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The Register of Antarctic Marine Species

Citation

Danis B (2019). The Register of Antarctic Marine Species. Version 1.2. Antarctic Biodiversity Information Facility (ANTABIF). Metadata dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/9gsaev accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-09-26.

Description

The objective of RAMS is to compile and manage an authoritative taxonomic list of species occurring in the Antarctic marine environment, for establishing a standard reference for marine biodiversity research, conservation and sustainable management. The taxonomic scope of RAMS covers Antarctic species from the three realms of the Southern Ocean: the sea floor (meio-, macro- and megazoobenthos; micro- and macrophytobenthos), the water column (phytoplankton, zooplankton, nekton) and the sea-ice. A series of preliminary species lists of Antarctic marine invertebrates, mostly for macrobenthic groups, were compiled by Andrew Clarke and Nadine Johnston of the British Antarctic Survey (BAS), with funding from the UK Foreign & Commonwealth Office and British Antarctic Survey. These lists have been or are being checked and updated by taxonomic experts. A series of preliminary species lists of Antarctic marine invertebrates, mostly for macrobenthic groups, were compiled by Andrew Clarke and Nadine Johnston of the British Antarctic Survey (BAS), with funding from the UK Foreign & Commonwealth Office and British Antarctic Survey. These lists have been or are being checked and updated by taxonomic experts. RAMS is managed by an Editorial Board comprising an Executive Committee and associate Taxonomic Editors. The RAMS Executive Committee plays an advising role in the development of RAMS and proposes Taxonomic Editors. It links with the SCAR-MarBIN International Steering Committee. To allow RAMS to be as exhaustive and authoritative as possible, the role of the network of Taxonomic Editors is crucial. These Taxonomic Editors are world experts on the taxonomy of their relevant taxa and are in charge of the content and quality control of data for their specific group.

Additional info

marine, harvested by iOBIS

Taxonomic Coverages

The taxonomic scope of RAMS covers Antarctic species from the three realms of the Southern Ocean: the sea floor (meio-, macro- and megazoobenthos; micro- and macrophytobenthos), the water column (phytoplankton, zooplankton, nekton) and the sea-ice.
  1. Animalia
  2. Acanthocephala
  3. Annelida
  4. Clitellata
  5. Hirudinea
  6. Euhirudinea
  7. Arhynchobdellida
  8. Hirudinidae
  9. Oligochaeta
  10. Polychaeta
  11. Canalipalpata
  12. Sabellida
  13. Siboglinidae
  14. Arthropoda
  15. Chelicerata
  16. Arachnida
  17. Acarina
  18. Prostigmata
  19. Halacaroidea
  20. Halacaridae
  21. Pycnogonida
  22. Crustacea
  23. Malacostraca
  24. Eumalacostraca
  25. Eucarida
  26. Decapoda
  27. Euphausiacea
  28. Peracarida
  29. Amphipoda
  30. Hyperiidea
  31. Cumacea
  32. Isopoda
  33. Lophogastrida
  34. Mysida
  35. Tanaidacea
  36. Phyllocarida
  37. Leptostraca
  38. Copepoda
  39. Neocopepoda
  40. Podoplea
  41. Harpacticoida
  42. Ostracoda
  43. Myodocopa
  44. Halocyprida
  45. Myodocopida
  46. Podocopa
  47. Podocopida
  48. Brachiopoda
  49. Bryozoa
  50. Cephalorhyncha
  51. Kinorhyncha
  52. Chaetognatha
  53. Chordata
  54. Tunicata
  55. Appendicularia
  56. Thaliacea
  57. Vertebrata
  58. Gnathostomata
  59. Pisces
  60. Tetrapoda
  61. Aves
  62. Mammalia
  63. Theria
  64. Carnivora
  65. Caniformia
  66. Pinnipedia
  67. Cetartiodactyla
  68. Cetancodonta
  69. Cetacea
  70. Cnidaria
  71. Anthozoa
  72. Hexacorallia
  73. Hydrozoa
  74. Scyphozoa
  75. Ctenophora
  76. Echinodermata
  77. Asterozoa
  78. Asteroidea
  79. Ophiuroidea
  80. Crinozoa
  81. Crinoidea
  82. Echinozoa
  83. Echinoidea
  84. Holothuroidea
  85. Echiura
  86. Mollusca
  87. Aculifera
  88. Aplacophora
  89. Bivalvia
  90. Cephalopoda
  91. Gastropoda
  92. Heterobranchia
  93. Opisthobranchia
  94. Monoplacophora
  95. Polyplacophora
  96. Scaphopoda
  97. Myxozoa
  98. Nematoda
  99. Nemertea
  100. Platyhelminthes
  101. Cestoda
  102. Monogenea
  103. Trematoda
  104. Digenea
  105. Turbellaria
  106. Porifera
  107. Sipuncula
  108. Bacteria
  109. Chromista
  110. Harosa
  111. Heterokonta
  112. Ochrophyta
  113. Khakista
  114. Bacillariophyceae
  115. Rhizaria
  116. Foraminifera
  117. Plantae
  118. Biliphyta
  119. Rhodophyta
  120. Viridaeplantae
  121. Chlorophyta
  122. Protozoa
  123. Phaeophyta

Geographic Coverages

The RAMS “area of interest” is the Southern Ocean in its wide sense, as used by oceanographers (e.g. Deacon 1984, Tréguer & Jacques 1992, Longhurst 1998, Rintoul 2007). The priority however is given to the Antarctic region (Southern Ocean s.s. or “Antarctic Ocean”), i.e. the water masses extending south of the Polar Front (formerly known as the Antarctic Convergence) to the coasts of the Antarctic continent. All taxa occurring south of the Polar Front should be included in RAMS. The sub-Antarctic region, here defined as the expanses of water extending from the Polar Front in the south to the Subtropical front in the north (see precisions below), is being progressively covered as well. The location of the various hydrographic fronts of the Southern Ocean is based on Orsi et al. (1995), as modified by Moore et al. (1999) for the location of Antarctic Polar Front south of Kerguelen Islands on the Kerguelen Plateau. See AAD Southern Ocean maps 2006 (with location of fronts according to Orsi et al. 1995), downloadable as pdf’s at: http://www.scarmarbin.be/documents/sthn_ocean_west_300dpi_13276.pdf http://www.scarmarbin.be/documents/sthn_ocean_east_300dpi_13277.pdf ANTARCTIC ZONE (Southern Ocean s.s. = Antarctic Ocean): - True northern limit: Antarctic Polar Front (or Antarctic Convergence, 48°S to 63°S, convenient average limit: 55°S). - Operational northern limits for data trawling (see map below): South Atlantic: - Between 60°W and 50°W: 57°S - Between 50°W and 30°E: 50°S (same limits as CCAMLR) Indian Ocean: - Between 30°E and 80°E: 50°S - Between 80°E and 150°E: 55°S (same limits as CCAMLR) South Pacific: - Between 150°E and 60°W: 60°S (same limits as CCAMLR) SUB-ANTARCTIC ZONE - True southern limit: the Antarctic Polar Front. - True northern limit: the northernmost limit of the Southern Ocean s.l., i.e. the northern limit of the extension of the sub-Antarctic water masses, which corresponds to the (nearly) circumpolar sub-Tropical Front (30°S to 47°S, convenient average limit: 43°S). In addition to the open ocean zones defined by hydrographic fronts, the SCAR-MarBIN “area of interest” has also to take into account the sub-Antarctic coastal zones, in particular in southern South America (i.e. the sub-Antarctic Magellanic biogeographic province; see e.g. Boltovskoy et al. 1999; Lopez Gappa et al. 2006; De Broyer et al. 2007) and the various islands of the sub-Antarctic region (e.g. the New Zealand sub-Antarctic islands such as The Snares, Antipodes and Bounty; see e.g. Knox 1987). - Operational northern limits for data trawling (see map below): South Atlantic and Indian Ocean: - Between 65°W and 140°E: 43°S Pacific Ocean: - Between 140°E and 176°W: 48°S - Between 176°W and 80°W: 45°S - Between 80°W and 72°W: 41°S Shapefiles for the Area of Interest (AoI) can be downloaded from http://share.biodiversity.aq/Atlas/Resources/Geographic_Scope/Shapefiles/ A picture of the RAMS AoI is visible at http://share.biodiversity.aq/Atlas/Resources/Geographic_Scope/Shapefiles/ATLAS-AoI.png

Bibliographic Citations

Contacts

Bruno Danis
originator
position: Projet manager
ANTABIF
29, rue Vautier
Brussels
1000
BE
email: bruno.danis@gmail.com
homepage: http://www.biodiversity.aq
Bruno Danis
metadata author
position: Projet manager
ANTABIF
29, rue Vautier
Brussels
1000
BE
email: bruno.danis@gmail.com
homepage: http://www.biodiversity.aq
Bruno Danis
user
email: bruno.danis@antabif.be
Bruno Danis
administrative point of contact
position: Projet manager
ANTABIF
29, rue Vautier
Brussels
1000
BE
email: bruno.danis@gmail.com
homepage: http://www.biodiversity.aq
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