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Moreau CV, Aguera A, Jossart Q, et al. Southern Ocean Asteroidea: a proposed update for the Register of Antarctic Marine Species. Biodivers Data J. 2015;(3):e7062doi: 10.3897/BDJ.3.e7062.
Moreau, C. V., Aguera, A., Jossart, Q., & Danis, B. (2015). Southern Ocean Asteroidea: a proposed update for the Register of Antarctic Marine Species. Biodiversity data journal, (3), e7062. https://doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.3.e7062
Moreau, Camille Ve, et al. "Southern Ocean Asteroidea: a proposed update for the Register of Antarctic Marine Species." Biodiversity data journal vol. ,3 (2015): e7062. doi: https://doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.3.e7062
Moreau CV, Aguera A, Jossart Q, Danis B. Southern Ocean Asteroidea: a proposed update for the Register of Antarctic Marine Species. Biodivers Data J. 2015 Nov 25;(3):e7062. doi: 10.3897/BDJ.3.e7062. eCollection 2015. PMID: 26696769; PMCID: PMC4678801.
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Biodivers Data J. 2015 Nov 25;(3):e7062. doi: 10.3897/BDJ.3.e7062. eCollection 2015.

Southern Ocean Asteroidea: a proposed update for the Register of Antarctic Marine Species.

Biodiversity data journal

Camille Ve Moreau, Antonio Aguera, Quentin Jossart, Bruno Danis

Affiliations

  1. Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB), 50 avenue F. Roosevelt 1050, Brussels, Belgium.

PMID: 26696769 PMCID: PMC4678801 DOI: 10.3897/BDJ.3.e7062

Abstract

BACKGROUND: The Register of Antarctic Marine Species (RAMS, De Broyer et al. 2015) is the regional component of the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS Editorial Board 2015) in the Southern Ocean. It has been operating for the last ten years, with a special effort devoted towards its completion after the International Polar Year (IPY) in 2007-2008, in the framework of the Census of Antarctic Marine Life (CAML, 2005 - 2010). Its objective is to offer free and open access to a complete register of all known species living in the Southern Ocean, building a workbench of the present taxonomic knowledge for that region. The Antarctic zone defined by this dynamic and community-based tool has been investigated with a particular interest. The Sub-Antarctic zone was a secondary objective during the establishment of the RAMS and is still lacking the impulse of the scientific community for some taxa.

NEW INFORMATION: In the present study, more than 13,000 occurrences records of Asteroidea (Echinodermata) have been compiled within the RAMS area of interest and checked against the RAMS species list of sea stars, using WoRMS Taxon Match tool. Few mismatches (basionym mistakes : i.e. original name misspelled or incorrect) were found within the existing list and 97 unregistered species are actually occurring within the RAMS boundaries. After this update, the number of Asteroidea species was increased by around 50%, now reaching 295 accepted species.

Keywords: Asteroidea; Biodiversity; RAMS; Sea stars; WoRMS;  Checklist;  Register of Antarctic Marine Species;  Southern Ocean

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