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The anthomedusan fauna of the Japan Trench: preliminary results from in situ surveys with manned and unmanned vehicles

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 September 2008

Dhugal Lindsay ,
Francesc Pagès ,
Jordi Corbera ,
Hiroshi Miyake ,
James C. Hunt ,
Tadafumi Ichikawa ,
Kyohei Segawa  and
Hiroshi Yoshida
Dhugal Lindsay*
Affiliation:
Japan Agency for Marine–Earth Science and Technology (JAMSTEC), Yokosuka, Japan
Francesc Pagès
Affiliation:
Institut de Ciències del Mar (CSIC), Passeig Marítim de la Barceloneta 37–49, 08003 Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain deceased
Jordi Corbera
Affiliation:
Carrer Gran, 90, 08310 Argentona, Catalunya, Spain
Hiroshi Miyake
Affiliation:
Japan Agency for Marine–Earth Science and Technology (JAMSTEC), Yokosuka, Japan School of Fisheries Science, Kitasato University, Ofunato, Iwate 022-0101, Japan
James C. Hunt
Affiliation:
Department of Biology, East Stroudsburg University, East Stroudsburg, PA 18301, USA
Tadafumi Ichikawa
Affiliation:
National Research Institute of Fisheries Research, Fisheries Research Agency, 2-12-4, Fuku-ura, Kanazawa-ku, Yokohama 236-8648, Japan
Kyohei Segawa
Affiliation:
National Research Institute of Fisheries Research, Fisheries Research Agency, 2-12-4, Fuku-ura, Kanazawa-ku, Yokohama 236-8648, Japan National Research Institute of Far Seas Fisheries, Fisheries Research Agency, 2-12-4, Fuku-ura, Kanazawa-ku, Yokohama 236-8648, Japan
Hiroshi Yoshida
Affiliation:
Japan Agency for Marine–Earth Science and Technology (JAMSTEC), Yokosuka, Japan
*
Correspondence should be addressed to: Dhugal Lindsay, Japan Agency for Marine–Earth Science and Technology (JAMSTEC), Yokosuka, Japan email: dhugal@jamstec.go.jp
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Abstract

Modern in situ survey technologies such as crewed submersibles, remotely-operated vehicles (ROVs), towed camera arrays, and visual/video plankton recorders (VPRs) were used to characterize the dominant anthomedusan species off the eastern seaboard of Japan. Notes on the taxonomy, distribution, behaviour and interspecies interactions are presented for the four observed species: Euphysa japonica, E. flammea, Calycopsis nematophora and Pandea rubra. A new generic definition for the genus Calycopsis is proposed. The possibility of run-on, cascading detrimental effects of oceanic acidification on midwater ecosystems was identified from observations made during the present study.

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mesopelagiccnidariaanthomedusaetaxonomysubmersibleROVVPR

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Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom , Volume 88 , Special Issue 8: Hydrozoans , December 2008 , pp. 1519 - 1539
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Copyright © Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 2008

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