Metazoan Zooplankton of the Southern Ocean

This dataset is a scanned copy of ANARE Research Notes 30, which describes the Metazoan Zooplankton 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:The characteristics of a number of zooplankton groups are given together with illustrations, keys and comments on the examination and preservation of the animals. The information provided is intended to enable a novice to sort zooplankton into their first order groups.A number of guides to various taxonomic groups of Southern Ocean zooplankton has been published in the ANARE Research Notes series. These guides provide detailed information for the identification of planktonic animals to the species level. People not familiar with plankton systematics often have difficulty in determining to which group a particular organism belongs, so this general guide has been prepared so that even novices can sort specimens into major taxonomic categories. The more detailed guides can then be used to determine the species.The document is available for download as a pdf from the provided URL.