100 Años De Briozoologia Antartica: Desde La Expedicion Antartica Belga, 1904, Hasta La 13ª Conferencia Internacional De Briozooloia, Concepción, Chile 2004

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RESUMENSe describe la historia de los descubrimientos briozoológicos hechos en la Antártica durante el siglo que va entre la publicación de los resultados de la Expedición Antártica Belga (1904) y la realización de la 13ª conferencia de la International Bryozoology Association habida en Concepción, Chile, en enero de 2004de (Moyano et al. 2003. Los países participantes en los descubrimientos incluyen a Bélgica, Francia, Alemania, Australia, Suecia, Rusia, UK, USA, Nueva Zelanda, España, China, Italia, Argentina y Chile lo que se ha traducido en la descripción de 6 familias nuevas 41 géneros nuevos y no menos de 315 especies nuevas. Sin embargo, como algunas de las especies nuevas son subantárticas, y otras tanto antárticas como subantárticas el número real de especies antárticas endémicas debe ser alrededor de 250.PALABRAS CLAVES: Historia de la ciencia, Antártica, Bryozoa. ABSTRACTThe history of bryozoological discoveries having place during the century span between the publication of the Scientific Results of the Belgian Antarctic Expedition (Waters, 1904) and the 13 th International Bryozoology Association Conference held at Concepción, Chile, during January 2004(Moyano et al. 2003, is presented. Countries participating in explorations and discoveries in austral seas around Antarctica include: Belgium, France, Germany, Australia, Sweden, Russia, UK, USA, New Zealand, Spain, China, Italy, Argentina and Chile. As results of their efforts 6 new families, 41 new genera and no less of 315 new species were described. Last figure, however, encompass both subantarctic and Antarctic new species, therefore the actual number of truly Antarctic endemic bryozoans is some 250 species (Hayward 1995).

Cold Comfort: Systematics and Biology of Antarctic Bryozoans

“…He listed 264 species of cheilostomes, of which 215 (81%) were endemic. Moyano (2005) took a different approach in summarizing taxonomic research on Antarctic bryozoans through 2004. He included taxa from all three orders, but some of his totals included subantarctic species.…”