Increasing knowledge of biodiversity on the Orphan Seamount: a new species of Tedania (Tedaniopsis) Dendy, 1924

• Published in: Frontiers in Marine Science
• Main Authors: Ríos, P. (Pilar), Cristobo, J. (Javier), Baker, Emily, Beazley, Lindsay, Culwick, Timothy, Kenchington, E. (Ellen)
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Centro Oceanográfico de Gijón 2021
• Subjects: sponges; VMEs; taxonomy; new species; Tedania (Tedaniopsis) rappi; ecology; Deep-sea bed; Marine biology; Bergen; Newfoundland; Norway; Orphan Knoll; Labrador Sea; Northwest Atlantic
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10508/12111; https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2021.612857

A new Tedania species (Porifera) was collect using remotely operated vehicles during the Canadian mission HUD2010-029 and the British RRS Discovery Cruise DY081, on the Orphan Seamount near the Orphan Knoll, northwest Atlantic, between 2999.88 and 3450.4 m depth. Orphan Knoll is an isolated, drowned...