Contribution to the knowledge of meiobenthic Copepoda (Crustacea) from the Sardinian coast, Italy

Federica Semprucci1, Montserrat Ferrer2, Federica Semprucci3, Francesc Uribe4

1 Univ. of Urbino, 61029, Urbino, Italy; 2 Arxius de Miscel·lània Zoològica, Museu de Ciències Naturals de Barcelona, Psg Picasso s/n, 08003, , Spain; 3 Univ. of Urbino, Urbino, Italy; 4 , Spain

Corresponding author(s): Federica Semprucci (federica.semprucci@uniurb.it), Montserrat Ferrer (montseferrerf@gmail.com), Federica Semprucci (federica.semprucci@uniurb.it)

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Resource Citation

Noli, N., Sbrocca, C., Sandulli, R., Balsamo, M., Semprucci F., 2018. Contribution to the knowledge of meiobenthic Copepoda (Crustacea) from the Sardinian coast, Italy. Natural History Museum of Barcelona. Dataset/Occurrence. https://doi.org/10.15470/dxru6l

Abstract

dtaset of Italian species of Copepoda Canuelloida and Harpacticoida along the eastern coast of Sardinia (Ogliastra region).

Keywords: Occurrence, Specimen, Meiobenthic Copepoda, Meiofauna, Biogeography, Check-list, Sardinia, Italy

Project details

Project title: Contribution to the knowledge of meiobenthic Copepoda (Crustacea) from the Sardinian coast, Italy
Personnel: Federicca Semprucci
Study area descriptions/descriptor: Sampling was carried out between 4 and 21 August 2015 along the coast of Ogliastra, on the eastern side of Sardinia, between Isolotto d’Ogliastra and Orrì Piscine. The bottom was predominantly rocky, with submerged and emerging rocks interspersed with sandy deposits. Posidonia oceanica meadows are often common along the Ogliastra coast. Sampling depths ranged between 0-1 m and 21 m.
Design description: The sediment was collected by a scuba diver from the upper two centimetres of the substratum (manual corer diameter 5 cm). At each site two samples were collected and then treated with magnesium chloride (7 % in aqueous solution) to narcotize meiofauna and then with formaldehyde (4 % buffered seawater solution) to fix them (Hulings and Gray, 1976). Meiofaunal organisms were stained with Rose Bengal (0.5 g/L) before laboratory processing.
In the laboratory, meiofaunal organisms were separated from sediment by washing through a set of 0.5 mm and 0.042 mm sieves. The extraction of specimens and their sorting into major taxa were performed under a stereomicroscope as reported in Semprucci et al. (2014). All the Harpacticoida and Canuelloida specimens were isolated, counted and identified to the lowest possible taxonomic level under a Nikon Optiphot-2 microscope equipped with Differential interference contrast (DIC). The identification was based on diagnoses and identification keys by Lang (1948, 1965), Huys and Boxshall (1991), Huys et al. (1996); Boxshall and Halsey (2004). The systematic position and the global geographical distribution of each taxon was discussed in accordance with the WoRMS database; Walter and Boxshall (2018) and main specific literature (Lang 1948; Mielke, 1986; Bodin, 1997; Gee, 2006)

Data published through GBIF: https://ipt.gbif.es/resource?r=copepod_sardinian_coast

Taxonomic coverage

Taxonomic ranks
Order: Canuelloida, Harpacticoida

Spatial coverage

General spatial coverage: The coast of Ogliastra, on the eastern side of Sardinia, between Isolotto d’Ogliastra and Orrì Piscine
Coordinates: 39°53'60''N and 39°58'12''N Latitude; 9°40'48''E and 9°43'12''E Longitude 

Temporal coverage: August 4, 2015 - August 21, 2015

Methods

Method step description: The identification was based on diagnoses and identification keys by Lang (1948, 1965), Huys and Boxshall (1991), Huys et al. (1996); Boxshall and Halsey (2004). The systematic position and the global geographical distribution of each taxon was discussed in accordance with the WoRMS database; Walter and Boxshall (2018) and main specific literature (Lang 1948; Mielke, 1986; Bodin, 1997; Gee, 2006)
Study extent description: Along the coast of Ogliastra, on the eastern side of Sardinia, between Isolotto d’Ogliastra and Orrì Piscine
Sampling description: Sampling depths ranged between 0-1 m and 21 m.
Quality control description: All the Harpacticoida and Canuelloida specimens were isolated, counted and identified to the lowest possible taxonomic level under a Nikon Optiphot-2 microscope equipped with Differential interference contrast (DIC).

Datasets

Dataset description
Object name: Darwin Core Archive Contribution to the knowledge of meiobenthic Copepoda (Crustacea) from the Sardinian coast, Italy
Character encoding: UTF-8
Format name: Darwin Core Archive format
Format version: 1.0
Distribution: https://ipt.gbif.es/archive.do?r=copepod_sardinian_coast
Publication date of data: 2019-10-10
Language: English
Licences of use: Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial (CC-BY-NC) 4.0 License

Metadata language: English
Date of metadata creation: 2018-07-03
Hierarchy level: Dataset

References
Noli, N., Sbrocca, C., Sandulli, R., Balsamo, M., Semprucci F., 2018. Contribution to the knowledge of meiobenthic Copepoda (Crustacea) from the Sardinian coast, Italy. Arxius de Miscel·lània Zoològica, 16: 121-133. http://amz.museucienciesjournals.cat/volum-16-2018-amz/contribution-to-the-knowledge-of-meiobenthic-copepoda-crustacea-from-the-sardinian-coast-italy/?lang=en