Nv. Druzhkov et al., New records of the carnivorous pelagic polychaete, Phalacrophorus pictus borealis Reibisch, 1895 in the Arctic Ocean, SARSIA, 85(5-6), 2000, pp. 467-469
In zooplankton samples. collected during the ARK XII cruise of RV Polarster
n in the northern Kara Sea and the ARKTIKA-98 cruise of RV Akademik Fedorov
in the northern Barents Sea, eight specimens of the pelagic carnivorous po
lychaete, Phalacrophorus pictus borealis Reibisch, 1895 were found in July
1996 and October 1998, respectively. This new record of the subspecies rema
rkably extends its known distribution area within the Arctic Ocean. The goo
d condition of the material has allowed giving the new, more detailed descr
iption of the subspecies.