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Benthic Harpacticoida of the Kara Sea: Species Composition and Bathymetrically Related Distribution

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Data on benthic harpacticoid copepods from the Voronin Trench (central part of the Kara Sea) are reported for the first time. Harpacticoids accounted for 1–25% of total meiofauna, their abundance varied from 6 to 102 ind./10 cm2 and decreased with depth. I total, 42 nominal species have been found, 15 species are new for the Kara Sea, and at least 8 species are new for science. Several species have been recorded for Arctic waters for the first time: Cylindronannopus bispinosus, Haloschizopera clotensis, H. bathyalis, Metauntemannia pseudomagniceps, Mesocletdemus duosetosus, M. parabodini, Proameira echinipes, and Cletodes tuberculatus. The most species-rich families are Ameiridae, Argestidae, Pseudotachidiidae, Miraciidae, and Ectinosomatidae. Comparative analysis including the data obtained at shallow-water stations from the Yenisei Gulf (southern Kara Sea) revealed three assemblages occupying different habitats. The assemblage inhabiting shallow-water silts (20–62-m depth) was the poorest in regard to species diversity; shallow-water sands were richer in species number, while the deepest stations (92–698 m) were the richest. The latter assemblage had the composition of families typical for the deep-sea areas. The fauna of the Kara Sea includes by now 82 harpacticoid species, most of which have been also reported from North Atlantic and/or western Arctic waters.

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The authors thank the anonymous reviewers for criticism and comments that improved the content of the article.

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The work was supported by the Russian Foundation for Basic Research (project nos. 18-05-60228, 17-04-00337, 19-05-00128, and 18-04-00206).

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  1. Shirshov Institute of Oceanology, Russian Academy of Science, Moscow, Russia

    L. A. Garlitska, D. A. Portnova & A. I. Azovsky

  2. Moscow State University, Biological Faculty, Moscow, Russia

    E. S. Chertoprud & A. I. Azovsky

  3. Severtsov Institute of Ecology and Evolution, Russian Academy of Science, Moscow, Russia

    E. S. Chertoprud

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Garlitska, L.A., Chertoprud, E.S., Portnova, D.A. et al. Benthic Harpacticoida of the Kara Sea: Species Composition and Bathymetrically Related Distribution. Oceanology 59, 541–551 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0001437019040064

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