Hydroids of the BANZARE Antarctic expeditions 1929 - 1931

• Other Authors: Australian Antarctic Data Centre (isManagedBy), National Health and Medical Research Council (Australia) (isFundedBy), National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) (isFundedBy)
• Format: Dataset
• Language: unknown
• Published: Atlas of Living Australia
• Subjects: Antarctic; Southern Ocean; Kerguelen; Heard Island; Kerguelen Islands; Australian Antarctic Territory; New Zealand; Antarc*; Macquarie Island
• Online Access: https://researchdata.edu.au/hydroids-banzare-antarctic-1929-1931/400590

The BANZARE Expeditions (British, Australian, New Zealand, Antarctic Research Expeditions) 1929 - 1931 sampled the marine benthos in the Southern Ocean, at the Kerguelen Islands, Heard Island, Macquarie Island, and southwest of Tasmania and along the coast of the Australian Antarctic Territory. Forty six stations at depths of 2 - 640 m were occupied along the Australian Antarctic Territory coast. Eight species of Halecium including five new and Hydrodendron arboreum were found and recorded from eight stations.