Development and molecular barcoding of Terebellidae polychaetes from Rothera Research Station, Antarctic Peninsula, Antarctica

This dataset set describes the developmental stages and the molecular barcoding of Terebellidae larvae identified from diver-collected samples on 2021-04-22 in Ryder Bay near Rothera Research Station, Antarctic Peninsula, Antarctica. Photographs were collected at seven stages across the larval development. Development was captured from the trochophore stage where the polychaete larvae were bound in mucus to the free swimming planktonic metatrochophore to the nectochaete stage. Molecular barcoding was performed using the 18S rRNA gene at the British Antarctic Survey. Funding: This study was funded by core funding to UKRI NERC-BAS.