Deep-sea benthic crustacean and annelid data from the Bering Sea
Henry Knauber,
Katharina Kohlenbach,
Philipp Böhm,
Carsten Lüter,
Alexander Ziegler,
Angelika Brandt,
Hanieh Saeedi
Affiliations
Henry Knauber
Department of Marine Zoology, Senckenberg Research Institute and Natural History Museum; Senckenberganlage 25, Frankfurt am Main 60325, Germany; Diversity and Evolution, Goethe University Frankfurt, Institute for Ecology; Max-von-Laue-Straße 13, Frankfurt am Main 60438, Germany; Corresponding author.
Katharina Kohlenbach
Department of Marine Zoology, Senckenberg Research Institute and Natural History Museum; Senckenberganlage 25, Frankfurt am Main 60325, Germany; Diversity and Evolution, Goethe University Frankfurt, Institute for Ecology; Max-von-Laue-Straße 13, Frankfurt am Main 60438, Germany
Philipp Böhm
Department of Marine Zoology, Senckenberg Research Institute and Natural History Museum; Senckenberganlage 25, Frankfurt am Main 60325, Germany; Diversity and Evolution, Goethe University Frankfurt, Institute for Ecology; Max-von-Laue-Straße 13, Frankfurt am Main 60438, Germany
Carsten Lüter
Natural History Museum, Leibniz Institute for Evolution and Biodiversity Science; Invalidenstraße 43, Berlin 10115, Germany
Alexander Ziegler
Institute of Evolutionary Biology and Ecology, University of Bonn; An der Immenburg 1, Bonn 53121, Germany
Angelika Brandt
Department of Marine Zoology, Senckenberg Research Institute and Natural History Museum; Senckenberganlage 25, Frankfurt am Main 60325, Germany; Diversity and Evolution, Goethe University Frankfurt, Institute for Ecology; Max-von-Laue-Straße 13, Frankfurt am Main 60438, Germany
Hanieh Saeedi
Department of Marine Zoology, Senckenberg Research Institute and Natural History Museum; Senckenberganlage 25, Frankfurt am Main 60325, Germany; Diversity and Evolution, Goethe University Frankfurt, Institute for Ecology; Max-von-Laue-Straße 13, Frankfurt am Main 60438, Germany
Samples of Crustacea and Annelida (Polychaeta, Sipuncula, and Hirudinea) were collected in the Bering Sea and the northwestern Pacific Ocean during scientific cruise SO-249 BERING in 2016. Biological samples were collected from 32 locations by the team on-board RV Sonne using a chain bag dredge at depths ranging between 330–5,070 m, and preserved in 96% ethanol. Specimens were morphologically identified to the lowest taxonomic level possible using a Leica M60 stereomicroscope. The generated data here comprise taxonomic information as well as annotated bathymetric and biogeographic information from a total of 78 samples (26 Crustacea, 47 Polychaeta, 4 Sipuncula, and 1 Hirudinea). The dataset was prepared following Darwin Core Biodiversity standards for FAIR data sharing based on Ocean Biodiversity Information System (OBIS) and Global Biodiversity Facility (GBIF) guidelines. The standardised digitised data were then mobilised to both OBIS and GBIF under CC BY 4.0 licence to publicly share and adopt the data. As records of these important marine taxa from bathyal and abyssal depths are sparse, especially from the deep Bering Sea, the herein generated and digitised data aid in filling existing knowledge gaps on their diversity and distribution in that region. As part of the “Biogeography of the NW Pacific deep-sea fauna and their possible future invasions into the Arctic Ocean” (BENEFICIAL) project, this dataset thus not only increases our knowledge in re-assessing and uncovering the deep-sea diversity of these taxa, but also serves policy and management sectors by providing first-hand data for global report assessments.