The global surge in demand for metals such as cobalt and nickel has created
unprecedented interest in deep-sea habitats with mineral resources. The largest area of …

Macrofauna are an abundant and diverse component of abyssal benthic communities and
are likely to be heavily impacted by polymetallic nodule mining in the Clarion-Clipperton …

The abyssal seafloor is a mosaic of highly diverse habitats that represent the least known
marine ecosystems on Earth. Some regions enriched in natural resources, such as …

In the abyssal equatorial Pacific Ocean, most of the seafloor of the Clarion-Clipperton
Fracture Zone (CCFZ), a 6 million km 2 polymetallic nodule province, has been preempted …

Abstract Aim The abyssal Clarion‐Clipperton Zone (CCZ), Pacific Ocean, is an area of
commercial importance owing to the growing interest in mining high‐grade polymetallic …

Planktonic larvae of spionid polychaetes are among the most common and abundant group
in coastal meroplankton worldwide. The present study reports the morphology of spionid …

 Abstract This is a contribution in a series of taxonomic publications on benthic fauna of
polymetallic nodule fields in the eastern abyssal Clarion-Clipperton Zone (CCZ). The …

The Prionospio complex comprises the most diverse and complex group within the
polychaete family Spionidae. The phylogenetic relationships within the group are still poorly …

Planktonic larvae of spionid polychaetes are among the most common and abundant group
in coastal meroplankton worldwide. The present study reports the morphology of spionid …

Distributional ranges of selected deep-sea annelids are examined in an integrative
approach using genetic markers (COI, 18S) and morphology. The source material comes …