Cephalopods of the Southwest Indian OceanRidge: A hotspot of biological diversity and absence of endemism

• Published in: Deep Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography
• Main Authors: Laptikhovsky, V, Boersch-Supan, P, Bolstad, K, Kemp, K, Letessier, T, Rogers, A
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: Elsevier 2018
• Subjects: Fridtjof; Indian; Fridtjof Nansen
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dsr2.2015.07.002; https://ora.ox.ac.uk/objects/uuid:839df2bd-a09c-44d9-8076-d9b306afc04a

A total of 68 cephalopod species belonging to 26 families (10–11% of the total known cephalopod diversity) were collected onboard R/V Fridtjof Nansen during a research survey on Southwest Indian Ocean Ridge in November–December 2009. This relatively small area extends from the Tropical front to the...