Linse, Katrin https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3477-3047
Neuhaus, Jenny https://orcid.org/0009-0000-7570-4094
Funding for this research was provided by:
British Antarctic Survey (NC-Science)
BMBF (GPF 21-2_052, GPF 21-2_052)
Article History
Received: 19 April 2024
Revised: 5 September 2024
Accepted: 1 October 2024
First Online: 7 November 2024
Declarations
:
: The authors declare no conflict of interest.
: All applicable international, national, and/or institutional guidelines for animal testing, animal care and use of animals were followed by the authors. The scaphopod and anemone specimens have been treated and fixed under the marine invertebrate ethics policy of the British Antarctic Survey.
: The field study was carried out in international waters in November 2021, requiring no sampling permits. The study is compliant with CBD and Nagoya protocols.
: All datasets analysed and generated in this study e.g. OFOS imagery and morphometric data, are publicly archived in the UK Polar Data Centre at and available under . Molecular data is available in the Barcode of Life Database dx.doi.org/.
: KL and JN conceived and designed the research, wrote the manuscript and prepared figures and tables. KL analysed the morphological data; JN analysed the molecular data. Both authors read and approved the manuscript.