Page Contents: Section | Significance | Background | Location & Dates | Taxonomic Contents | Documentation | Description of Collection | Collection Inventory | Collection Assets
International Indian Ocean Expedition, 1963-1964
Section Responsible for Processing
MBC
Significance
Polychaetes from India, both coasts of the Indian Ocean.
Background
The International Indian Ocean Expedition, IIOE, was intended to be a complete survey of the Indian Ocean, including descriptive physical, chemical, biological oceanography, marine geology, geophysics and meterology, and ran from 1959 to 1965. Forty-six vessels from thirteen countries participated. One of the ships, the Anton Bruun belonging to the U.S. National Science Foundation, made 9 cruises focused on biological oceanography and systematics. Dr. Olga Hartman was an active participant on cruise 7. Shore and shallow water collections were made by Drs. Howard Sanders and John Rudloe. All polychaetes from the IIOE were sent to Dr. Hartman for identification and retained for the AHF collection.
Collection Location and Dates
Indian Ocean, 1963-1964 (Anton Bruun and shore stations).
Taxonomic Contents
Polychaetes.
Documentation
Collection documentation is in the Polychaete Section. Numerous papers and reports on the history of the IIOE and its findings are available on the web. The polychaete fauna is described in:
Hartman, O. 1971. Abyssal polychaetous annelids from the Mozambique Basin off southeast Africa, with a compendium of abyssal polychaetous annelids from world-wide areas.*Journal of the Fisheries Research Board of Canada, 28(10): 1407-1428.
Hartman, O. 1974. Polychaetous annelids of the Indian Ocean including an account of species collected by members of the International Indian Ocean Expeditions, 1963-1964 and a catalogue and bibliography of the species from India. I. Journal of Marine Biological Association of India 16(1): 191-252
Hartman, O. 1974. Polychaetous annelids of the Indian Ocean including an account of species collected by members of the International Indian Ocean Expeditions, 1963-1964 and a catalogue and bibliography of the species from India. II. Journal of Marine Biological Association of India 16(2): 609-644.
Description of Collection
Wet preserved collection. Specimens were original fixed in 5% formalin and later transferred to 70% ethanol.
Collection Inventory
There is no collection inventory at present although the papers by Hartman listed above cite most of the specimens presently held by the NHMLAC.
Collection Assets
No collection assets available.