Antarctic Porifera database from the Spanish benthic expeditions: Bentart, Gebrap and Ciemar
Citation
Rios P (2015). Antarctic Porifera database from the Spanish benthic expeditions: Bentart, Gebrap and Ciemar. Oceanographic Center of Gijon, Spanish Institute of Oceanography (IEO). Occurrence Dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/ip9pbr accessed via GBIF.org on 2017-08-21.Description
This database includes information on porífera collected during several Spanish Antarctic expeditions: Bentart 94; Bentart 95; Gebrap 96; Ciemar 99/00 and Bentart 2003. The expeditions focused from the Antarctic Peninsula to Bellingshausen Sea. Porifera were collected using rock dredge, Van Veen dredge, anchor dredge, suprabenthic sledge, fish traps, scuba diving, Box corer and Agassiz trawl. The dataset now reaches 771 occurrence data that have checked for systematic reliability. This database is not finished and the collection is growing. The data are available in Gbif.Sampling Description
Study Extent
The study area of this dataset was set in the Antarctic Ocean Bellingshausen Sea, Peter I Island and Antarctic Peninsula.Sampling
- The material examined was collected on board R/V Hesperides, using different methods: rock dredge, Van Veen dredge, anchor dredge, suprabenthic sledge, fish traps, scuba diving, Box corer and Agassiz trawl. - Once on the deck, the content of the samplers was immediately sorted by taxa, washed in cold sea water and classified by specialist of each group. Afterwards, sponge samples were transferred to 80 % ethanol. - The taxonomic identification was performed in the laboratory. The organic matter was digested with nitric acid taken to boiling point, following the methods of Rützler (1978) and Cristobo et al. (1993) and spicules of some samples were examined using a Leica S440 Scanning Electron Microscope.Quality Control
Systematics reliability and consistency have been checked by Pilar Rios and Javier Cristobo, identification being based on species descriptions produced by different authors of the literature and compiled in the Systema Porifera (Hooper & Soest, 2002) and for Antarctic species, the doctoral thesis by Rios (2007). The classification system adopted in this work is that proposed by Van Soest & Hajdu (2002).Method steps
- see sampling description above
Taxonomic Coverages
This dataset focuses on Antarctic Porifera. It includes data on 10 orders. The highest level of identification is Order Poecilosclerida with 51 species (441 samples). We are identified 5 species of Lysaccinosida (43 samples), 1 species of Leucosolenida (2 samples), 1 species of Chondrosida (1 sample), 3 species of Spirophorida (28 samples), 6 species of Hadromerida (80 samples), 3 genus of Halichondrida (15 samples), 5 species of Haplosclerida (125 samples), 1 species of Petrosina (1 sample), 1 species of Dendroceratida (14 samples) and 51 records identified at class level.
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Poriferacommon name: Sponges rank: phylum
Geographic Coverages
Antarctic
Bibliographic Citations
- Ríos P, Cristobo FJ & Urgorri V (2004). Poecilosclerida (Porifera, Demospongiae) collected by the Spanish Antarctic expedition BENTART-94. Cah Biol Mar 45: 97-11 -
- Ríos P & Cristobo FJ (2006). A new species of Biemna (Porifera: Poecilosclerida) from Antarctica: Biemna strongylota. J Mar Biol Assoc UK 86: 949-955 -
- Ríos P & Cristobo FJ (2007). A new species of Phorbas (Porifera: Poecilosclerida) from the Bellingshausen Sea, Antarctica. J. Mar. Biol. Ass. U.K. 87: 1485–1490... doi: 10.1017/S0025315407058079 -
- Ríos P & Cristobo FJ (2007). Sponges of genus Myxilla Schmidt, 1862, collected in Antarctic waters by Spanish Antarctic expeditions. Porifera Research: Biodiversity, Innovation and Sustainability 525-546 -
- Ríos, P. (2007). Esponjas del Orden Poecilosclerida de las campañas españolas de bentos antártico. Tesis Doctoral. Universidad de Santiago de Compostela. 527pp -
- Ríos, P. & Cristobo, F.J. (2011). La Exploración Antártica. En: La Antártida, la vida en el límite, las exploraciones Bentart. Ed.: Hercules de Ediciones. ISBN. 978-84-92715-29-9: 50-75. -
- Ríos, P. & Cristobo, F.J. (2011). Poriferos. En: La Antártida, la vida en el límite, las exploraciones Bentart. Ed.: Hercules de Ediciones. ISBN. 978-84-92715-29-9: 256. -
- Beliaev, G.M. & Ushakov, P.V. (1957). Certain regularities in the quantitative distribution of the bottom fauna in Antarctic waters. American Institute of Biological Sciences, 112: 116-119. -
- Cristobo FJ, Urgorri V, Solórzano MR, Ríos P (1993) Métodos de recogida, estudio y conservación de las colecciones de poríferos. In: Palacios F, Martínez C, Thomas B (eds). International Symposium and First World Congress on Preservation and Conservation of Natural History Collections, Madrid 2. Dirección General de Bellas Artes y Archivos. Ministerio de Cultura, Madrid. pp. 277-287 -
- Rützler K (1978) Sponges on coral reefs. In: Stoddart DR, Johanness RE (eds). Coral reefs: research methods. Unesco, Paris. pp. 81-120 -
- Sarà M., Balduzzi A., Barbieri M., Bavestrello G. & Burlando B. (1992). Biogeographic traits and checklist of Antarctic demosponges, Polar Biology, 12: 559-585. -
- Van Soest, R.W.M. & Hajdu, E. (2002) Systema Porifera: A Guide to the Classification of Sponges, (Hooper, J.N.A. & Van Soest, RW.M. eds.), 1810 pp New York. -
Contacts
Pilar Riosoriginator
position: Researche
Instituto Español de Oceanografia (C.O. Gijon)
Avda Principe de Asturias 70bis
Gijon
33212
Asturias
ES
email: pilar.rios.lopez@gmail.com
Pilar Rios
metadata author
position: Researche
Instituto Español de Oceanografia (C.O. Gijon)
Avda Principe de Asturias 70bis
Gijon
33212
Asturias
ES
email: pilar.rios.lopez@gmail.com
Javier Cristobo
author
position: Researche
Instituto Español de Oceanografia (C.O. Gijon)
Avda Principe de Asturias 70bis
Gijon
33212
Asturias
ES
email: cristobo@gi.ieo.es
Pilar Rios
administrative point of contact
position: Researche
Instituto Español de Oceanografia (C.O. Gijon)
Avda Principe de Asturias 70bis
Gijon
33212
Asturias
ES
email: pilar.rios.lopez@gmail.com