A new brooding species of brittle-star (Echinodermata: Ophiuroidea) from Antarctic waters
A new brittle star attributable to the genus Ophiacantha is described from Antarctic waters, in the diffuse limits of the Antarctic Polar Front at Shag Rocks, South Georgia. The new species can be differentiated from its Southern Ocean congeners by the striations on the arm plates. Several adult ind...
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ftnerc:oai:nora.nerc.ac.uk:18215 2023-05-15T13:45:12+02:00 A new brooding species of brittle-star (Echinodermata: Ophiuroidea) from Antarctic waters Martín-Ledo, Rafael Sands, Chester López-González, Pablo J. 2013-01 http://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/18215/ http://download.springer.com/static/pdf/456/art%253A10.1007%252Fs00300-012-1242-z.pdf?auth66=1360922107_e1ff980181b306f9bff28ee8cf135865&ext=.pdf unknown Springer Martín-Ledo, Rafael; Sands, Chester orcid:0000-0003-1028-0328 López-González, Pablo J. 2013 A new brooding species of brittle-star (Echinodermata: Ophiuroidea) from Antarctic waters. Polar Biology, 36 (1). 115-126. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00300-012-1242-z <https://doi.org/10.1007/s00300-012-1242-z> Publication - Article PeerReviewed 2013 ftnerc https://doi.org/10.1007/s00300-012-1242-z 2023-02-04T19:31:34Z A new brittle star attributable to the genus Ophiacantha is described from Antarctic waters, in the diffuse limits of the Antarctic Polar Front at Shag Rocks, South Georgia. The new species can be differentiated from its Southern Ocean congeners by the striations on the arm plates. Several adult individuals were observed brooding their juveniles, as the arms of the juveniles were seen emerging from the genital slits of the parent. The present paper reports this discovery, providing a description and illustrations of Ophiacantha wolfarntzi n. sp., a comparison of the species with its closest congeners and an identification key for Ophiacantha species reported from sub-Antarctic and Antarctic waters Article in Journal/Newspaper Antarc* Antarctic Polar Biology Southern Ocean Natural Environment Research Council: NERC Open Research Archive Antarctic Southern Ocean The Antarctic Shag Rocks ENVELOPE(-42.033,-42.033,-53.550,-53.550) Polar Biology 36 1 115 126 |
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A new brittle star attributable to the genus Ophiacantha is described from Antarctic waters, in the diffuse limits of the Antarctic Polar Front at Shag Rocks, South Georgia. The new species can be differentiated from its Southern Ocean congeners by the striations on the arm plates. Several adult individuals were observed brooding their juveniles, as the arms of the juveniles were seen emerging from the genital slits of the parent. The present paper reports this discovery, providing a description and illustrations of Ophiacantha wolfarntzi n. sp., a comparison of the species with its closest congeners and an identification key for Ophiacantha species reported from sub-Antarctic and Antarctic waters |
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Martín-Ledo, Rafael Sands, Chester López-González, Pablo J. A new brooding species of brittle-star (Echinodermata: Ophiuroidea) from Antarctic waters |
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Martín-Ledo, Rafael Sands, Chester López-González, Pablo J. |
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A new brooding species of brittle-star (Echinodermata: Ophiuroidea) from Antarctic waters |
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A new brooding species of brittle-star (Echinodermata: Ophiuroidea) from Antarctic waters |
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A new brooding species of brittle-star (Echinodermata: Ophiuroidea) from Antarctic waters |
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A new brooding species of brittle-star (Echinodermata: Ophiuroidea) from Antarctic waters |
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A new brooding species of brittle-star (Echinodermata: Ophiuroidea) from Antarctic waters |
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new brooding species of brittle-star (echinodermata: ophiuroidea) from antarctic waters |
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http://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/18215/ http://download.springer.com/static/pdf/456/art%253A10.1007%252Fs00300-012-1242-z.pdf?auth66=1360922107_e1ff980181b306f9bff28ee8cf135865&ext=.pdf |
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Antarctic Southern Ocean The Antarctic Shag Rocks |
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Antarctic Southern Ocean The Antarctic Shag Rocks |
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Antarc* Antarctic Polar Biology Southern Ocean |
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Antarc* Antarctic Polar Biology Southern Ocean |
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Martín-Ledo, Rafael; Sands, Chester orcid:0000-0003-1028-0328 López-González, Pablo J. 2013 A new brooding species of brittle-star (Echinodermata: Ophiuroidea) from Antarctic waters. Polar Biology, 36 (1). 115-126. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00300-012-1242-z <https://doi.org/10.1007/s00300-012-1242-z> |
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