Diversity and evolution of Australian Antarctic sea spiders: Understanding species diversification and distribution patterns

• Other Authors: AADC (owner), AADC, DATA OFFICER (distributor), AADC, DATA OFFICER (custodian), ARANGO, CLAUDIA (collaborator), ARANGO, CLAUDIA (hasPrincipalInvestigator), AU/AADC > Australian Antarctic Data Centre, Australia (hasAssociationWith), Arango, C. (originator), Australian Antarctic Data Centre (publisher), Australian Antarctic Division (sponsor), CONNELL, DAVE J. (author)
• Format: Dataset
• Language: unknown
• Published: Australian Ocean Data Network
• Subjects: biota; oceans; EARTH SCIENCE > BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION > ANIMALS/INVERTEBRATES; ANIMALS/INVERTEBRATES > ARTHROPODS; BIOSPHERE > ECOLOGICAL DYNAMICS > SPECIES/POPULATION INTERACTIONS > POPULATION DYNAMICS; COMMUNITY DYNAMICS > COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; Pycnogonid; Sea Spider; Taxonomy; Biodiversity; Evolution; ADS > Automated DNA Sequencer; SHIPS; AMD/AU; CEOS; AMD; OCEAN > SOUTHERN OCEAN; CONTINENT > ANTARCTICA; GEOGRAPHIC REGION > POLAR; Antarc*; Antarctic; Antarctica; aurora australis; Ross Sea; Southern Ocean
• Online Access: https://researchdata.edu.au/diversity-evolution-australian-distribution-patterns/2817648

Progress Code: completed Statement: The values provided in temporal and spatial coverage are approximate only. Taken from the 2009-2010 Progress Report: Field work: The samples obtained for this project so far have been collected as part of collecting cruises onboard Aurora Australis (CEAMARC 2008), 'Polarstern' 2008 (Wedell Sea), Tangaroa (Ross Sea) and other international cruises mostly those from Bristish Antarctic Survey. These samplings have provided excellent material of the project. Research teams from the AAD, particularly the diving program led by Dr. Jonny Stark, co-investigator of the project have also made contributions of sea spiders material. Laboratory activity/analysis: Laboratory activities consist of: DNA extraction, amplification and sequencing: 665 samples of sea spiders fro the mentioned collections have been processed for sequencing at the Barcoding facility in Guelph, Canada which sequence a fragment of the mitochondrial gene Cytochorme Oxidase I (COI) currently used as the barcoding gene. In the meantime, 620 samples in total have been processed for sequencing at the Queensland Museum to obtain a fragment of the mitochondrial gene 16S, providing complementary resolution to that provided by COI. Microscopy for taxonomic identification: -The large size and unsorted condition of the collection from CEAMARC deposited in Paris has slowed down the progress of the project and the microscopic identification. 40% of the material has been sorted and identified to at least genus level. -Description of two new species is currently in progress. 2018-10-05 The original datasheet was reformatted to fit IPT Biodiversity.AQ standard. The new datasheet "pycgongonida.csv" is a combination of the three original datasheets ("Data to AAD Pycnogonida project 3010.xls"/ "POLARSTERN data to AADC June2011.xls"/ "Pycnogonida species NIWA.xls). Therefore, new datasheet provides dataset ID, collection Id, catalogue number, sex, life stage, individual count, sample preparation, verbatin coordenates and decimal ...