Abyssal fauna of the UK- 1 polymetallic nodule exploration claim, Clarion-Clipperton Zone, central Pacific Ocean: Echinodermata
Glover, Adrian G
Wiklund, Helena
Rabone, Muriel
Amon, Diva J
Smith, Craig R
O'Hara, Tim
Mah, Christopher L
Dahlgren, Thomas G
Biodiversity Data Journal
2016
4
7251
7251
Theel, 1882
Theel
1882
Holothuroidea
Psychropotidae
Psychropotes
CoL
Animalia
Psychropotes semperiana
Elasipodida
0
7251
Echinodermata
species
semperiana
Materials Type status: Other material. Occurrence: catalogNumber: 38c16bec-7bf9-4c2b-b862-5da460ba6c0c; recordNumber: NHM_220; recordedBy: Adrian Glover, Helena Wiklund, Thomas Dahlgren, Maggie Georgieva; individualCount: 1; preparations: tissue and DNA voucher stored in 80% non-denatured ethanol aqueous solution; otherCatalogNumbers: 5023502; associatedSequences: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/nuccore/KU519526; Taxon: taxonConceptID: Psychropotescf.semperiana; scientificName: Psychropotessemperiana; kingdom: Animalia; phylum: Echinodermata; class: Holothuroidea; order: Elasipodida; family: Psychropotidae; genus: Psychropotes; scientificNameAuthorship: Theel, 1882; Location: waterBody: Pacific; stateProvince: Clarion Clipperton Zone; locality: UK Seabed Resources Ltd exploration claim UK-1; verbatimLocality: UK-1 Stratum A; maximumDepthInMeters: 4062; locationRemarks: RV Melville Cruise MV1313; decimalLatitude: 13.962791666667; decimalLongitude: -116.55092666667; geodeticDatum: WGS84; Identification: identifiedBy: Diva Amon, David Pawson, Adrian Glover, Helena Wiklund, Thomas Dahlgren; dateIdentified: 2015-06-01; identificationRemarks: identified by DNA and morphology; identificationQualifier: cf; Event: samplingProtocol: Remotely Operated Vehicle; eventDate: 2013-10-15; eventTime: 22:40; habitat: Abyssal plain; fieldNumber: RV03; Record Level: language: en; institutionCode: NHMUK; collectionCode: ZOO; datasetName: ABYSSLINE; basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen
Description Distinctive large holothurian with sail, close morphological match to Psychropotes semperianafrom Theel1882(Fig. 18). Genetic data for this taxa with new GenBank accession numbers are provided in Table 2
Diagnosis Forms a unique monophyletic clade distinct from other AB01 specimens and no match to any GenBank or BOLD databases. Morphologically consistent with Psychropotes semperiana Theel, 1882. The type locality of Psychropotes semperianais Atlantic (5°48'N; 14°20'W, 4500m depth) and we use the tentative name Psychropotes cf. semperianafor this material until we have a better understanding of genetic variation within the species including data from the type locality.
Ecology Observed moving on the seabed amongst polymetallic nodules.
2013-10-15
Remotely Operated Vehicle
NHMUK, ZOO
Adrian Glover, Helena Wiklund, Thomas Dahlgren, Maggie Georgieva
13.962791
UK Seabed Resources Ltd exploration claim UK- 1
-116.55093
0
7251
38 c 16 bec- 7 bf 9 - 4 c 2 b-b 862 - 5 da 460 ba 6 c 0 c
1
Other material