DiSSCo-ITINERIS Metadata Catalog

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Occurrence

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This data set includes occurrence records of the stygobitic crustaceans from Sicilian groundwater (Italy). The columns report the updated taxon name, additional taxonomical information along with origin of the data, and habitat type (e.g., cave, catacomb, gallery, hyporheos, interstitial, spring, well).

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Sicily, metadata, Checklist, stygofauna, occurrence

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General description: the dataset covers organisms of the Phylum Arthropoda. Taxonomic ranks: Data from subspecies to species, subgenus, genus, family, order and class rank were included in the dataset. Taxonomic methods: Given the continuous changes in biological nomenclature, all scientific names published were checked and updated to the currently accepted nomenclature, following the most-updated literature. Taxon specialists: Fabio Stoch, Federico Marrone, Luca Vecchioni.,
Phylum: Arthropoda

Study area: Sicilian groundwater (Italy), including smaller islands and archipelagos. Data are georeferenced according to WGS 84 datum. Bounding box: min longitude: 12.6 – max longitude: 15.39 – min latitude: 35.51 – max Latitude: 38.18. Sampling design: The general strategy was to gather all the available published data on stygobitic crustacean fauna from Sicilian groundwater in a formal dataset covering different habitat types. Habitat type: cave, hyporheos, spring, catacomb, gallery, interstitial, well. Biogeographic region: Mediterranean (EEA, 2017).
Min Latitude: -90
Max Latitude: 90
Min Longitude: -180
Max Longitude: 180
Global Coverage: 1

1977 - 2023

Pendino V, Vecchioni L, Stoch F, Marrone F (2024). Checklist and distribution of groundwater crustacean fauna from Sicily (Italy). Version 1.2. Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche - Istituto di Ricerca sulle Acque. Occurrence dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/mjh525 accessed via GBIF.org on 2025-05-03.

DWC ARCHIVE: https://cloud.gbif.org/eca/archive.do?r=prova
EML: https://cloud.gbif.org/eca/eml.do?r=prova

UUID: e350f913-b1bd-4361-b9b6-e4de5c372e68
URL: https://cloud.gbif.org/eca/resource?r=prova

Study Extent: the dataset contains information on 87 occurrences for 35 taxa. The occurrences were recorded during the years 1977-2023. The study area is 25,832.39 km2.
Sampling: We did not perform any additional sampling to collect records, but we used only published records in the scientific and grey literature
Quality Control: Quality control for geographic data: Coordinates were verified on topographic maps. Coordinates (WGS84) Coordinate (WGS84) accuracy: exact (the coordinates were verified by the authors of present work and\or explicitly reported by the authors of the cited papers, precision 10 m); approximate (precision between 100 to 1000 m); toponym (when the exact sites could not be traced, the coordinates of the nearby toponym are given; precision > 1000) [but see also column “coordinateUncertainty” in the csv file]. Quality control for taxonomic data: All scientific names published were checked and updated to the currently accepted nomenclature, following the most-updated literature. For some taxa, we could not reach the species level. Therefore, based on the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature the following abbreviations were used: "sp", "sp.1", "sp.2" or "cf.".
Method Steps: A review of bibliographical data on the Sicilian groundwater crustacean fauna was conducted based on an extensive literature search. Additionally, the data stored in the CKmap and PASCALIS databases were revised and included in this study.

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