ZooKeys (Mar 2015)

Free-living marine nematodes from San Julián Bay (Santa Cruz, Argentina)

  • Catalina Pastor de Ward,
  • Virginia Lo Russo,
  • Gabriela Villares,
  • Lidia Miyashiro,
  • Viviana Milano,
  • Renato Mazzanti

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.489.7311
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 489
pp. 133 – 144

Abstract

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The free-living marine nematodes of San Julián Bay dataset is based on sediment samples collected in January 2009 during the project PICT AGENCIA-FONCYT 2/33345-2005. A total of 36 samples have been taken at three locations in the San Julián Bay, Santa Cruz Province, Argentina on the coastal littoral at three tidal levels. This presents a unique and important collection for the nematode benthic biodiversity assessment as this area remains one of the least known regions in Patagonia. In total 10,030 specimens of free-living marine nematodes belonging to 2 classes, 9 orders, 35 families, 78 genera and 125 species were collected. The San Julián city site presented a very high species richness.