| Authors | Wolfgang Sterrer, Martin V. Sørensen, Matteo Cecchetto, Alejandro Martínez, Raffaella Sabatino, Ester M. Eckert, Diego Fontaneto, Stefano Schiaparelli |
| Text | 467040 2022 10.3390/d14050382 gnathostomulida First Record of the Phylum Gnathostomulida in the Southern Ocean Wolfgang Sterrer, Martin V. Sørensen, Matteo Cecchetto, Alejandro Martinez, Raffaella Sabatino, Ester M. Eckert, Diego Fontaneto, Stefano Schiaparelli 1 Bermuda Natural History Museum, 40 North Shore Road, Hamilton FL04, Bermuda 2 Natural History Museum of Denmark, University of Copenhagen, Universitetsparken 15, 2100 Copenhagen, Denmark 3 Department of Earth, Environmental and Life Sciences DISTAV , University of Genoa, Corso Europa 26, 16132 Genoa, Italy 4 Italian National Antarctic Museum MNA, Section of Genoa , University of Genoa, Viale Benedetto XV No. 5, 16132 Genoa, Italy 5 Molecular Ecology Group MEG , Water Research Institute IRSA , National Research Council of Italy CNR , Largo Tonolli 50, 28922 Verbania, Italy We report for the first time the occurrence of at least two species of the phylum Gnathostomulida in the Southern Ocean, along the shores of the Ross Sea in Antarctica. At least one species for each of the orders of the phylum Filospermoidea and Bursovaginoidea was found using both morphological inspection and DNA metabarcoding of the shallow marine sediments collected with a Van Veen grab or by scuba diving in the area facing the Italian research station Mario Zucchelli . 14 Published version https //www.mdpi.com/1424 2818/14/5/382 gnatho 2022_Diversity_Sterrer et al.pdf Articolo in rivista MDPI, 1424 2818 Diversity Basel, Online Diversity Basel, Online Diversity Basel, Online Diversity. Basel, Online SABATINO RAFFAELLA diego.fontaneto FONTANETO DIEGO estermaria.eckert ECKERT ESTER MARIA alejandro.martinezgarcia MARTINEZ GARCIA ALEJANDRO |
