Distribution of Gutless Siboglinid Worms (Annelida, Siboglinidae) in Russian Arctic Seas in Relation to Gas Potential

• Published in: Diversity
• Main Authors: Nadezda P. Karaseva, Nadezhda N. Rimskaya-Korsakova, Roman V. Smirnov, Alexey A. Udalov, Vadim O. Mokievsky, Mikhail M. Gantsevich, Vladimir V. Malakhov
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2022
• Subjects: methane seeps; gas hydrates; permafrost; Arctic warming; Arctic; Barents Sea; Chukchi Sea; Laptev Sea; Yenisey; Arctic Basin; Chukchi; laptev
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.3390/d14121061

In the Russian Arctic seas and adjacent areas of the Arctic basin, 120 sites of siboglinid records are currently known. Individuals belonging to 15 species have been collected. The largest number (49.2%) of records were made in the Barents Sea, followed by the Laptev Sea (37.5%) and the Arctic basin...