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Polychaeta distribution - Placedetails

MRGID http://marineregions.org/mrgid/13212
Status Proposed standard Proposed standard
Names
Language Name Name source
EnglishPalmer ArchipelagoSCAR Composite Gazetteer   
SpanishPalmer, archipiĆ©lago deSCAR Composite Gazetteer   
FrenchArchipel Palmer   
PlaceType Archipelago 
Latitude 64° 15' 0" S (-64.25°)  
Longitude 62° 50' 0" W (-62.8333333°)  
Source SCAR Composite Gazetteer, available online at https://data.aad.gov.au/aadc/gaz/scar/
Notes Belgica information (en): Group of islands extending from Tower Island in the N to Anvers Island in the S, lying NW of Antarctic Peninsula, from which it is separated by Gerlache Strait. Named by Gerlache, leader of the BelgAE, 1897-99, for Capt. Nathaniel Palmer who navigated these waters in 1820 (http://www.mapplanet.com/?do=loc&country=_A&adm1=08&loc=20009135/http://geonames.usgs.gov).    
Relation 
Part of  Southern Ocean (IHO Sea Area)  [view hierarchy]   
Map
Species
occurring
in this area (2)
Lumbrinereis antarctica Monro, 1930 accepted as Paraninoe antarctica (Monro, 1930)
Octobranchus antarcticus Monro, 1936
Species
occurring
in any subarea
of Palmer Archipelago (2)
Helicosiphon biscoeensis Gravier, 1907
Helicosyphon biscoensis Gravier, 1907 accepted as Helicosiphon biscoeensis Gravier, 1907
Edit history Last edited on 2006-04-06 14:59:04 by Deckers Pieter
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