Distribution records of Amphipoda based on the collection stored at the Italian National Antarctic Museum (MNA) ...

• Main Authors: Cecchetto, Matteo, Jażdżewska, Anna M., Guzzi, Alice, Grillo, Marco, Noli, Nicholas, Cometti, Valentina, Schiaparelli, Stefano
• Format: Dataset
• Language: English
• Published: Italian National Antarctic Museum (MNA, Section of Genoa) 2023
• Subjects: Occurrence; Specimen; BIODIVERSITY; ANTARCTICA; SPECIES RANGES; SOUTHERN OCEAN; OCCURRENCE; PERACARID CRUSTACEANS; ROSS SEA; Antarctic; Antarctic Peninsula; Ross Sea; Southern Ocean; Terra Nova Bay; The Antarctic; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.15468/asrymv; https://www.gbif.org/dataset/a6e4d1a0-66da-4d45-b069-f130d4497fea

Distribution records of Amphipoda based on the collection stored at the Italian National Antarctic Museum (MNA) is an occurrence type dataset published by Italian National Antarctic Museum (MNA, Section of Genoa). The distributional information provided here represents the specimens stored at the Italian National Antarctic Museum (MNA) belonging to the order Amphipoda and acquired in the context of 23 different research projects that took place during 16 scientific polar expeditions conducted in Antarctica. It represents an additional resource documenting the distribution of Antarctic Amphipoda in the Southern Ocean, from the Antarctic Peninsula to the Ross Sea, focusing on the Terra Nova Bay area. This dataset reports a total of 456 distributional occurrences of Amphipoda specimens, collected during 117 different sampling events, and corresponding to 24 families, 27 genera and 34 different species. Out of the total occurrences reported, 217 are identified to the species level, 72 to the genus and 75 to the ...