INDEEP Working Group 1 Taxonomy & Evolution

INDEEP Working Group 1Taxonomy & Evolution

Nick HiggsAdrian Glover (NHM)

Plymouth University Marine Institute

Ocean Networks Canada - INDEEP Partnership Development Workshop (23-25 April 2014)

Aim to create a definitive list of species occurring in the deep seaWorld Register of Deep-Sea Species (WoRDSS)Set up as a subset of WoRMS Thematic Species Databasewww.marinespecies.org/deepsea

Ocean Networks Canada - INDEEP Partnership Development Workshop (23-25 April 2014)

What is a Deep-Sea Species?What is deep-sea?200m? 300m? We chose 500m as our cut off point

Thistle (2003) after Sanders (1968)Depth of minimum seasonal variationOcean Networks Canada - INDEEP Partnership Development Workshop (23-25 April 2014)

What is a Deep-Sea Species?Inclusive or exclusive?We choose an inclusive definition based on ecological interaction

What is a Deep-Sea Species?

Ocean Networks Canada - INDEEP Partnership Development Workshop (23-25 April 2014)

Building the DatabaseWoRDSS

500 m filter

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