Chan, B. K.K., Prabowo R. E., Lee K. S. (2010). North West Pacific deep-sea barnacles Cirripedia, Thoracica) collected by the TAIWAN expeditions, with descriptions of two new species. Zootaxa 2405: 1–47

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Chan, B. K.; Prabowo, R. E.; Lee, K. S.

2010

2405: 1-47

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http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2010/f/zt02405p047.pdf

Taiwan is a large island in north western Pacific waters with the sea floor connecting to two major deep-sea basins, the eastern waters facing the Pacific Ocean (to 4000 m depth) and linking to the Philippine Basin, whilst south western waters are associated with the South China Sea Basin (up to 1000 m). Previously, the biodiversity of Taiwanese deep-sea barnacles had not been studied extensively, due to a lack of deep-sea expeditions and sampling. Recently, several TAIWAN deep-sea cruises investigated the biodiversity of the deep-sea fauna of Taiwan and sampling was conducted to depths of 4000 m. The present study reports on the biodiversity of the deep-sea barnacles of Taiwan, a total of 18 species. One species was previously recorded from Taiwanese waters and 17 are new records, including two new species belong to the genera Litoscalpellum and Altiverruca.

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