Biogeography of Antarctic sea anemones (Anthozoa, Actiniaria): What do they tell us about the origin of the Antarctic benthic fauna?

29 pages, 11 figures, 7 tables The present study of the biogeography of the Antarctic sea anemone fauna is based on new records and redescriptions of material collected from the Weddell Sea and Peninsula Antarctica, and on an update of the bibliographic data of the Antarctic and sub-Antarctic region...

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Published in:Deep Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography
Main Authors: Rodríguez, Estefanía, López-González, Pablo J., Gili, Josep Maria
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2007
Subjects:
Biogeography
Sea anemones
Actiniaria
Corallimorpharia
Antarctica
Southern Ocean
Antarctic
Daly
The Antarctic
Weddell
Weddell Sea
Antarc*
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10261/26706
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dsr2.2007.07.013
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Summary:29 pages, 11 figures, 7 tables The present study of the biogeography of the Antarctic sea anemone fauna is based on new records and redescriptions of material collected from the Weddell Sea and Peninsula Antarctica, and on an update of the bibliographic data of the Antarctic and sub-Antarctic regions. The faunal compositions at different levels, the geographic and bathymetric distributions of the sea anemone fauna, and the affinities within the continent and with the sub-Antarctic fauna have been studied. Furthermore, the relationships of the sea anemone fauna, of the Southern Ocean, the Mediterranean Sea and Hawaii have been analysed. In this context, the origin of the Antarctic benthic fauna is discussed Support was provided by a MCT-CSIC grant (I3P-BPD2001-1) to E. Rodríguez, and Spanish CICYT projects: ANT97-1533-E, ANT98-1739-E, ANT99-1608-E, REN2001-4269-E/ANT, and CGL2004-20141-E. Additional support was provided by Tree of Life project (NSF 0531763 to M. Daly) Peer reviewed

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