/* DATA DESCRIPTION: Citation: Teschke, Katharina; Rossi, Sergio; Barnes, David K A; Feij, Bram; Freer, Jennifer; Gottschalk, Milena; Held, Christoph; Kühn, Susanne; Leeger, Rose; Meiburg, Jonathan; Niiranen, Susa; Seifert, Miriam; Mark, Felix Christopher (2026): Semi-quantitative benthic taxon records from Agassiz trawl samples collected in the Weddell Sea (Antarctica) during RV Polarstern cruise PS152 (WOBEC), 2025/2026 [dataset]. PANGAEA, https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.993606 (DOI registration in progress) Abstract: The dataset comprises 200 semi-quantitative records for 50 benthic invertebrate taxa and fish derived from four Agassiz trawl samples. The semi-quantitative data represent four categories of taxon occurrence frequency: 0 = absent, 1 = rare, 2 = common, and 3 = very common. Samples were collected on the continental shelf and slope near Kapp Norvegia (eastern Weddell Sea, Antarctica) at water depths ranging from 224 to 1,065 m during RV Polarstern cruise PS152 (WOBEC) in 2025/2026. Weddell Sea Observatory of Biodiversity and Ecosystem Change (WOBEC) is funded under the European Union's flagship programme BiodivMon, coordinated within Biodiversa+, the European Biodiversity Partnership (grant no. Biodiversa2022-341). Keyword(s): Benthos; Biodiversity; Southern Ocean; Weddell Sea; WOBEC Funding: Horizon Europe (HorizonEU) (URI: https://research-and-innovation.ec.europa.eu/funding/funding-opportunities/funding-programmes-and-open-calls/horizon-europe_en), grant/award no. 101052342: The European Biodiversity Partnership (Biodiversa-plus) (URI: doi:10.3030/101052342) Coverage: MEDIAN LATITUDE: -70.834735 * MEDIAN LONGITUDE: -10.676353 * SOUTH-BOUND LATITUDE: -70.936230 * WEST-BOUND LONGITUDE: -10.947193 * NORTH-BOUND LATITUDE: -70.752956 * EAST-BOUND LONGITUDE: -10.465837 DATE/TIME START: 2026-01-07T21:57:00 * DATE/TIME END: 2026-01-16T19:33:00 MINIMUM ELEVATION: -1070.1 m a.s.l. * MAXIMUM ELEVATION: -236.1 m a.s.l. Event(s): PS152_27-8 (KN_11) * LATITUDE START: -70.742981 * LONGITUDE START: -10.873405 * LATITUDE END: -70.770528 * LONGITUDE END: -10.985799 * DATE/TIME START: 2026-01-07T20:00:21 * DATE/TIME END: 2026-01-07T23:00:45 * ELEVATION START: -1015.4 m * ELEVATION END: -1030.3 m * O2A Registry URI: https://registry.o2a-data.de/items/49d18cb2-015b-42ea-bb84-55194b97acf3 * CAMPAIGN: PS152 (WOBEC) * BASIS: Polarstern (URI: https://doi.org/10.17815/jlsrf-3-163) * METHOD/DEVICE: Agassiz Trawl (AGT) PS152_28-8 * LATITUDE START: -70.865492 * LONGITUDE START: -10.462682 * LATITUDE END: -70.875496 * LONGITUDE END: -10.498768 * DATE/TIME START: 2026-01-08T19:51:04 * DATE/TIME END: 2026-01-08T21:26:13 * ELEVATION START: -248.1 m * ELEVATION END: -241.8 m * O2A Registry URI: https://registry.o2a-data.de/items/49d18cb2-015b-42ea-bb84-55194b97acf3 * CAMPAIGN: PS152 (WOBEC) * BASIS: Polarstern (URI: https://doi.org/10.17815/jlsrf-3-163) * METHOD/DEVICE: Agassiz Trawl (AGT) PS152_31-5 (KN_13) * LATITUDE START: -70.777400 * LONGITUDE START: -10.763567 * LATITUDE END: -70.781111 * LONGITUDE END: -10.821029 * DATE/TIME START: 2026-01-09T15:42:33 * DATE/TIME END: 2026-01-09T17:12:12 * ELEVATION START: -714.9 m * ELEVATION END: -736.4 m * O2A Registry URI: https://registry.o2a-data.de/items/49d18cb2-015b-42ea-bb84-55194b97acf3 * CAMPAIGN: PS152 (WOBEC) * BASIS: Polarstern (URI: https://doi.org/10.17815/jlsrf-3-163) * METHOD/DEVICE: Agassiz Trawl (AGT) PS152_44-1 (KN_09) * LATITUDE START: -70.937652 * LONGITUDE START: -10.499877 * LATITUDE END: -70.935583 * LONGITUDE END: -10.488280 * DATE/TIME START: 2026-01-16T19:05:47 * DATE/TIME END: 2026-01-16T20:39:58 * ELEVATION START: -243.2 m * ELEVATION END: -225.6 m * O2A Registry URI: https://registry.o2a-data.de/items/49d18cb2-015b-42ea-bb84-55194b97acf3 * CAMPAIGN: PS152 (WOBEC) * BASIS: Polarstern (URI: https://doi.org/10.17815/jlsrf-3-163) * METHOD/DEVICE: Agassiz Trawl (AGT) Parameter(s): Event label (Event) * PI: Teschke, Katharina (https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9595-7443, Katharina.Teschke@awi.de) Optional event label (Event 2) * PI: Teschke, Katharina (https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9595-7443, Katharina.Teschke@awi.de) Campaign of event (Campaign) * PI: Teschke, Katharina (https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9595-7443, Katharina.Teschke@awi.de) Method/Device of event (Method/Device) * PI: Teschke, Katharina (https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9595-7443, Katharina.Teschke@awi.de) DATE/TIME (Date/Time) * GEOCODE * PI: Teschke, Katharina (https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9595-7443, Katharina.Teschke@awi.de) * COMMENT: gear on ground, i.e., tow start Date/time start (Date/time start) * PI: Teschke, Katharina (https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9595-7443, Katharina.Teschke@awi.de) * COMMENT: profile start, i.e., tow end due to cable offset LATITUDE (Latitude) * GEOCODE * PI: Teschke, Katharina (https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9595-7443, Katharina.Teschke@awi.de) * COMMENT: gear on ground, i.e., tow start Latitude 2 (Latitude 2) * PI: Teschke, Katharina (https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9595-7443, Katharina.Teschke@awi.de) * COMMENT: profile start, i.e., tow end due to cable offset LONGITUDE (Longitude) * GEOCODE * PI: Teschke, Katharina (https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9595-7443, Katharina.Teschke@awi.de) * COMMENT: gear on ground, i.e., tow start Longitude 2 (Longitude 2) * PI: Teschke, Katharina (https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9595-7443, Katharina.Teschke@awi.de) * COMMENT: profile start, i.e., tow end due to cable offset ELEVATION [m a.s.l.] (Elevation) * GEOCODE * PI: Teschke, Katharina (https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9595-7443, Katharina.Teschke@awi.de) * COMMENT: gear on ground, i.e., tow start Elevation 2 [m a.s.l.] (Elev2) * PI: Teschke, Katharina (https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9595-7443, Katharina.Teschke@awi.de) * COMMENT: profile start, i.e., tow end due to cable offset Hexactinellida (Hexactinellida) * PI: Teschke, Katharina (https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9595-7443, Katharina.Teschke@awi.de) * COMMENT: semi-quantitative record/catch Demospongiae (Demospongiae) * PI: Teschke, Katharina (https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9595-7443, Katharina.Teschke@awi.de) * COMMENT: semi-quantitative record/catch Hydrozoa (Hydrozoa) * PI: Teschke, Katharina (https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9595-7443, Katharina.Teschke@awi.de) * COMMENT: semi-quantitative record/catch Scyphozoa (Scyphozoa) * PI: Teschke, Katharina (https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9595-7443, Katharina.Teschke@awi.de) * COMMENT: semi-quantitative record/catch Zoantharia (Zoantharia) * PI: Teschke, Katharina (https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9595-7443, Katharina.Teschke@awi.de) * COMMENT: semi-quantitative record/catch Stylasteridae (Stylasteridae) * PI: Teschke, Katharina (https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9595-7443, Katharina.Teschke@awi.de) * COMMENT: semi-quantitative record/catch Actiniaria (Actiniaria) * PI: Teschke, Katharina (https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9595-7443, Katharina.Teschke@awi.de) * COMMENT: semi-quantitative record/catch Gorgonacea (Gorgonacea) * PI: Teschke, Katharina (https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9595-7443, Katharina.Teschke@awi.de) * COMMENT: semi-quantitative record/catch Pennatulacea (Pennatulacea) * PI: Teschke, Katharina (https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9595-7443, Katharina.Teschke@awi.de) * COMMENT: semi-quantitative record/catch Alcyonacea (Alcyonacea) * PI: Teschke, Katharina (https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9595-7443, Katharina.Teschke@awi.de) * COMMENT: semi-quantitative record/catch Scleractinia (Scleractinia) * PI: Teschke, Katharina (https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9595-7443, Katharina.Teschke@awi.de) * COMMENT: semi-quantitative record/catch Stolonifera (Stolonifera) * PI: Teschke, Katharina (https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9595-7443, Katharina.Teschke@awi.de) * COMMENT: semi-quantitative record/catch Nematoda (Nematoda) * PI: Teschke, Katharina (https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9595-7443, Katharina.Teschke@awi.de) * COMMENT: semi-quantitative record/catch Platyhelminthes (Platyhelminthes) * PI: Teschke, Katharina (https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9595-7443, Katharina.Teschke@awi.de) * COMMENT: semi-quantitative record/catch Nemertea (Nemertea) * PI: Teschke, Katharina (https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9595-7443, Katharina.Teschke@awi.de) * COMMENT: semi-quantitative record/catch Turbellaria (Turbellaria) * PI: Teschke, Katharina (https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9595-7443, Katharina.Teschke@awi.de) * COMMENT: semi-quantitative record/catch Bivalvia (Bivalvia) * PI: Teschke, Katharina (https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9595-7443, Katharina.Teschke@awi.de) * COMMENT: semi-quantitative record/catch Aplacophora (Aplacophora) * PI: Teschke, Katharina (https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9595-7443, Katharina.Teschke@awi.de) * COMMENT: semi-quantitative record/catch Prosobranchia (Prosobranchia) * PI: Teschke, Katharina (https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9595-7443, Katharina.Teschke@awi.de) * COMMENT: semi-quantitative record/catch Opisthobranchia (Opisthobranchia) * PI: Teschke, Katharina (https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9595-7443, Katharina.Teschke@awi.de) * COMMENT: semi-quantitative record/catch Polyplacophora (Polyplacophora) * PI: Teschke, Katharina (https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9595-7443, Katharina.Teschke@awi.de) * COMMENT: semi-quantitative record/catch Cephalopoda (Cephalopoda) * PI: Teschke, Katharina (https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9595-7443, Katharina.Teschke@awi.de) * COMMENT: semi-quantitative record/catch Scaphopoda (Scaphopoda) * PI: Teschke, Katharina (https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9595-7443, Katharina.Teschke@awi.de) * COMMENT: semi-quantitative record/catch Sedentaria (Sedentaria) * PI: Teschke, Katharina (https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9595-7443, Katharina.Teschke@awi.de) * COMMENT: semi-quantitative record/catch Errantia (Errantia) * PI: Teschke, Katharina (https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9595-7443, Katharina.Teschke@awi.de) * COMMENT: semi-quantitative record/catch Priapulida (Priapulida) * PI: Teschke, Katharina (https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9595-7443, Katharina.Teschke@awi.de) * COMMENT: semi-quantitative record/catch Sipuncula (Sipuncula) * PI: Teschke, Katharina (https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9595-7443, Katharina.Teschke@awi.de) * COMMENT: semi-quantitative record/catch Echiurida (Echiurida) * PI: Teschke, Katharina (https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9595-7443, Katharina.Teschke@awi.de) * COMMENT: semi-quantitative record/catch Entoprocta (Entoprocta) * PI: Teschke, Katharina (https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9595-7443, Katharina.Teschke@awi.de) * COMMENT: semi-quantitative record/catch Cirripedia (Cirripedia) * PI: Teschke, Katharina (https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9595-7443, Katharina.Teschke@awi.de) * COMMENT: semi-quantitative record/catch Leptostraca (Leptostraca) * PI: Teschke, Katharina (https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9595-7443, Katharina.Teschke@awi.de) * COMMENT: semi-quantitative record/catch Amphipoda (Amphipoda) * PI: Teschke, Katharina (https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9595-7443, Katharina.Teschke@awi.de) * COMMENT: semi-quantitative record/catch Isopoda (Isopoda) * PI: Teschke, Katharina (https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9595-7443, Katharina.Teschke@awi.de) * COMMENT: semi-quantitative record/catch Tanaidacea (Tanaidacea) * PI: Teschke, Katharina (https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9595-7443, Katharina.Teschke@awi.de) * COMMENT: semi-quantitative record/catch Cumacea (Cumacea) * PI: Teschke, Katharina (https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9595-7443, Katharina.Teschke@awi.de) * COMMENT: semi-quantitative record/catch Ostracoda (Ostrac) * PI: Teschke, Katharina (https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9595-7443, Katharina.Teschke@awi.de) * COMMENT: semi-quantitative record/catch Mysida (Mysida) * PI: Teschke, Katharina (https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9595-7443, Katharina.Teschke@awi.de) * COMMENT: semi-quantitative record/catch Decapoda (Decapoda) * PI: Teschke, Katharina (https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9595-7443, Katharina.Teschke@awi.de) * COMMENT: semi-quantitative record/catch Acari (Acari) * PI: Teschke, Katharina (https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9595-7443, Katharina.Teschke@awi.de) * COMMENT: semi-quantitative record/catch Pycnogonida (Pycnogonida) * PI: Teschke, Katharina (https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9595-7443, Katharina.Teschke@awi.de) * COMMENT: semi-quantitative record/catch Bryozoa (Bryozoa) * PI: Teschke, Katharina (https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9595-7443, Katharina.Teschke@awi.de) * COMMENT: semi-quantitative record/catch Brachiopoda (Brachiopoda) * PI: Teschke, Katharina (https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9595-7443, Katharina.Teschke@awi.de) * COMMENT: semi-quantitative record/catch Hemichordata (Hemichordata) * PI: Teschke, Katharina (https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9595-7443, Katharina.Teschke@awi.de) * COMMENT: semi-quantitative record/catch Ophiuroidea (Ophiuroidea) * PI: Teschke, Katharina (https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9595-7443, Katharina.Teschke@awi.de) * COMMENT: semi-quantitative record/catch Asteroidea (Asteroidea) * PI: Teschke, Katharina (https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9595-7443, Katharina.Teschke@awi.de) * COMMENT: semi-quantitative record/catch Echinoidea (Echinoidea) * PI: Teschke, Katharina (https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9595-7443, Katharina.Teschke@awi.de) * COMMENT: semi-quantitative record/catch Crinoidea (Crinoidea) * PI: Teschke, Katharina (https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9595-7443, Katharina.Teschke@awi.de) * COMMENT: semi-quantitative record/catch Holothuroidea (Holothuroidea) * PI: Teschke, Katharina (https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9595-7443, Katharina.Teschke@awi.de) * COMMENT: semi-quantitative record/catch Ascidiacea (Ascidiacea) * PI: Teschke, Katharina (https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9595-7443, Katharina.Teschke@awi.de) * COMMENT: semi-quantitative record/catch Pisces (Pisces) * PI: Teschke, Katharina (https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9595-7443, Katharina.Teschke@awi.de) * COMMENT: semi-quantitative record/catch License: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC-BY-4.0) (URI: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) Status: Curation Level: Enhanced curation (URI: https://wiki.pangaea.de/wiki/Curation_levels) Size: 216 data points */ Event Event 2 Campaign Method/Device Date/Time Date/time start Latitude Latitude 2 Longitude Longitude 2 Elevation [m a.s.l.] Elev2 [m a.s.l.] Hexactinellida Demospongiae Hydrozoa Scyphozoa Zoantharia Stylasteridae Actiniaria Gorgonacea Pennatulacea Alcyonacea Scleractinia Stolonifera Nematoda Platyhelminthes Nemertea Turbellaria Bivalvia Aplacophora Prosobranchia Opisthobranchia Polyplacophora Cephalopoda Scaphopoda Sedentaria Errantia Priapulida Sipuncula Echiurida Entoprocta Cirripedia Leptostraca Amphipoda Isopoda Tanaidacea Cumacea Ostrac Mysida Decapoda Acari Pycnogonida Bryozoa Brachiopoda Hemichordata Ophiuroidea Asteroidea Echinoidea Crinoidea Holothuroidea Ascidiacea Pisces PS152_27-8 KN_11 PS152 Agassiz Trawl 2026-01-07T21:57:00 2026-01-07T22:08:00 -70.752956 -70.756960 -10.947193 -10.954264 -1070.1 -1065.2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 2 1 2 0 2 1 3 0 2 0 1 PS152_28-8 PS152 Agassiz Trawl 2026-01-08T20:38:00 2026-01-08T20:49:00 -70.870119 -70.874204 -10.465837 -10.475650 -248.5 -247.5 2 2 3 0 0 0 1 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 3 1 0 3 2 2 1 2 2 2 PS152_31-5 KN_13 PS152 Agassiz Trawl 2026-01-09T16:15:00 2026-01-09T16:26:00 -70.779634 -70.779899 -10.795721 -10.799348 -725.2 -722.5 3 2 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 2 0 2 3 0 1 3 2 1 1 3 2 2 PS152_44-1 KN_09 PS152 Agassiz Trawl 2026-01-16T19:33:00 2026-01-16T19:44:00 -70.936230 -70.933183 -10.496663 -10.485933 -236.1 -223.8 3 3 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 0 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 1