Encounter of lithodid crab Paralomis birsteini on the continental slope off Antarctica, sampled by ROV

• Published in: Polar Biology
• Main Authors: Thatje, S., Hall, S., Hauton, C., Held, C., Tyler, P.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2008
• Subjects: Southern Ocean; Bellingshausen Sea; Macpherson; Antarc*; Antarctica; Polar Biology
• Online Access: https://eprints.soton.ac.uk/51132/; https://eprints.soton.ac.uk/51132/1/Thatje_PolarBiol_08.pdf

A population of stone crab (Lithodidae) was encountered on the continental slope off Antarctica in the Bellingshausen Sea between 1123m and 1304m water depths using the ROV-Isis during leg 166 of the RV James Clark Ross, in January 2007. Specimens were video recorded and one specimen was retrieved b...