| Authors | Laure Corbari, Magalie Castelin |
| Language | English |
| ISBN | 9782383270171 |
| Publisher | Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle |
| Pages | 333 |
| Size | 218 x 305 mm |
| Format | Hardcover |
| Images | Colour pictures, figures |
| Year published | 2024 |
Tropical Deep-Sea Benthos, a continuation of Résultats des Campagnes MUSORSTOM, is a series dedicated to the inventory and description of the deep-sea fauna of the world, with special emphasis on the most extensive, yet remote and least explored, region – the Indo-West Pacific. The comprehensive series of marine expeditions undertaken by the Muséum national d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris and the Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD) continue to sample and preserve new species that are changing the current view of the systematics and, therefore, the evolution of the order Scleractinia.
Tropical Deep-Sea Benthos Volume 34 - Deep-Sea Chirostylids and Stylasterids from South-West Indian Ocean is the second volume dedicated to Alain Crosnier who passed away on 18 February 2021. Madagascar and more generally the South Western part of the Indian Ocean had a special place in his heart. From 1970 to 1976, he directed the ORSTOM Centre in Nosy Be in Madagascar where he explored the seabed to a depth of more than 1,000 m, thus discovering new resources and new species. The second part of his career was devoted to crustacean systematics and exploration of the deep benthos of tropical areas. In addition to the deep-sea cruises, which he instigated for a long time, he deployed his visionary energy to organise the study of the collected specimens – by bringing specialists from all over the world to Paris – and to publish these results. In 1999, the “MUSORSTOM cruises” became Tropical Deep-Sea Benthos; the programme celebrated its 40th anniversary in 2016.
Tropical Deep-Sea Benthos Volume 34 - Deep-Sea Chirostylids and Stylasterids from South-West Indian Ocean is a compilation of two major articles, on crustaceans Chirostylids and corals Stylasterids from the South-West Indian Ocean. In this volume, keys to species, descriptions, colour illustrations and drawings, maps and compilation of species occurrences as well as descriptions of new species are provided at the regional scale. With a total of 85 new species, i.e. 60 new species of Chirostylids and 25 new species of Stylasterids, this volume provides new knowledge on crustaceans and corals from the South-West Indian Ocean and conclusions about biogeography in this area are also presented in this volume.
The language of Tropical Deep-Sea Benthos Volume 34 - Deep-Sea Chirostylids and Stylasterids from South-West Indian Ocean is in English, but has a bilingual abstract in English and French.
