A comparative study of Ostracoda collections from the S.W. Pacific

Occurrence Specimen
Latest version published by Southwestern Pacific Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS) Node on Sept 1, 2026 Southwestern Pacific Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS) Node
Publication date:
1 September 2026
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Description

A study of Ostracoda and other microfauna from the S. W. Pacific commenced in 1980. This study based on material sampled during a number of cruises coordinated by CCOP/SOPAC (Committee for Coordination of Joint Prospecting for Mineral Resources in South Pacific Offshore Areas). These hereafter-called SOPAC Cruises included collections from the Cook Islands (CK-76), Samoa (WS-76), Tonga (T-76, T-77, T-78) and Solomon Islands (SI-81). The work on these collections was part of a United Nations Development Programme (UNDP).Most of the SOPAC offshore work between 1976-1981 was directed towards the investigation of manganese nodules, phosphorites and precious corals and to this purpose a variety of sampling devices were used. They included: free fall corer, free fall grab, Van Veen grab, gravity corer, tangle nets, rock dredge, wire lowered grab, pipe dredge and pipe dredge. Often, the sediments collected were too coarse, finer material being lost as a grab was winched up. Nevertheless, much suitable remains, particularly for stations where cores were taken or large samples were dredged up. Of the several hundred samples which were collected, around 60 were prepared for this study. 

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McKenzie K G (2026). A comparative study of Ostracoda collections from the S.W. Pacific. Version 1.0. Southwestern Pacific Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS) Node. Occurrence dataset. https://nzobisipt.niwa.co.nz/resource?r=obisschema_ostracoda_swpacific&v=1.0

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Keywords

Occurrence; Specimen

Contacts

K. G. McKenzie
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Riverina-Murray Institute of Higher Education
Wagga Wagga
AU

Geographic Coverage

South western Pacific Ocean

Bounding Coordinates South West [-22.326, -170.648], North East [-5.493, 158.565]

Taxonomic Coverage

No Description available

Class Ostracoda

Bibliographic Citations

  1. McKenzie, K. G. 1986. A comparative study of collections from the S.W. Pacific (Saipan to Tonga), with the descriptions of Gambiella caudata (Brady, 1890) and a new species of Pterobairdia (Ostracoda), J. Micropalaeontol., 5, 13 https://doi.org/10.1144/jm.5.1.91