and Maupasia caeca (Viguier).

The diagnostic characters, geographical and bathymetric distribution and synonymy of each of these polychaetes are given together with illustrations and distribution maps. A key is given for the identification of these polychaetes and species found in waters adjacent to the Southern Ocean.

Polychaetes can be divided into two groups; sedentary forms, and errant of free-moving forms including some strictly pelagic species. Although the great majority of adult polychaetes are benthonic, the larvae of most polychaetes are planktonic and the sexual stages of certain families such as the Sylidae and Nereidae are found at night in tow-netting over shallow water.

The document is available for download as a pdf from the provided URL.

Quality

This dataset includes data from the Southern Ocean as well as adjacent waters, which adds to previous work where there is very little information on the adjacent waters to the Southern Ocean. The dataset includes all known pelagic species in these regions. This dataset was compiled from information from varying sources about pelagic polychaetes of the Southern Ocean. Pelagic species occurring in adjacent waters, between 30 degrees south and the Subtropical Convergence, are also included in the keys. Keys, family, genus and species descriptions are taken from Day, J.H. (1967) Polychaeta of Southern Africa. Part I. Errantia. 878pp. British Museum (Natural History) Pubn. no. 656, London, except where otherwise specified. A distribution map is given for each species. Where differing points of view were found, the author has tried to give both side, and has followed the results of Dales, R.P. and Peter, G. (1972) A synopsis of the pelagic Polychaeta. Journal of Natural History. Vol 6, pp 55-92, in the synonymy as it is the most recent paper. Distribution maps show symbols to represent the location at which a species has been found. These however may be only approximate, where a general area is being specified rather than an exact location.

The information presented in temporal and spatial coverage is approximate only.

Access

The document is publicly available for download as a pdf from the provided URL.

Temporal Coverages

• Start date: 1981-10-01 - Stop date: 1982-10-01

Spatial Coverages

Science Keywords

• EARTH SCIENCE > BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION > ANIMALS/INVERTEBRATES > SEGMENTED WORMS (ANNELIDS) > BRISTLE WORMS
• EARTH SCIENCE > BIOSPHERE > ECOSYSTEMS > MARINE ECOSYSTEMS > PELAGIC

Use Constraints

This data set conforms to the CCBY Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).

Please follow instructions listed in the citation reference provided at http://data.aad.gov.au/aadc/metadata/citation.cfm?entry_id=AADC-00020 when using these data.