On the microfauna of the Antarctic region III. Microbiota of the terretrial interstrices

• Main Author: Minoru Sudzuki
• Format: Report
• Language: English
• Published: Biological Laboratory, Nihon University 1979
• Subjects: Antarctic; Bunger Hills; Gaussberg; Langhovde; The Antarctic; Vestfold; Vestfold Hills; Antarc*; Memoirs of National Institute of Polar Research; Polar Research
• Online Access: https://nipr.repo.nii.ac.jp/?action=repository_uri&item_id=945; http://id.nii.ac.jp/1291/00000945/; https://nipr.repo.nii.ac.jp/?action=repository_action_common_download&item_id=945&item_no=1&attribute_id=18&file_no=1

Some investigations on the samples from Vestfold Hills (79°E, 68°S), Gaussberg (87°E, 67°S), Bunger Hills (101°E, 66°S) and Langhovde (39°5'E, 69°S) have revealed ca. 60 taxa of the species. Of the species found, Anisonema sp., Monas spp., Pleuromonas sp., Tetramitus sp., Arcella arenaria v. compressa, Cochliopodium tentaculatus, Corythion dubium v. aerophila, Geopyxiella?, Hyalodiscus?, Microcorycia bryophila?, Trinema contraria, Bryophrya?, Bryophyllum tegularum, Colpoda californica, C. inflata, C. steini, Microthorax elegans, Spathidium breve?, Trichoderum sphagnetorum, Habrotrocha gulosa?, Macrotrachela nixa, Echiniscus sp. and Hypsibius convergens are regarded as a new record for the Antarctic region. Besides, the numbers of both individuals and species per 1.0(cm)^3 at class level were roughly estimated on the basis of the polyurethane foam buried in the moss carpet or sand samples from Langhovde.