Deep-sea benthic crustacean, polychaete, and sipunculid data from the Bering Sea ...

• Main Authors: Knauber, Henry, Kohlenbach, Katharina, Yasuhara, Philipp, Lüter, Carsten, Werner, Reinhard, Brandt, Angelika, Saeedi, Hanieh
• Format: Dataset
• Language: English
• Published: Deep-sea OBIS node 2023
• Subjects: Samplingevent; Bering Sea; Pacific
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.15468/acfpyn; https://www.gbif.org/dataset/a0eebab0-5c66-449f-a9b2-00dc5a83f356

Samples of Crustacea, Polychaeta and Sipuncula were collected in the Bering Sea and the Northwest Pacific Ocean during the BERING expedition (SO-249) on board of RV Sonne in 2016. Biological samples were collected using a dredge at depths ranging between 330–5070 m at 32 locations and were stored in 70% ethanol. Specimens were morphologically identified to the lowest taxonomic rank possible using a Leica M60 stereomicroscope. The presented data here comprises taxonomic information as well as annotated bathymetric and biogeographic metadata of a total of 78 samples (26 Crustacea, 47 Polychaeta, 4 Sipuncula and 1 Hirudinea). All data was prepared following Darwin Core Biodiversity standards for FAIR data sharing based on OBIS guidelines. ...