| dc.creator | LEE,MATTHEW R | |
| dc.creator | CASTILLA,JUAN CARLOS | |
| dc.creator | FERNÁNDEZ,MIRIAM | |
| dc.creator | CLARKE,MARCELA | |
| dc.creator | GONZÁLEZ,CATHERINE | |
| dc.creator | HERMOSILLA,CONSUELO | |
| dc.creator | PRADO,LUIS | |
| dc.creator | ROZBACZYLO,NICOLAS | |
| dc.creator | VALDOVINOS,CLAUDIO | |
| dc.date | 2008-03-01 | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2017-03-07T16:00:40Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2017-03-07T16:00:40Z | |
| dc.identifier | http://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0716-078X2008000100005 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://repositorioslatinoamericanos.uchile.cl/handle/2250/394498 | |
| dc.description | A comprehensive literature review was conducted to determine the species richness of all the possible taxa of free-living benthic marine invertebrates in Chile. In addition, the extent of endemism to the Pacific Islands and deep-sea, the number of non-indigenous species, and the contribution that the Chilean benthic marine invertebrate fauna makes to the world benthic marine invertebrate fauna was examined. A total of 4,553 species were found. The most speciose taxa were the Crustacea, Mollusca and Polychaeta. Species richness data was not available for a number of taxa, despite evidence that these taxa are present in the Chilean benthos. The Chilean marine invertebrate benthic fauna constitutes 2.47 % of the world marine invertebrate benthic fauna. There are 599 species endemic to the Pacific Islands and 205 in the deep-sea. There are 25 invasive or non-indigenous species so far identified in Chile. Though the Chilean fauna is speciose there is still a considerable amount of diversity yet to be described, particularly amongst the small bodied invertebrates and from the less well explored habitats, such as the deep-sea | |
| dc.format | text/html | |
| dc.language | en | |
| dc.publisher | Sociedad de Biología de Chile | |
| dc.source | Revista chilena de historia natural v.81 n.1 2008 | |
| dc.subject | Chile | |
| dc.subject | species richness | |
| dc.subject | benthos | |
| dc.subject | free-living invertebrates | |
| dc.title | Free-living benthic marine invertebrates in Chile | |
| dc.type | Artículos de revistas | |
