Amphipod species in European Marine waters

The dataset collects all the nominal Amphipoda species retrieved from the scientific literature and the respective distribution across marine European and North Atlantic African waters. In this dataset, each record is associated with taxonomic information (i.e. species, genus, family, order, class, phylum, kingdom) and sampling event details including date, location and geographical coordinates. The records were retrieved together with the associated geographical coordinates (longitude and latitude); where publications did not provide geographical coordinates, the occurrences were placed at the point closest to the sampling site. The occurrence records included in the dataset were collected from 1936 to 2024.

IdentificationAbout this resource

Alternate Identifier: ac2350c3-b912-4ce6-89bb-c922e15ec2cc

Publication Date: 2026-01-23

Title: Amphipod species in European Marine waters

Short Name

Abstract: The dataset collects all the nominal Amphipoda species retrieved from the scientific literature and the respective distribution across marine European and North Atlantic African waters. In this dataset, each record is associated with taxonomic information (i.e. species, genus, family, order, class, phylum, kingdom) and sampling event details including date, location and geographical coordinates. The records were retrieved together with the associated geographical coordinates (longitude and latitude); where publications did not provide geographical coordinates, the occurrences were placed at the point closest to the sampling site. The occurrence records included in the dataset were collected from 1936 to 2024.

Dataset Language: en

Dataset Creator: University of Palermo - Antonina Badalucco (PhD student)

Dataset Creator: University of Palermo - Sabrina Lo Brutto (Associate Professor)

Dataset Creator: University of Caen Normandy - Jean Claude Dauvin (Emeritierter Professor)

Dataset Creator: Nord University - Mark John Costello (Professor)

Metadata Provider: University of Palermo - Antonina Badalucco (PhD student)

Metadata Provider: University of Palermo - Sabrina Lo Brutto (Associate Professor)

Dataset Contact: University of Palermo - Sabrina Lo Brutto (Associate Professor)

Dataset Contact: University of Caen Normandy - Jean Claude Dauvin (Emeritierter Professor)

Dataset Contact: Nord University - Mark John Costello (Professor)

Keywords (GBIF Dataset Type Vocabulary: http://rs.gbif.org/vocabulary/gbif/dataset_type_2015-07-10.xml)

Occurrence

Keywords (National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) Organismal Classification (NCBITAXON): http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ncbitaxon.owl)

Peracarida
Amphipoda

Keywords (Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names: https://www.getty.edu/research/tools/vocabularies/tgn/index.html)

Europe

Keywords (Environmental Thesaurus: https://vocabs.lter-europe.net/EnvThes/)

Marine

Geographic Coverage

Geographic Description: 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.

Bounding Box

West Bounding Coordinate: -31.37666

East Bounding Coordinate: 41.514

North Bounding Coordinate: 70.833

South Bounding Coordinate: 14.833

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Range of Dates

Begin Date: 1936-01-01

End Date: 2024-12-31

Taxonomic Coverage

Taxonomic Classification

Taxonomic Rank Name: order

Taxonomic Rank Value: Amphipoda

resourceLicensesLicense Information

Intellectual Rights: This work is licensed under a https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode Creative Commons Attribution (CC-BY 4.0) License.

Resource License

License Name: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International

URL: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Distribution

Online

A brief description of the the content of online URL.: Access to GBIF record

URL: https://www.gbif.org/dataset/1260320d-5eb6-475b-bf4a-a60cf3f9e3e1

Distribution

Online

A brief description of the the content of online URL.: Download dataset (zip)

URL: https://cloud.gbif.org/eca/archive.do?r=european_marine_amphipods

Distribution

Online

A brief description of the the content of online URL.: Data paper

URL: https://doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.14.e186195

• Project

Title: National Biodiversity Future Center

Abstract

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.

Project funded under the National Recovery and Resilience Plan (PNRR), Mission 4 Component 2 Investment 1.4, NextGenerationEU. Award Number: Project code CN_00000033, Concession Decree No. 1034 of 17 June 2022 adopted by the Italian Ministry of University and Research, CUP B73C22000790001, Project title “National Biodiversity Future Center – NBFC”.

Personnel

Organization Name: University of Palermo

Individual Name

Given Name: Antonina

Surname: Badalucco

Position Name: PhD student

• Method

Method Step

Description: 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.

Method Step

Description: 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/).

• Data Table

Name: occurrence

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Format Name: txt

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Name: institutionCode

Label: Institution Code

Definition: The name (or acronym) in use by the institution having custody of the object(s) or information referred to in the record.

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Name: basisOfRecord

Label: Basis of Record

Definition: The specific nature of the data record.

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Name: occurrenceID

Label: Occurrence ID

Definition: An identifier for the dwc:Occurrence (as opposed to a particular digital record of the dwc:Occurrence). In the absence of a persistent global unique identifier, construct one from a combination of identifiers in the record that will most closely make the dwc:occurrenceID globally unique.

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Name: associatedReferences

Label: Associated References

Definition: A list (concatenated and separated) of identifiers (publication, bibliographic reference, global unique identifier, URI) of literature associated with the dwc:Occurrence.

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Name: projectTitle

Label: Project Title

Definition: A list (concatenated and separated) of titles or names for projects that contributed to a dwc:Event.

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Name: eventDate

Label: Event Date

Definition: The date-time or interval during which a dwc:Event occurred. For occurrences, this is the date-time when the dwc:Event was recorded. Not suitable for a time in a geological context.

Standard Unit

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Name: higherGeography

Label: Higher Geography

Definition: A list (concatenated and separated) of geographic names less specific than the information captured in the dwc:locality term.

Standard Unit

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Name: waterBody

Label: Water Body

Definition: The name of the water body in which the dcterms:Location occurs.

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Name: locality

Label: Locality

Definition: The specific description of the place.

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Name: decimalLatitude

Label: Decimal Latitude

Definition: The geographic latitude (in decimal degrees, using the spatial reference system given in dwc:geodeticDatum) of the geographic center of a dcterms:Location. Positive values are north of the Equator, negative values are south of it. Legal values lie between -90 and 90, inclusive.

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Name: decimalLongitude

Label: Decimal Longitude

Definition: The geographic longitude (in decimal degrees, using the spatial reference system given in dwc:geodeticDatum) of the geographic center of a dcterms:Location. Positive values are east of the Greenwich Meridian, negative values are west of it. Legal values lie between -180 and 180, inclusive.

Standard Unit

Attribute

Name: geodeticDatum

Label: Geodetic Datum

Definition: The ellipsoid, geodetic datum, or spatial reference system (SRS) upon which the geographic coordinates given in dwc:decimalLatitude and dwc:decimalLongitude are based.

Standard Unit

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Name: verbatimIdentification

Label: Verbatim Identification

Definition: A string representing the taxonomic identification as it appeared in the original record.

Standard Unit

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Name: acceptedNameUsageID

Label: Accepted Name Usage ID

Definition: An identifier for the name usage (documented meaning of the name according to a source) of the currently valid (zoological) or accepted (botanical) taxon.

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Name: scientificName

Label: Scientific Name

Definition: The full scientific name, with authorship and date information if known. When forming part of a dwc:Identification, this should be the name in lowest level taxonomic rank that can be determined. This term should not contain identification qualifications, which should instead be supplied in the dwc:identificationQualifier term.

Standard Unit

Attribute

Name: acceptedNameUsage

Label: Accepted Name Usage

Definition: The full name, with authorship and date information if known, of the currently valid (zoological) or accepted (botanical) dwc:Taxon.

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Name: kingdom

Label: Kingdom

Definition: The full scientific name of the kingdom in which the dwc:Taxon is classified.

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Name: phylum

Label: Phylum

Definition: The full scientific name of the phylum or division in which the dwc:Taxon is classified.

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Name: class

Label: Class

Definition: The full scientific name of the class in which the dwc:Taxon is classified.

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Name: order

Label: Order

Definition: The full scientific name of the order in which the dwc:Taxon is classified.

Standard Unit

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Name: family

Label: Family

Definition: The full scientific name of the family in which the dwc:Taxon is classified.

Standard Unit

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Name: genus

Label: Genus

Definition: The full scientific name of the genus in which the dwc:Taxon is classified.

Standard Unit

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Name: taxonRank

Label: Taxon Rank

Definition: The taxonomic rank of the most specific name in the dwc:scientificName.

Standard Unit

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Name: scientificNameAuthorship

Label: Scientific Name Authorship

Definition: The authorship information for the dwc:scientificName formatted according to the conventions of the applicable dwc:nomenclaturalCode.

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