New distributional records of Southern Ocean Isopoda based on vouchers from the Italian National Antarctic Museum (MNA, Section of Genoa) ...
The order Isopoda Latreille, 1816 consists of a large number of species occurring in terrestrial, marine, and freshwater environments. In the Southern Ocean (SO), this group is among the most speciose ones and occurs at all depths. Isopoda biogeography, despite being studied since the first Antarcti...
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Italian National Antarctic Museum (MNA, Section of Genoa)
2024
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| Online Access: | https://dx.doi.org/10.15468/w62z98 https://www.gbif.org/dataset/df3322f1-9247-4f7e-a173-0209cf155625 |
| Summary: | The order Isopoda Latreille, 1816 consists of a large number of species occurring in terrestrial, marine, and freshwater environments. In the Southern Ocean (SO), this group is among the most speciose ones and occurs at all depths. Isopoda biogeography, despite being studied since the first Antarctic expeditions, is still poorly known from a geographical point of view, showing large occurrence gaps for some groups in specific sectors of the SO. In this paper, we update the isopod checklists of the Ross Sea and of some peri-Antarctic areas, such as the South Orkney Islands (SOI) and the South Sandwich Islands (SSI), based on the study of museum vouchers curated by the Italian National Antarctic Museum (MNA, Section of Genoa). A total of 279 MNA samples from 15 different expeditions were studied. From this material, 41 accepted species distributed in 24 families, and 51 genera were recognized. Comparing this newly obtained information with the GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility) and OBIS (Ocean ... |
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