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. 2015 Mar 24:(489):133-44.
doi: 10.3897/zookeys.489.7311. eCollection 2015.

Free-living marine nematodes from San Julián Bay (Santa Cruz, Argentina)

Catalina Pastor de Ward  1 , Virginia Lo Russo  1 , Gabriela Villares  1 , Viviana Milano  2 , Lidia Miyashiro  3 , Renato Mazzanti  3
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Free-living marine nematodes from San Julián Bay (Santa Cruz, Argentina)

Catalina Pastor de Ward et al. Zookeys. .

Abstract

The free-living marine nematodes of San Julián Bay dataset is based on sediment samples collected in January 2009 during the project PICT AGENCIA-FONCYT 2/33345-2005. A total of 36 samples have been taken at three locations in the San Julián Bay, Santa Cruz Province, Argentina on the coastal littoral at three tidal levels. This presents a unique and important collection for the nematode benthic biodiversity assessment as this area remains one of the least known regions in Patagonia. In total 10,030 specimens of free-living marine nematodes belonging to 2 classes, 9 orders, 35 families, 78 genera and 125 species were collected. The San Julián city site presented a very high species richness.

Keywords: Chromadorea; Enoplea; Nematoda; South Atlantic.

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Figure 1.
Taxonomic coverage by class, order and family.
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Figure 2.
Spatial coverage. San Julián Bay, Argentina. Sites: M = “La pingüinera”, C = “La Rural”, E = “El Rincón”. Levels = u, m, i.
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Figure 3.
San Julián Bay, Argentina. Views from the sampling sites. A, B “La pingüinera” (M) C “La Rural”(C) D “El Rincón” (D).
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