Invertebrate diversity in the deep Great Australian Bight (200–5000 m)

Table 2 Summary of operations where invertebrate fauna was collected, with total specimens and species collected by each gear type

Gear type	Total operations	Total specimens^a	Total species^b
Beam Trawl	62	85,783	907
Rock Dredge	27	1018	103
Benthic Sled	10	232	57
Instrumented Corer/Multicorer	51	957	160
Piston Corer	8	90	14
Smith-Macintyre Grab	13	149	62
ROV Pushcore	31	581	56
ROV collection	102	633	143
Total:	304	89,443	1459

^aTotal specimens collected, including specimens not included in further totals and analyses, due to damage or lack or taxonomic expertise (e.g. Nematoda)
^bTotal species includes all Operational Taxonomic Units identified. Gear totals show all species collected by that gear type, not species unique to that gear

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