Comparative study of the meiobenthos in the Arctic region in 1991

Jutamas Jivaluk; Magda Vincx; Magda Vincx; Ernest Schockaert

doi:10.14284/236

Comparative study of the meiobenthos in the Arctic region in 1991

Citation

Jivaluk J.; Vinckx M.; Fundamental and Applied Marine Ecology Post Graduate Program (FAME). VUB; Marine Biology Section, Zoology Institute. Ugent: Belgium; (2016): Comparative study of the meiobenthos in the Arctic region in 1991. (http://www.vliz.be/en/imis?module=dataset&dasid=4600) https://dx.doi.org/10.14284/236 accessed via GBIF.org on 2025-07-09.

Description

Study on meiobenthos and nematode communities (counts, density, biomass, genus composition) collected in the Arctic Ocean in August and September 1991. The data were digitized by VLIZ from the original report: Jivaluk, J. (1993). Comparative study of the meiobenthos in the Arctic region. MSc Thesis. RUG: Gent. 135 pp.

Additional info

The meiofauna and nematode communities have been studied in multiple corer samples collected from seven stations in the Arctic Ocean (the Lomonosov Ridge, the Amundsen Basin and the Morris Jesup Rise). Samples were taken at depths ranging between 1072-4273 m using different mesh sizes. Most of the animals are found in the uppermost centimeter of the sediment and their densities decrease with increasing depth into the sediment. The nematode communities are dominated by species of the families Monhysteridae, Linhomoeidae, Chromadoridae and Leptolaimidae. Monhystera has the highest density followed by Metalinhomoeus, Leptolaimus and Acantholaimus. Most of the nematodes which are retained on the 125 and 250 µm mesh are adults. At the smaller mesh (32 and 63 µm) the number of adult increases with increasing water depth.

Taxonomic Coverages

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Acantholaimus
rank: genus

urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:2283

Actinonema Cobb, 1920
rank: genus

urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:2498

Anoplostoma
rank: genus

urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:2436

Araeolaimus
rank: genus

urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:105

Bivalvia
rank: class

urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:2437

Campylaimus
rank: genus

urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:2176

Ceramonematidae
rank: family

urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:2430

Cervonema Wieser, 1954
rank: genus

urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:2277

Chromadora
rank: genus

urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:2162

Chromadoridae
rank: family

urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:11

Ciliophora
rank: phylum

urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1080

Copepoda
rank: class

urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1066

Crustacea
rank: subphylum

urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:2455

Daptonema
rank: genus

urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:2369

Desmoscolex
rank: genus

urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:2444

Diplolaimella
rank: genus

urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:2383

Diplopeltoides
rank: genus

urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:2439

Diplopeltula
rank: genus

urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:2488

Disconema
rank: genus

urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:2480

Eleutherolaimus Filipjev, 1922
rank: genus

urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:2513

Enoplolaimus de Man, 1893
rank: genus

urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:2504

Enoplus
rank: genus

urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:2481

Eumorpholaimus Schulz, 1932
rank: genus

urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1410

Foraminifera
rank: phylum

urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:101

Gastropoda
rank: class

urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:2548

Halalaimus de Man, 1888
rank: genus

urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:2391

Haliplectus
rank: genus

urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1131

Isopoda
rank: order

urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:2406

Leptolaimoides
rank: genus

urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:2407

Leptolaimus de Man, 1876
rank: genus

urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:2549

Litinium
rank: genus

urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:2309

Longicyatholaimus
rank: genus

urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:101061

Loricifera
rank: phylum

urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:101061

Loricifera
rank: phylum

urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:2518

Mesacanthoides
rank: genus

urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:2346

Metachromadora
rank: genus

urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:2531

Metacylicolaimus
rank: genus

urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:227175

Metaglochinema
rank: genus

urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:2476

Metalinhomoeus de Man, 1907
rank: genus

urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:2507

Micoletzkyia
rank: genus

urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:2447

Monhystera Bastian, 1865
rank: genus

urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:799

Nematoda
rank: phylum

urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:2300

Neochromadora Micoletzky, 1924
rank: genus

urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:2573

Oncholaimus
rank: genus

urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1078

Ostracoda
rank: class

urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:2201

Oxystominidae
rank: family

urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:2320

Paracanthonchus
rank: genus

urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:2321

Paracyatholaimoides Gerlach, 1953
rank: genus

urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:2312

Paralongicyatholaimus
rank: genus

urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:2370

Pareudesmoscolex
rank: subgenus

urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:883

Polychaeta
rank: class

urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:2318

Pomponema Cobb, 1917
rank: genus

urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:2281

Prochromadorella Micoletzky, 1924
rank: genus

urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:2389

Pselionema
rank: genus

urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:2378

Quadricoma
rank: genus

urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:2595

Rhabditis
rank: genus

urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:2465

Rhynchonema
rank: genus

urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:14260

Rotifera
rank: phylum

urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:2433

Sabatieria Rouville, 1903
rank: genus

urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:2451

Sphaerolaimus Bastian, 1865
rank: genus

urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:2526

Syringolaimus de Man, 1888
rank: genus

urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1276

Tardigrada
rank: phylum

urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:2469

Theristus Bastian, 1865
rank: genus

urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:2379

Tricoma Cobb, 1894
rank: genus

urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:2588

Tripyloides
rank: genus

urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:794

Turbellaria
rank: class

urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:2570

Viscosia de Man, 1890
rank: genus

urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:2553

Wieseria
rank: genus

urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:163008

Zonarieae
rank: tribe

Geographic Coverages

EurOBIS calculated BBOX > station Bounding Box

PNE, Arctic

PNE, Lomonosov Ridge

Bibliographic Citations

Contacts

Jutamas Jivaluk
originator
Vrije Universiteit Brussel; Fundamental and Applied Marine Ecology Post Graduate Program

Magda Vincx
originator
Universiteit Gent; Faculteit Wetenschappen; Vakgroep Biologie; Onderzoeksgroep Mariene Biologie
BE
email: magda.vincx@ugent.be

Ernest Schockaert
originator
Universiteit Hasselt; Centre for Environmental Sciences; Onderzoeksgroep Dierkunde: Biodiversiteit en Toxicologie

originator
Vrije Universiteit Brussel; Fundamental and Applied Marine Ecology Post Graduate Program

originator
Universiteit Gent; Faculteit Wetenschappen; Vakgroep Biologie; Onderzoeksgroep Mariene Biologie
BE

metadata author
Flanders Marine Institute (VLIZ)
BE
email: info@vliz.be
homepage: https://www.vliz.be

custodian steward
Vlaams Instituut voor de Zee
BE

administrative point of contact
Vlaams Instituut voor de Zee
BE