Polychaetes from Jan Mayen (Annelida, Polychaeta)

A thorough literature review has been undertaken to establish the first complete account of polychaetes recorded from the area around the volcanic island of Jan Mayen. The annotated checklist lists 121 species-level taxa, representing an increase from the 75 species previously recorded. The checklis...

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Published in:Polar Research
Main Authors: Bakken, Torkild, Kongsrud, Jon Anders, Oug, Eivind, Cochrane, Sabine, Moen, Toril Loennechen, Solbakken, Beata Elisabeth Borowiec
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Taylor & Francis 2017
Subjects:
Distribution
diversity
Jan Mayen
Nordic seas
Norwegian Sea
Polychaeta
VDP::Matematikk og naturvitenskap: 400::Zoologiske og botaniske fag: 480::Zoogeografi: 486
VDP::Mathematics and natural scienses: 400::Zoology and botany: 480::Zoogeography: 486
Svalbard
Nordic Seas
Polar Research
Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/1956/16283
https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1751-8369.2009.00132.x
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Summary:A thorough literature review has been undertaken to establish the first complete account of polychaetes recorded from the area around the volcanic island of Jan Mayen. The annotated checklist lists 121 species-level taxa, representing an increase from the 75 species previously recorded. The checklist is based on existing records, supplemented with material sampled in 1999, from which 42 species new to the area were reported. Some previously reported species from the area have been excluded because of inadequate documentation. The polychaete fauna of Jan Mayen is comparable with that of the mainland Norwegian coast and the Svalbard area. No taxa unique to the island were found. However, knowledge of the marine invertebrate fauna in general at Jan Mayen is sparse because few surveys have been undertaken there. It is expected that future expeditions will reveal further new taxon records for the area. publishedVersion

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