Invertebrate diversity of the unexplored marine western margin of Australia: taxonomy and implications for global biodiversity

Poore, Gary C. B.; Avery, Lynda; Błażewicz, Magdalena; Browne, Joanna G.; Bruce, Niel L.; Gerken, Sarah; Glasby, Chris; Greaves, Elizabeth; McCallum, Anna W.; Staples, David A.; Syme, Anna; Taylor, Joanne; Walker-Smith, Genefor K.; Warne, Mark; Watson, C. Scott; Williams, Alan; Wilson, Robin S.; Woolley, Skipton N. C.

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“…Historical as well as most recent studies, conducted in various regions of the world (e.g., Hansen 1913;Larsen 2005;Bamber and Bła_ zewicz-Paszkowycz 2013;Bła_ zewicz-Paszkowycz et al 2015;Poore et al 2014) confirm that high species richness of Tanaidacea observed in the Ross Sea is a typical pattern rather than an unusual phenomenon. In the New Zeland, samples taken from bathyal depths by means of the same gear revealed 37 of 48 tanaidacean species new to science (Lörz 2011).…”

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First insights into the deep-sea tanaidacean fauna of the Ross Sea: species richness and composition across the shelf break, slope and abyss

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Tanaidaceans belong to the most severely underestimated groups of benthic macrofauna of the Southern Ocean. Here, we analyze 11 samples collected with a small-meshed epibenthic sled in the summer season of 2008, in the Ross Sea, at the shelf break, slope and abyss (365-3490 m). The material was obtained during a RV Tangaroa voyage as part of the New Zealand International Polar Year, Census of Antarctic Marine Life Project. Seventy-two species of Tanaidacea were recorded, 85 % of which were new to science. The most speciose genera are Typhlotanais, Pseudotanais and Paraleptognathia. Rare species (singletons and doubletons) constituted 60 % of the material. Each of the three studied depth zones was characterized by a unique tanaidacean fauna. Only few species (\6 %) occurred consistently in more than one depth zone. The highest number of species (31 species) was recorded in the abyssal sites, and the lowest number of species (20 species) at the shelf sites.

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First insights into the deep-sea tanaidacean fauna of the Ross Sea: species richness and composition across the shelf break, slope and abyss

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“…Logistic and environmental restrictions limited the number of samples which could have been collected in this study from deeper (> 20 m) areas, from outer reefs and from living corals. On the other hand, had deeper parts of the reefs (> 30 m) be explored, the species list would have been presumably supplemented with members of families such as the Typhlotanaidae or Tanaellidae, reported from deeper waters of the Bass Strait (Błażewicz-Paszkowycz and Bamber 2012), Esperance (Bamber 2005) or the deeper shelf off West Australia (McCallum et al 2014;Poore et al 2014).…”

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“…The CReefs expeditions yielded a large collection of peracarids of the order Tanaidacea. These crustaceans are considered to represent the smallest members of the macrobenthos and are an important element of marine benthic communities at all latitudes (Larsen 2005;Błażewicz-Paszkowycz et al 2014;Poore et al 2014;Pabis et al 2014). Tanaidaceans are sediment-burrowing or tube-building organisms occasionally occurring at high population densities (Bamber 2005).…”

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Small-scale species richness of the Great Barrier Reef tanaidaceans—results of the CReefs compared with worldwide diversity of coral reef tanaidaceans

2018

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The Great Barrier Reef (GBR) is considered to be one of the most important marine biodiversity hotspots on Earth. At the same time, knowledge on the smallest inhabitants of this habitat is extremely scarce, which is particularly apparent with respect to small peracarid crustaceans of the order Tanaidacea. Prior to this study, as few as 20 tanaidacean species had been reported from Australian coral reefs, this study yielding 56 species new to science. Our analysis of a high number of qualitative samples collected at two GBR sites (Heron and Lizard Islands) from a depth range of 0 to about 30 m in the framework of the Census of Coral Reef Ecosystem program (one of the Census of Marine Life-related projects) almost doubled the total number of coral reefassociated tanaidacean species known worldwide. Altogether, 60 species (distributed among 7622 individuals) were identified, 46 and 41 species being recorded on Heron and Lizard Islands, respectively. The tanaidaceans were dominated by members of the families Leptocheliidae (8 species and more than half of all specimens at both sites) and Metapseudidae (11 species, 6 and 3% of individuals, respectively). The most speciose genera were Pseudoapseudomorpha (4 species), Paradoxapseudes, Parapseudes, Pugiodactylus, and Zeuxo (3 species each). Most species were rare, their frequency of occurrence in samples not exceeding 15%. The species accumulation curves did not reach the asymptote.

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“…They concluded that fewer than 222 000-230 000 marine species have already been described, predicted between one-third and two-thirds may be undescribed, and reported that fewer than one million marine species exist. Poore et al (2014) studying bathyal fauna from Australia showed that the combination of high species richness, higher endemism than presently acknowledged, low proportions of described species, and the vast extent of unexplored bathyal and abyssal environments will lead to further accumulation of new species as more deep-sea regions are explored. They concluded that the estimates made by Appeltans et al were too low and that all estimates of global species, however calculated, are based on limited data.…”

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Improving nomenclatural consistency: a decade of experience in the World Register of Marine Species

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Abstract. The World Register of Marine species (WoRMS) has been established for a decade. The early history of the database involved compilation of existing global and regional species registers. This aggregation, combined with changes to data types and the changing needs of WoRMS users, has resulted in an evolution of data-entry consistency over time. With the task of aggregating the accepted species names for all marine species approaching completion, our focus has shifted to improving the consistency and quality of data held while keeping pace with the addition of > 2000 new marine species described annually. This paper defines priorities and longer-term aims that promote standardisation within and interoperability among biodiversity databases, provides editors with further information on how to input nomenclatural data in a standardised way and clarifies for users of WoRMS how and why names are represented as they are. We 1) explain the categories of names included; 2) list standard reasons used to explain why a name is considered 'unaccepted' or 'uncertain'; 3) present and explain the more difficult situations encountered; 4) describe categories of sources and notes linked to a taxon; and 5) recommend how type material, type locality and environmental information should be entered.

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Invertebrate diversity of the unexplored marine western margin of Australia: taxonomy and implications for global biodiversity

Cited by 53 publications

References 97 publications

First insights into the deep-sea tanaidacean fauna of the Ross Sea: species richness and composition across the shelf break, slope and abyss

First insights into the deep-sea tanaidacean fauna of the Ross Sea: species richness and composition across the shelf break, slope and abyss

Small-scale species richness of the Great Barrier Reef tanaidaceans—results of the CReefs compared with worldwide diversity of coral reef tanaidaceans

Improving nomenclatural consistency: a decade of experience in the World Register of Marine Species

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