Description
Summary:This dataset covers all known chaetognaths of the Southern Ocean and surrounding waters. This dataset is a review of data which has been collected on the chaetognaths of the Southern Ocean. A new key is also given which will allow more rapid, but still accurate, identification than previously published keys. The information presented in temporal and spatial coverage is approximate only. This dataset is a document describing the Chaetognaths of the Southern Ocean. The synonymy, diagnostic characters, geographical and bathymetric distribution of each species is given together with an illustration of body, head and a seminal vesicle, and a distribution map. The document is available for download as a pdf from the provided URL.