Cheilostomate Bryozoa of the Bellingshausen Sea (Western Antarctica): a preliminary report of the results of the ‘Bentart 2003’ Spanish Expedition : C.M. López-Fé

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Cheilostomate Bryozoa of the Bellingshausen Sea (Western Antarctica): a preliminary report of the results of the ‘Bentart 2003’ Spanish Expedition

ABSTRACT

The Spanish Expedition ‘Bentart 2003’ collected benthic samples along the Bellingshausen Sea and the Antarctic Peninsula in February 2003. Most stations yielded cheilostome Bryozoa. The benthic communities of the Bellingshausen Sea in general were found to be quite poor. Most bryozoans consisted in small colonies on rocks on a bottom of iceberg debris.