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(May 2022)
First Record of the Phylum Gnathostomulida in the Southern Ocean
Wolfgang Sterrer,
Martin V. Sørensen,
Matteo Cecchetto,
Alejandro Martínez,
Raffaella Sabatino,
Ester M. Eckert,
Diego Fontaneto,
Stefano Schiaparelli
Affiliations
Wolfgang Sterrer
Bermuda Natural History Museum, 40 North Shore Road, Hamilton FL04, Bermuda
Martin V. Sørensen
Natural History Museum of Denmark, University of Copenhagen, Universitetsparken 15, 2100 Copenhagen, Denmark
Matteo Cecchetto
Department of Earth, Environmental and Life Sciences (DISTAV), University of Genoa, Corso Europa 26, 16132 Genoa, Italy
Alejandro Martínez
Molecular Ecology Group (MEG), Water Research Institute (IRSA), National Research Council of Italy (CNR), Largo Tonolli 50, 28922 Verbania, Italy
Raffaella Sabatino
Molecular Ecology Group (MEG), Water Research Institute (IRSA), National Research Council of Italy (CNR), Largo Tonolli 50, 28922 Verbania, Italy
Ester M. Eckert
Molecular Ecology Group (MEG), Water Research Institute (IRSA), National Research Council of Italy (CNR), Largo Tonolli 50, 28922 Verbania, Italy
Diego Fontaneto
Molecular Ecology Group (MEG), Water Research Institute (IRSA), National Research Council of Italy (CNR), Largo Tonolli 50, 28922 Verbania, Italy
Stefano Schiaparelli
Department of Earth, Environmental and Life Sciences (DISTAV), University of Genoa, Corso Europa 26, 16132 Genoa, Italy
DOI
https://doi.org/10.3390/d14050382
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 14,
no. 5
Abstract
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We report for the first time the occurrence of at least two species of the phylum Gnathostomulida in the Southern Ocean, along the shores of the Ross Sea in Antarctica. At least one species for each of the orders of the phylum (Filospermoidea and Bursovaginoidea) was found using both morphological inspection and DNA metabarcoding of the shallow marine sediments collected with a Van Veen grab or by scuba diving in the area facing the Italian research station “Mario Zucchelli”.
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