New records of isopod species of the Antarctic Specially Managed Area No. 1, Admiralty Bay, South Shetland Islands

• Published in: Polish Polar Research
• Main Authors: Zemko Karol, Pabis Krzysztof, Siciński Jacek, Błażewicz Magdalena
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Polish Academy of Sciences 2017
• Subjects: Antarctic; King George Island; Crustacea; glacial fjords; ASMA; biodiversity; Geology; QE1-996.5; Southern Ocean; The Antarctic; South Shetland Islands; Admiralty Bay; Antarc*; Polar Research
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1515/popore-2017-0017; https://doaj.org/article/b6021f3b2f0c45c88af353c97d05d3db

Admiralty Bay (King George Island) is an Antarctic Specially Managed Area and one the most thoroughly studied small-scale marine basins in the Southern Ocean. Our study provides new data on the isopod fauna in this glacially affected fjord. Twelve species of isopods were recorded in this basin for the first time. Six of them were found for the first time in the region of the South Shetland Islands. The highest number of species new for Admiralty Bay were found in the families Munnopsidae (4 species) and Munnidae (3 species).