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Biogeographic distributions of Cytheropteron species (Ostracoda) in Icelandic waters (sub-polar North Atlantic)

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The ostracod genus Cytheropteron (Ostracoda: Crustacea) has been widely used for paleoenvironmental, paleoceanographic, and paleobiogeographic studies. But species-level data remain limited, especially for deepwater species. Here, we show the depth and spatial distribution patterns of 33 species of the ostracod genus Cytheropteron found in recent surface sediments of Icelandic waters. Species-specific depth ranges may serve as a useful tool in ostracod-based paleoenvironmental reconstruction. Biogeographic distributions of Cytheropteron species indicate the shallow Greenland-Iceland-Faroe Ridge as the major barrier for the distribution of deep-sea organisms.

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Acknowledgments

We appreciate the continuous support and cooperation of all our colleagues from the IceAGE project; the help of the captains and crew of R/V Meteor and R/V Poseidon in sample collection; the organization skills and logistics management of the DZMB staff and Jörundur Svavarsson; the help of Wiebke Bauernfeind, Sahar Khodami, and Sarah Schnurr in MUC sampling; and the technical assistance of Laura Wong, Cecily Law, and Maria Lo. We also thank Anna Jazdzewska and Lena Menzel for editing, and Cristianini Trescastro Bergue and an anonymous reviewer for their valuable comments.

Funding

This study was partially supported by grants from the Research Grants Council of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, China (project code: HKU 17306014), the Seed Funding Program for Basic Research of the University of Hong Kong (project codes: 201210159043, 201511159075, 201411159017), and the Germany/Hong Kong Joint Research Scheme (project code: G_HK044/11 to M.Y. and DAAD 54367105 to S.B.).

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  1. The Swire Institute of Marine Science, The University of Hong Kong, Cape D’Aguilar Road 1, Shek O, Hong Kong, SAR, China

    Anna B. Jöst, Moriaki Yasuhara & Hisayo Okahashi

  2. School of Biological Sciences, The University of Hong Kong, Kadoorie Biological Science Building, Pokfulam Road, Pok Fu Lam, Hong Kong, SAR, China

    Anna B. Jöst, Moriaki Yasuhara & Hisayo Okahashi

  3. German Center for Marine Biodiversity Research (DZMB), Senckenberg Research Institute, c/o Biocenter Grindel, Martin-Luther King Platz 3, 20146, Hamburg, Germany

    Saskia Brix

  4. German Center for Marine Biodiversity Research (DZMB), Senckenberg Research Institute, Südstrand 44, 26382, Wilhelmshaven, Germany

    Pedro Martínez Arbizu & Alexandra Ostmann

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This article is part of the Topical Collection on Biodiversity of Icelandic Waters by Karin Meißner, Saskia Brix, Ken M. Halanych and Anna Jazdzewska.

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Jöst, A.B., Yasuhara, M., Okahashi, H. et al. Biogeographic distributions of Cytheropteron species (Ostracoda) in Icelandic waters (sub-polar North Atlantic). Mar Biodiv 48, 763–782 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12526-018-0867-8

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