Amphipod species in European marine waters

Data Records

The data in this occurrence resource has been published as a Darwin Core Archive (DwC-A), which is a standardized format for sharing biodiversity data as a set of one or more data tables. The core data table contains 18,559 records.

This IPT archives the data and thus serves as the data repository. The data and resource metadata are available for download in the downloads section. The versions table lists other versions of the resource that have been made publicly available and allows tracking changes made to the resource over time.

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How to cite

Researchers should cite this work as follows:

Badalucco A, Lo Brutto S, Dauvin J, Costello M J (2025). Amphipod species in European marine waters. Version 1.0. GBIF Secretariat. Occurrence dataset. https://ipt.gbif.org/resource?r=european_marine_amphipods&v=1.0

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The publisher and rights holder of this work is University of Palermo. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution (CC-BY 4.0) License.

GBIF Registration

This resource has been registered with GBIF, and assigned the following GBIF UUID: 1260320d-5eb6-475b-bf4a-a60cf3f9e3e1.  University of Palermo publishes this resource, and is itself registered in GBIF as a data publisher endorsed by GBIF Italy.

Keywords

Occurrence; Peracarida; Amphipoda; Europe; Marine

Contacts

Geographic Coverage

The study area encompasses the north-eastern Atlantic Ocean (from the North of Norway to the Cape Verde Archipelago, including the Icelandic waters), the Mediterranean Sea, and the Black Sea.

Taxonomic Coverage

No Description available

Temporal Coverage

Project Data

The National Biodiversity Future Center (NBFC) is the first National Research and Innovation Center dedicated to biodiversity, funded by the MUR through European Union funds - NextGenerationEU. It is a coordinating structure that unites and enhances research efforts, while simultaneously making knowledge and technologies accessible to diverse actors working on the territory. There are more than 2,000 researchers from research centers, universities and companies working within the center implementing basic, applied and innovation research actions dedicated to Mediterranean biodiversity to generate value for the country. The objective of this project is to identify suitable strategies for monitoring, conserving, restoring and valorising the biodiversity of species and habitats in different Italian regions. The Center provides scientific knowledge and technological innovation that make it possible to face biodiversity loss, support ecosystem resilience, monitor endangered species, and restore disturbed biological communities, contributing to the goal of protecting 30% of Italy's territory by 2030, as required by the European Union.

The personnel involved in the project:

Sampling Methods

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Method step description:

1. Data were gathered from published scientific literature. The bibliographic search was conducted using Google Scholar's “Advanced Search” tool, using the keywords “amphipod*”, “peracarid*”, “Crustacea*”, “checklist" in combination with the names of European countries and seas, extending the search to the North African coast. About 150 articles have been consulted. Species occurring in benthic and pelagic, brackish, near-freshwater, or transitional ecosystems have been included to ensure a complete representation of species occupying the interface between marine and freshwater environments.
2. Data were organised following the Darwin Core Standard. The taxonomic information has been updated in accordance with the World Amphipoda Database provided by World Marine Species Database (https://www.marinespecies.org/amphipoda/).

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