Towards a better understanding of deep-sea tardigrade biogeography: numerous new records from the Southern Ocean Author Trokhymchuk, Roman VN Karazin Kharkiv National University, Svobody Square, 4, 61022, Kharkiv, Ukraine. & German Centre for Marine Biodiversity Research (DZMB), Senckenberg am Meer, Südstrand 44, 26382, Wilhelmshaven, Germany. Author Schmidt-Rhaesa, Andreas 0000-0003-4102-9371 ZTM, Leibniz Institute for the Analysis of Biodiversity Change, Martin-Luther-King-Platz 3, 20146 Hamburg, Germany. haesa@leibniz-lib.de Author Utevsky, Serge 0000-0003-1290-6742 VN Karazin Kharkiv National University, Svobody Square, 4, 61022, Kharkiv, Ukraine. serge.utevsky@karazin.ua Author Kristensen, Reinhardt Møbjerg 0000-0001-9549-1188 Natural History Museum of Denmark, University of Copenhagen, Gothersgade 130, 1123 Copenhagen, Denmark. rmkristensen@snm.ku.dk Author Kieneke, Alexander 0000-0001-8180-2483 German Centre for Marine Biodiversity Research (DZMB), Senckenberg am Meer, Südstrand 44, 26382, Wilhelmshaven, Germany. alexander.kieneke@senckenberg.de text Zootaxa 2024 2024-12-02 5543 1 1 39 https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5543.1.1 journal article 306477 10.11646/zootaxa.5543.1.1 22212282-9516-4d43-ab20-a2c0bfe3ed3c 1175-5326 14385085 F6372401-5C79-487C-A8C1-DBDEE7C71671

TABLE 1. All corer deployments of expeditions ANDEEP 1, 2, 3 and ANDEEP-SYSTCO that contained Tardigrada. For two deployments at the Shona Ridge, no information about position and depth was available. GKG: boxcorer with 0.25 m 2 sampling area, MUC (A): multicorer with 70.85 cm 2 sampling area per core tube, MUC (B): multicorer with 69.36 cm 2 sampling area per core tube, MUC (C): multicorer with 25.5 cm 2 sampling area per core tube

sea region	deployment	latitude	longitude	depth [m]	device	date	expedition	notes
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N-W Cape Basin	PS67_016-6	41°7.61′S	9°56.05′W	4719	MUC (A)	25.01.2005	ANDEEP-III
N-W Cape Basin	PS67_016-8	41°7.82′S	9°56.11′W	4726	MUC (A)	26.01.2005	ANDEEP-III
S-W Cape Basin	PS67_021-4	47°40.00′S	4°15.13′W	4559	MUC (A)	29.01.2005	ANDEEP-III
S-W Cape Basin	PS67_021-6	47°39.36′S	4°15.66′W	4564	MUC (A)	29.01.2005	ANDEEP-III
S-W Cape Basin	PS71_90-2	49°0.95'S	0°0.03'E	n.a.	MUC (B)	29.01.2008	ANDEEP-SYSTCO	echosounder failure
Cape Basin Shona Ridge	PS71_013-12	52°2.22'S	0°1.04'W	3000	MUC (B)	06.12.2007	ANDEEP-SYSTCO
Cape Basin Shona Ridge	PS71_013-14	52°2.25'S	0°1.11'W	2997	MUC (B)	06.12.2007	ANDEEP-SYSTCO
Cape Basin Shona Ridge	PS71_85-5	52° 1.20' S	0° 0.20' E	2981	MUC (B)	26.01.2008	ANDEEP-SYSTCO
Cape Basin Shona Ridge	PS71_85-7	52° 1.53' S	0° 0.16' E	2996	MUC (B)	27.01.2008	ANDEEP-SYSTCO
Cape Basin Shona Ridge	PS71_019-12	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	MUC (B)	n.a.	ANDEEP-SYSTCO	no info available
Cape Basin Shona Ridge	PS71_0187-12	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	MUC (B)	n.a.	ANDEEP-SYSTCO	no info available
Lazarev Sea Maud Rise	PS71_39-10	64°28.83'S	2°52.48'E	2151	MUC (B)	03.01.2008	ANDEEP-SYSTCO
Lazarev Sea Maud Rise	PS71_39-12	64°28.83'S	2°52.53'E	2151	MUC (B)	03.01.2008	ANDEEP-SYSTCO
Lazarev Sea Maud Rise	PS71_39-14	64°28.84'S	2°52.49'E	2151	MUC (B)	03.01.2008	ANDEEP-SYSTCO
Lazarev Sea Antarctic Shelf	PS71_017-12	70°4.86'S	3°22.59'W	1927	MUC (B)	22.12.2007	ANDEEP-SYSTCO
Lazarev Sea Antarctic Shelf	PS71_017-13	70°4.97'S	3°21.54'W	1977	GKG	22.12.2007	ANDEEP-SYSTCO
Lazarev Sea Antarctic Shelf	PS71_017-14	70°4.80'S	3°22.71'W	1960	MUC (B)	22.12.2007	ANDEEP-SYSTCO
Weddell Sea	PS61/4_131-7	65°19.45′S	51°30.97′W	3057	MUC (C)	06.03.2002	ANDEEP-II
Weddell Sea	PS61/4_133-6	65°20.18'S	54°14.36'W	1120	MUC (C)	07.03.2002	ANDEEP-II
Weddell Sea	PS61/4_133-8	65°20.09′S	54°14.72′W	1088	MUC (C)	07.03.2002	ANDEEP-II
Weddell Sea	PS61/4_133-10	65°20.30′S	54°14.67′W	1109	MUC (C)	07.03.2002	ANDEEP-II
Ona Basin	PS61/3_42-5	59°40.39′S	57°35.74′W	3695	MUC (C)	28.01.2002	ANDEEP-I
Ona Basin	PS61/3_42-7	59°39.49′S	57°34.51′W	3650	MUC (C)	28.01.2002	ANDEEP-I
Ona Basin	PS61/3_43-4	60°27.05′S	56°04.77′W	3958	MUC (C)	03.02.2002	ANDEEP-I
Ona Basin	PS61/3_43-6	60°27.00′S	56°04.24′W	3954	MUC (C)	03.02.2002	ANDEEP-I
Ona Basin	PS61/3_46-4	60°38.12′S	53°57.67′W	2893	MUC (C)	30.01.2002	ANDEEP-I
Ona Basin	PS61/3_46-6	60°38.64′S	53°57.27′W	2893	MUC (C)	30.10.2002	ANDEEP-I
Shackleton Fracture Zone	PS61/3_129-5	59°52.39′S	59°57.78′W	3597	MUC (C)	23.02.2002	ANDEEP-I
Shackleton Fracture Zone	PS61/3_129-7	59°52.30′S	59°57.63′W	3614	MUC (C)	23.02.2002	ANDEEP-I
South Shetland Trench	PS61/3_99-5	61°07.09′S	59°16.50′W	5191	MUC (C)	12.02.2002	ANDEEP-I
South Shetland Trench	PS61/3_99-7	61°07.06′S	59°15.53′W	5194	MUC (C)	12.02.2002	ANDEEP-I
South Shetland Trench	PS61/3_105-2	61°24.14′S	58°51.15′W	2290	MUC (C)	14.02.2002	ANDEEP-I
South Shetland Trench	PS61/3_105-4	61°23.81′S	58°50.24′W	2274	MUC (C)	14.02.2002	ANDEEP-I
South Shetland Trench	PS61/3_105-6	61°23.73′S	58°50.26′W	2274	MUC (C)	14.02.2002	ANDEEP-I
South Shetland Trench	PS61/3_114-5	61°43.52′S	60°44.13′W	2917	MUC (C)	18.02.2002	ANDEEP-I
South Shetland Trench	PS61/3_114-6	61°43.57′S	60°43.97′W	2873	GKG	18.02.2002	ANDEEP-I
South Shetland Trench	PS61/3_114-7	61°43.48′S	60°43.50′W	2900	MUC (C)	18.02.2002	ANDEEP-I
South Shetland Trench	PS61/3_114-9	61°43.58′S	60°43.22′W	2875	MUC (C)	19.02.2002	ANDEEP-I
South Shetland Trench	PS61/3_129-4	59°52.40'S	59°57.88'W	3598	GKG	23.02.2002	ANDEEP-I