Decapoda of the Southern Ocean

This dataset is a scanned document of ANARE Research Notes 11, describing the Decapoda of the Southern Ocean. It lists all the known species and with illustrated diagrams provides a guide to their taxonomic identification.Taken from the abstract of the document:A guide to the Decapoda of the Southern Ocean is presented, with emphasis on those species which have been recorded south of the Antarctic Convergence. Despite being well represented in all other oceans, the decapod fauna of Antarctic waters is depauperate, with only eleven species having been reported from south of the Antarctic Convergence (Petalidium foliaceum, Notocrangon antarcticus, Pasiphaea longispina, Pasiphaea scotiae, Nematocarcinus longirostris, Nematocarcinus lanceopes, Hymenodora gracilis, Chorismus antarcticus, Lebbeus antarcticus, Ancanthephyra pelagica and Paralomis spectabilis). Species found in the subantarctic waters north of the Convergence are also included in the key as their ranges may overlap with those of the Antarctic species. A key is also provided to the larvae of decapod families which are known to have Antarctic representatives. Short descriptions, with figures and records of occurrence, are presented for each of the eleven Antarctic species to enable the reader to confirm identifications from the keys. A glossary of technical terms has also been compiled.The document is available for download as a pdf from the provided URL.