Taxonomy and bathymetric distribution of the outer neritic/upper bathyal ostracodes (Crustacea: Ostracoda) from the southernmost Brazilian continental margin

• Published in: Zootaxa
• Main Authors: BERGUE, CRISTIANINI TRESCASTRO, COIMBRA, JOÃO CARLOS, RAMOS, MARIA INÊS FEIJÓ
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Mangolia Press 2016
• Subjects: Crustacea; Bathymetric distribution; taxonomy; continental slope; South Atlantic; Antarctic; The Antarctic; Ramos; Antarc*
• Online Access: http://www.mapress.com/j/zt/article/view/zootaxa.4079.1.5; https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4079.1.5

Sixty-five ostracode species belonging to 41 genera and 17 families were recorded in the outer shelf and upper slope off Rio Grande do Sul and Santa Catarina states, southernmost Brazil, between 100 and 586 m water depth interval. The ostracode occurrences are hypothesized to be influenced by both,...