Presence and absence records of sea star species (class: Asteroidea) from trawl, grab and trap samples in the Weddell Sea and western Antarctic Peninsula region during POLARSTERN cruises ANT-I/2, ANT-II/4, ANT-V/3, ANT-VI/3, ANT-XV/3 and ANT-XVII/3

• Main Authors: Teschke, Katharina, Brey, Thomas
• Format: Dataset
• Language: English
• Published: PANGAEA 2019
• Subjects: Acodontaster capitatus; Acodontaster conspicuus; Acodontaster elongatus; Acodontaster hodgsoni; Acodontaster marginatus; Acodontaster sp.; Agassiz Trawl; AGT; Anteliaster australis; ANT-I/2; ANT-II/4; ANT-V/3; ANT-VI/3; ANT-XV/3; ANT-XVII/3; Area; Atka Bay; Austasen; Bathybiaster loripes; Bottom trawl; Bransfield Strait; BT; Campaign; Cheiraster (Luidiaster) gerlachei; Chitonaster johannae; Coronaster reticulatus; Cryptasterias turqueti; Cuenotaster involutus; Cycethra verrucosa mawsoni; DATE/TIME; Deception Island; DEPTH; water; Diplasterias brandti; Diplasterias brucei; Diplasterias sp.; Diplopteraster semireticulatus; Diplopteraster verrucosus; Drake Passage; Dredge; Rauschert; Drescher Inlet; EBS; Epibenthic sledge; Event label; Gear; Giant box corer; GKG; Glabraster antarctica; Halley Bay; Antarctic; The Antarctic; Antarctic Peninsula; Weddell Sea; Weddell; Atka; Antarc*; Antarctica; Berichte zur Polar- und Meeresforschung; Berichte zur Polarforschung; Polar Research; Polarforschung; Reports on Polar and Marine Research; Reports on polar research
• Online Access: https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.898629; https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.898629

The dataset comprises a total of 7,134 records of presence and absence for 87 sea star taxa (84 % on species level, 16 % others) from 72 trawl samples (Agassiz trawl, bottom trawl, Rauschert dredge, epibenthic sledge) and 10 others (multi-box corer, giant box corer, amphipod trap, fish trap, CTD logger). The dataset was collected in the Antarctic Weddell Sea and western Antarctic Peninsula (depth range: 94 - 1353 m) during “Polarstern” cruises ANT I/2 (1983), ANT II/4 (1983/84), ANT V/3 (1987), ANT VI/3 (1987/88), ANT XV/3 (1998) and ANT XVII/3 (2000).