Free-living marine nematodes from San Julián Bay (Santa Cruz, Argentina)

By

Pastor, Catalina
Lo Russo, Virginia
Villares, Gabriela
Miyashiro, Lidia
Milano, Viviana
Mazzanti, Renato

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2015

Original Publication

ZooKeys

Volume

489

Pages

133-144

Subjects

Chromadorea , Enoplea , Nematoda , south Atlantic

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia, Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.489.7311

 

Abstract

The free-living marine nematodes of San Julián Bay dataset is based on sediment samples collected in January 2009 during the project PICT AGENCIA-FONCYT 2/33345-2005. A total of 36 samples have been taken at three locations in the San Julián Bay, Santa Cruz Province, Argentina on the coastal littoral at three tidal levels. This presents a unique and important collection for the nematode benthic biodiversity assessment as this area remains one of the least known regions in Patagonia. In total 10,030 specimens of free-living marine nematodes belonging to 2 classes, 9 orders, 35 families, 78 genera and 125 species were collected. The San Julián city site presented a very high species richness.