Deep-sea benthic crustacean and annelid data from the Bering Sea

  • Samples of Crustacea and Annelida (Polychaeta, Sipuncula, and Hirudinea) were collected in the Bering Sea and the northwestern Pacific Ocean during scientific cruise SO-249 BERING in 2016. Biological samples were collected from 32 locations by the team on-board RV Sonne using a chain bag dredge at depths ranging between 330–5,070 m, and preserved in 96% ethanol. Specimens were morphologically identified to the lowest taxonomic level possible using a Leica M60 stereomicroscope. The generated data here comprise taxonomic information as well as annotated bathymetric and biogeographic information from a total of 78 samples (26 Crustacea, 47 Polychaeta, 4 Sipuncula, and 1 Hirudinea). The dataset was prepared following Darwin Core Biodiversity standards for FAIR data sharing based on Ocean Biodiversity Information System (OBIS) and Global Biodiversity Facility (GBIF) guidelines. The standardised digitised data were then mobilised to both OBIS and GBIF under CC BY 4.0 licence to publicly share and adopt the data. As records of these important marine taxa from bathyal and abyssal depths are sparse, especially from the deep Bering Sea, the herein generated and digitised data aid in filling existing knowledge gaps on their diversity and distribution in that region. As part of the “Biogeography of the NW Pacific deep-sea fauna and their possible future invasions into the Arctic Ocean” (BENEFICIAL) project, this dataset thus not only increases our knowledge in re-assessing and uncovering the deep-sea diversity of these taxa, but also serves policy and management sectors by providing first-hand data for global report assessments.

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Author:Henry KnauberORCiD, Katharina KohlenbachORCiD, Philipp Böhm, Carsten LüterGND, Alexander ZieglerORCiDGND, Angelika BrandtORCiDGND, Hanieh SaeediORCiDGND
URN:urn:nbn:de:hebis:30:3-770815
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dib.2023.109186
ISSN:2352-3409
Parent Title (English):Data in Brief
Publisher:Elsevier
Place of publication:Amsterdam
Document Type:Article
Language:English
Date of Publication (online):2023/05/02
Date of first Publication:2023/04/28
Publishing Institution:Universitätsbibliothek Johann Christian Senckenberg
Release Date:2024/08/09
Tag:Abyssal; Annelida; Benthos; Biogeography; Crustacea; Hirudinea; Polychaeta; Sipuncula
Volume:48
Issue:109186
Article Number:109186
Page Number:7
HeBIS-PPN:521041023
Institutes:Angeschlossene und kooperierende Institutionen / Senckenbergische Naturforschende Gesellschaft
Biowissenschaften / Institut für Ökologie, Evolution und Diversität
Dewey Decimal Classification:5 Naturwissenschaften und Mathematik / 59 Tiere (Zoologie) / 590 Tiere (Zoologie)
Sammlungen:Universitätspublikationen
Licence (German):License LogoCreative Commons - CC BY - Namensnennung 4.0 International