Register of Antarctic Marine Species (RAMS)

Objectives

• Provide the « taxonomic backbone » of the SCAR-MarBIN, OBIS and GBIF information systems

• Establish a benchmark of the present taxonomic knowledge of the Southern Ocean biodiversity for science, conservation, sustainable management,…

• Provide an authoritative reference for systematic classification, nomenclature, sources,...

ANTARCTIC ZONE (Southern Ocean s.s.)

- True northern limit: Antarctic Polar Front

( 48°S to 63°S, convenient average limit: 55°S).

- Operational northern limits:

South Atlantic Sector - Between 60°W and 50°W:

57°S (different from CCAMLR) - Between 50°W and 30°E:

50°S (same as CCAMLR)

Indian Sector - Between 30°E and 80°E:

50°S (different from CCAMLR) - Between 80°E and 150°E:

55°S (same as CCAMLR)

South Pacific Sector - Between 150°E and 60°W:

60°S (same as CCAMLR)

SCAR-MarBIN / RAMS Geographic scope

SUB-ANTARCTIC ZONE

- True northern limit: sub-Tropical Front

(30°S to 47°S, convenient average limit: 43°S).

- Operational northern limits:

South Atlantic and Indian Sectors - Between 65°W and 140°E: 43°S

Pacific Sector - Between 140°E and 176°W: 48°S - Between 176°W and 80°W: 45°S - Between 80°W and 72°W:

41°S

SCAR-MarBIN / RAMS Geographic scope

16,222 taxa(+ 19 % since Val.)

8,806 valid spp(+ 20 % since

Val .)

78 % benthic spp 19 % pelagic spp3 % parasitic spp

64 Taxonomic Editors

(All groups but 4)

RAMS overview

TAXON: ANIMALIA N VALID ANT SPP N DIS RECS TAXONOMIC EDITOR(S)Porifera (B) 283 2676 D. JANUSSEN

Cnidaria (B+P+parasitic) 392 3518D. FAUTIN, D. LINDSAY, M. LONGSHAW, P. LOPEZ-GONZALEZ, A. PENA-CANTERO

Ctenophora (P+B) 10 20 D. LINDSAY, E. PAKHOMOV

Platyhelminthes (B+par.) 156 89 T. ARTOIS, M. LONGSHAW, A. ROCKA, K. ZDZITOWIECKI

Nemertina (B+P) 77 (A+S) 739 R. GIBSON

Rotifera (B) 2 14 H. SEGERS

Cephaloryncha (B) 3 0 B. NEUHAUS, J. SAIZ-SALINAS

Nematoda (free living) (B) 341 1367 A. VANREUSEL

Acanthocephala (par.) 30 1 K. ZDZITOWIECKI

Echiura (B) 8 42 J. SAIZ-SALINAS

Sipuncula (B) 14 486 J. SAIZ-SALINAS

Mollusca (B+P) 683 [738] 26140K. LINSE, U. PIATKOWSKI, V. SCARABINO, L. SALVINI-PLAWEN, S. SCHIAPARELLI, M. SCHRÖDL, E. SCHWABE,

Annelida (B+P) 585 [714] 6027 P. MARTIN, J. SICINSKI, A. UTEVSKI

Arthropoda (B+P+ par.) 2309

>30000

M. ANGEL, C. ARANGO, I. BARTSCH, K. BLACHOWIAK-SAMOLIK, M. BLAZEWICZ, A. BRANDT, C. DE BROYER, T. DEPREZ, K.-H. GEORGE, J. KOUWENBERG, U. MÜLENHARDT-SIEGEL, T. MUNILLA, V. PETRYASHOV, C. RAZOULS, V. SIEGEL, S. THATJE, W. ZEIDLER

Bryozoa (B) 317 [393] 1985 D.K.A. BARNES

Brachiopoda (B) 68 (A+S) 48 C. EMIG

Chaetognatha (P+B) 5 [13] 3006 A. L. PIERROT-BULTS

Hemichordata (B) [5] 49

Echinodermata (B) 550 10400J. BOHN, B. DANIS, B. DAVID, M. ELEAUME, M. JANGOUX, I. SMIRNOV

Chordata 712 >30000M. BESTER, R. HOPCROFT, P. KOUBBY, E. PAKHOMOV, W. PERRIN, E. VASQUEZ, E. WOEHLER

TAXON N VALID ANT SPP N DIST RECS TAXONOMIC EDITOR(S)CHROMISTA

Bacillariophyta (Diatoms) 176 2450 F. SCOTT (Australia) & R. LIGOWSKI (Poland)

PLANTAE Rhodophyta (Macroalgae) 75 0 C. WIENCKE (Germany)

Chlorophyta (Macroalgae) 22 0 C. WIENCKE (Germany)

PROTOCTISTA 614 0 F. SCOTT (Australia) Chrysomonada (Chrysophyta) 19 0

F.SCOTT (Australia) & C. WIENCKE (Germany)

Ciliophora 159 2 F. SCOTT (Australia)

Cryptomonada 2 0 F. SCOTT (Australia)

Dinomastigota 57 0 F. SCOTT (Australia)

Discomitochondria 2 0 F. SCOTT (Australia)

Granuloreticulosa: Foraminifera 4 [?] 1227 A. GOODAY (UK)

Haptomonada 30 0 F. SCOTT (Australia)

Heliozoa 8 0 F. SCOTT (Australia)

Phaeophyta (Macroalgae) 24 0 C. WIENCKE (Germany)

Protoctista incertae sedis 1 0 F. SCOTT (Australia)

Rhizopoda 2 0 F. SCOTT (Australia)

Sarcomastigophora 41 2 F. SCOTT (Australia)

Stramenopila incertae sedis 1 0 F. SCOTT (Australia)

Xanthophyta 1 0 F. SCOTT (Australia)

Zoomastigota 1 0 F. SCOTT (Australia)

TAXON N VALID ANT SPP N DIS RECS TAXONOMIC EDITOR(S)CRUSTACEA 2076 >74,941 Ascothoracida (parasitic) (B) 5 5 N

Cirripedia (B) 41 0 N

Copepoda (excl. Harpact.) (P) 283 >30000 J. KOUWENBERG (NL) & C. RAZOULS (France)

Copepoda Harpacticoida (B) 184 59 K.-H. GEORGE (Germany)

Ostracoda (B+P) 236 1093 M. ANGEL (UK) & K. BLACHOWIAK-SAMOLIK (Poland)

Leptostraca (B+P) 5 7 C. DE BROYER (Belgium)

Lophogastrida (P) 2 20+ V. PETRYASHOV (Russia)

Mysida (B+P) 37 536+ T. DEPREZ (Belgium) & V. PETRYASHOV (Russia)

Amphipoda (B+P) 601 11,759+ C. DE BROYER (Belgium) & W. ZEIDLER (Australia)

Isopoda (B) 467 470 A. BRANDT (Germany)

Tanaidacea (B) 102 595 M. BLAZEWICZ (Poland)

Cumacea (B) 79 283+ U. MÜLENHARDT-SIEGEL (Germany)

Euphausiacea (P) 8 >30,000 V. SIEGEL (Germany)

Decapoda (B+P) 26 114 S. THATJE (UK)

TAXON N VALID ANT SPP N DIS RECS TAXONOMIC EDITOR(S)MOLLUSCA 1149 [1252] 39256

Aplacophora (B) 101 24 L. SALVINI-PLAWEN (Austria) Monoplacophora (B) [3] 0 M. SCHRÖDL (Germany) & S. SCHIAPARELLI (Italy)

Polyplacophora (B) 10 28 E. SCHWABE (Germany)

Gastropoda (B+P) 436+ [530] 16789 Caenogastropoda 293 6912+ K. LINSE (UK) & S. SCHIAPARELLI (Italy)

Vetigastropoda 70 1573+ K. LINSE (UK) & S. SCHIAPARELLI (Italy)

Heterobranchia (excl. Opisth.) 16 187+ S. SCHIAPARELLI (Italy)

Opisthobranchia 56 7324+ M. SCHRÖDL (Germany) & S. SCHIAPARELLI (Italy)

Pulmonata 1 13 S. SCHIAPARELLI (Italy)

Bivalvia (B) 129 6310+ K. LINSE (UK)

Scaphopoda (B) [6] 96 V. SCARABINO (France)

Cephalopoda (B+P) 37 0 U. PIATKOWSKI (Germany)

RAMS’ Future• Linked to SCAR-MarBINfunding (oct2009-2013 ??)

• Taxonomic Data

• (Ir)Regular updates by taxonomic editors

• New species, revisions of status

• Changes in classification

• All Antarctic & sub-Antarctic spp lists to becompleted by end 2009

• Distribution records

• To completeand validate

• (All?) Antarctic distribution records by mid 2010

• RAMS-related developments:

• ID tools:

• Antarctic Field Guide

• Interactive keys

• « morphobase»

ANTARCTIC ZONE (Southern Ocean s.s.):

- True northern limit: Antarctic Polar Front (48°S to 63°S, convenient average limit: 55°S).

- Operational northern limits:

South Atlantic Sector - Between 60°W and 50°W: 57°S - Between 50°W and 30°E: 50°S

(same limits as CCAMLR)

Indian Sector - Between 30°E and 80°E: 50°S - Between 80°E and 150°E: 55°S

(same limits as CCAMLR)

South Pacific Sector - Between 150°E and 60°W: 60°S

(same limits as CCAMLR)

SUB-ANTARCTIC ZONE

- True northern limit: sub-Tropical Front (30°S to 47°S, convenient average limit: 43°S).

- Operational northern limits:

South Atlantic and Indian Sectors - Between 65°W and 140°E: 43°S

Pacific Sector - Between 140°E and 176°W: 48°S - Between 176°W and 80°W: 45°S - Between 80°W and 72°W: 41°S

SCAR-MarBIN / RAMS Geographic scope