Colleagues,
In the process of maintaining our deep-sea hydrothermal vent faunal
database, I have come across families and genera of invertebrates for
which I was unable to find any records in the CD-ROM version of the
Zoological Record (1978-1996):
CRUSTACEA: POLYCHAETA: CNIDARIA:
Callopiidae Amathys Chondrophellia
Criptoniscidae Bathykurila Cyanathea
Paralubbockiidae Hesiocaeca
Iorania Orbiniella POGONOPHORA:
Mirocaris Orseis Siphonobranchia
Oradarea
Thimopides GASTROPODA: NEMERTEA:
Vetulonia Thermanermertes
ECHINODERMATA:
Chirodota
Ophioctenella
If anyone can help me with citations to these, I would be very
appreciative. I am after systematic citations and information on their
distribution as I need to know if they are endemic to hydrothermal
vents. Much thanks!
Dr. Andrew G. McArthur
Laboratory of Molecular Systematics, Smithsonian Museum Support Center,
4210 Silver Hill Road, Suitland, Maryland 20746
Phone: (301) 238-3444 Ext. 112, Fax: (301) 238-3059
mcarthur at onyx.si.edu, http://www.geocities.com/CapeCanaveral/8431/
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