Cumacea (Crustacea; Peracarida) of the Antarctic shelf [Elektronische Ressource] : diversity, biogeography, and phylogeny / Peter Rehm

Cumacea (Crustacea; Peracarida) of the Antarctic shelf – diversity, biogeography, and phylogeny Peter Rehm Ph. D Thesis submitted to the faculty 2 (Biology Chemistry) of the University of Bremen, Germany Bremen, October 2007 1. Examiner Prof. Dr. Wolf E. Arntz Alfred Wegener Institute University of Bremen 2. Examiner Dr. Sven Thatje National Oceanography Centre University of Southampton CONTENTS Summary Zusammenfassung 1 INTRODUCTION 1 1.1 Antarctic peracarid crustaceans...................................................................................... 1 Systematics and morphology ............................................................................................ 1 Ecological importance and evolution.............................................................................. 2 1.2 Antarctic Cumacea............................................................................................................ 3 1.3 Hypotheses and aims of the study .................................................................................... 5 Cumacean phylogeny.......................................................................................................5 Diversity of the Ross Sea......................................................................................................