Free-living marine Nematodes from San Julián bay (Santa Cruz, Argentina)

CATALINA PASTOR DE WARD; VIRGINIA LO RUSSO; GABRIELA VILLARES; VIVIANA MILANO; LIDIA MIYASHIRO; RENATO MAZZANTI

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Lugar: SOFIA; Año: 2015 vol. 489 p. 133 - 144

1313-2989

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.