On the origin and evolution of Antarctic Peracarida (Crustacea, Malacostraca)

• Published in: Scientia Marina
• Main Author: Brandt, Angelika
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas 1999
• Subjects: Crustacea; Peracarida; Antarctic; Magellan region; evolution; origin; biogeography; Antártida; región de Magallanes; evolución; orígen; biogeografía; Alta; The Antarctic; Magallanes; Hielo; Larga; Antarc*; Antarctica; Antártica
• Online Access: https://scientiamarina.revistas.csic.es/index.php/scientiamarina/article/view/911; https://doi.org/10.3989/scimar.1999.63s1261

The early separation of Gondwana and the subsequent isolation of Antarctica caused a long evolutionary history of its fauna. Both, long environmental stability over millions of years and habitat heterogeneity, due to an abundance of sessile suspension feeders on the continental shelf, favoured evolu...