Observations of the ophiuroids from the West Antarctic sector of the Southern Ocean

• Published in: Antarctic Science
• Main Authors: Sands, Chester J., Griffiths, Huw J., Downey, Rachel V., Barnes, David K. A., Linse, Katrin, Martin-Ledo, Rafael
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge University Press 2013
• Subjects: Antarctic; Southern Ocean; The Antarctic; Antarctic Peninsula; Amundsen Sea; Island Bay; Pine Island Bay; Burdwood Bank; Antarc*; Antarctic Science
• Online Access: http://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/18222/; https://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/18222/1/download.pdf; http://journals.cambridge.org/action/displayAbstract?fromPage=online&aid=8661570&fulltextType=RA&fileId=S0954102012000612

Ophiuroids are a conspicuous and often dominant component of the Antarctic continental shelf benthos. Here we report on the ophiuroids collected from the Burdwood Bank, off the Patagonian Shelf, through the shallow water areas of the Scotia Arc, down the west Antarctic Peninsula and as far south as...