High abundance of Myriochele fragilis Nilsen & Holthe, 1985 (Polychaeta : Oweniidae) in the deep sea of the Eastern Mediterranean

High abundance of Myriochele fragilis Nilsen & Holthe, 1985 (Polychaeta : Oweniidae) in the deep sea of the Eastern Mediterranean

An exceptionally high abundance of Myriochele fragilis Nilsen & Holthe, 1985 (Polychaeta: Oweniidae) is reported for the Ierapetra Basin in the Eastern Mediterranean Sea from depths of 4159 and 4260 m, representing the first record outside the Norwegian and Arctic Sea and extending the depth ran...

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Veröffentlicht in:Hydrobiologia 2000-05, Vol.426 (1-3), p.97-103
Hauptverfasser: FIEGE, D, KRÖNCKE, I, BARNICH, R
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Animal populations
Annelida and closely related phyla: sipuncula. Echiura. Nemertinea
Biological and medical sciences
Deep sea
Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology
Invertebrates
Marine
Marine biology
Morphology
Myriochele fragilis
Oweniidae
Polychaeta
Worms
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Zusammenfassung:An exceptionally high abundance of Myriochele fragilis Nilsen & Holthe, 1985 (Polychaeta: Oweniidae) is reported for the Ierapetra Basin in the Eastern Mediterranean Sea from depths of 4159 and 4260 m, representing the first record outside the Norwegian and Arctic Sea and extending the depth range by more than 1600 m. Specimens are described and compared to closely related species.[PUBLICATION ABSTRACT]
ISSN:0018-8158
1573-5117
DOI:10.1023/A:1003947318925