The global surge in demand for metals such as cobalt and nickel has created
unprecedented interest in deep-sea habitats with mineral resources. The largest area of …

 Abstract There is a growing interest in the exploitation of deep-sea mineral deposits,
particularly on the abyssal seafloor of the central Pacific Clarion-Clipperton Zone (CCZ) …

The hadal zone (depths> 6000 m) comprises isolated features that host high degrees of
endemism, with species inhabiting only a single feature or a group of adjacent features. The …

Paralicella tenuipes and Paralicella caperesca are known as widely distributed deep-sea
scavenging amphipods. Some recent studies based on genetic data indicated the presence …

 Abstract This is a contribution in a series of taxonomic publications on benthic fauna of
polymetallic nodule fields in the eastern abyssal Clarion-Clipperton Zone (CCZ). The …

We synthesize and analyze data from visual transecting approaches and baited camera
studies to evaluate fish and invertebrate scavenger communities across the Clarion …

Aim We assess the role of spatial distance and depth difference in shaping beta diversity
patterns across abyssal seascape regions. We measured the decrease of faunistic similarity …

Abstract Valettietta Lincoln & Thurston, 1983 (Amphipoda: Alicelloidea) is an infrequently
sampled genus of scavenging amphipod, with a known bathymetric range from 17–5467 m …

More than 7000 demosponge species have been described to date globally but< 2% are
known from the abyssal plains, which occupy some 50% of the Earth's surface. The …

Anthropogenic activities such as mining pose a putative threat to deep-sea ecosystems and
baseline studies of key indicator species are required to assess future loss of biodiversity …