Sea spiders (Arthropoda, Pycnogonida) from ten recent research expeditions to the Antarctic Peninsula, Scotia Arc and Weddell Sea - data

Jamie Maxwell; Yi Ming Gan; Claudia Arango; Jana S Doemel; A Louise Allcock; Anton P van de Putte; Huw Griffiths

doi:10.3897/BDJ.10.e79353

Sea spiders (Arthropoda, Pycnogonida) from ten recent research expeditions to the Antarctic Peninsula, Scotia Arc and Weddell Sea - data

Biodivers Data J. 2022 Jun 14:10:e79353. doi: 10.3897/BDJ.10.e79353. eCollection 2022.

Authors

Jamie Maxwell¹, Yi Ming Gan², Claudia Arango³, Jana S Doemel⁴, A Louise Allcock¹, Anton P van de Putte², Huw Griffiths⁵

Affiliations

¹ National University of Ireland, Galway, Galway, Ireland National University of Ireland, Galway Galway Ireland.
² Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences, Brussels, Belgium Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences Brussels Belgium.
³ Queensland Museum, Brisbane, Australia Queensland Museum Brisbane Australia.
⁴ University of Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany University of Duisburg-Essen Essen Germany.
⁵ British Antarctic Survey, Cambridge, United Kingdom British Antarctic Survey Cambridge United Kingdom.

Abstract

Background: This dataset contains information on specimens of Southern Ocean Pycnogonida (Arthropoda), that were collected from ten different research cruises, spanning 13 years. The individual aims and objectives of each cruise can be found in their cruise reports. The specimens have been collated into a single dataset, forming the basis of J. Maxwell's PhD. The dataset will be used to investigate the community structure of Antarctic pycnogonids and the factors which influence its composition. This dataset is published by SCAR-AntOBIS under the licence CC-BY 4.0. Please follow the guidelines from the SCAR and IPY Data Policies (https://www.scar.org/excom-meetings/xxxi-scar-delegates-2010-buenos-aires-argentina/4563-scar-xxxi-ip04b-scar-data-policy/file/) when using the data. If you have any questions regarding this dataset, please do not hesitate to contact us via the contact information provided in the metadata or via data-biodiversity-aq@naturalsciences.be.

New information: This dataset adds vital occurrence and abundance data for pycnogonids from 10 previously unexamined research cruises from the Weddell Sea, Antarctic Penisula and the islands of the Scotia Arc. It includes the first pycnogonid data from the Prince Gustav Channel. The 197 sampling stations within this dataset represent an 11% increase in the number of stations where pycnogonids have been recorded in the Southern Ocean, southern South America and New Zealand waters and an 18% increase for above 60 degrees latitude. Presence data for any observed epifauna are also included.

Keywords: Southern Ocean; abundance; biodiversity; epifauna; occurrence.

Jamie Maxwell, Yi Ming Gan, Claudia Arango, Jana S Doemel, A. Louise Allcock, Anton P. van de Putte, Huw Griffiths.

Grants and funding

Huw Griffiths and the British Antarctic Survey expeditions were funded by funded by the Natural Environment Research Council, the RV

Polarstern

expeditions were funded by the Alfred Wegener Institute and the Blue Belt expedition was funded by the UK Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office. SCAR Antarctic Biodiversity Portal is funded by the Belgian Science Policy Office (contract n°FR/36/AN1).