Entocytheridae (Ostracoda) World Database

Alexandre Mestre1, Francesc Mesquita Joanes1

1 University of Valencia, Dr. Moliner, 50, 46100, Burjassot, Spain

Corresponding author(s): Alexandre Mestre (alexandre.mestre@uv.es), Francesc Mesquita Joanes (mezquita@uv.es)

Received {date}; Revised {date}; Accepted {date}; Published {date}

Citation: Combination of authors, year of data paper publication (in parentheses), Title, Journal Name, Volume, Issue number (in parentheses), and doi of the data paper.

Resource Citation

Mestre, A. & Mesquita-Joanes, F. (2013) Entocytheridae (Ostracoda) World Database

Abstract

Georreferenced world database of species of the ostracod family Entocytheridae, based on published information.

Keywords: Ostracoda, Entocytheridae, distribution, commensalism, crayfish symbionts, Occurrence

General description

Purpose: Investigations on the biogeography of the Entocytheridae ostracods.

Project details

Project title: Universidad de Valencia, Departamento de Microbiología y Ecología, Unidad de Ecología (Ostrácodos)
Personnel: Francesc Mesquita-Joanes
Funding: Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation Project ECOINVADER (CGL2008-01296/BOS) 
University of Valencia (“V-Segles” predoctoral grant to A. Mestre)
Study area descriptions/descriptor: World

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

Taxonomic coverage

General taxonomic coverage description: Family Entocytheridae, a group belonging to the Class Ostracoda (Crustacea), which live as ectosymbionts (commensals) on other crustaceans.
Taxonomic ranks
Class: Ostracoda
Family: Entocytheridae

Spatial coverage

General spatial coverage: Global coverage
Coordinates: 90°0'0''S and 90°0'0''N Latitude; 180°0'0''W and 180°0'0''E Longitude 

Temporal coverage: January 1, 1903 - September 9, 2013

Natural collections description

Parent collection identifier: n/a
Collection name: Entocytheridae (Ostracoda) World Database
Collection identifier: http://www.gbif.es/ic_colecciones.php?ID_Coleccion=10114

Methods

Method step description: Search the literature databases, find original sources citing the presence of an Entocytheridae anywhere in the world. Note the species cited and the location. Find the (aprox.) coordinates for the location.
Study extent description: Global published information on the presence of living individuals of the Family Entocytheridae.
Sampling description: Data obtained from published and unpublished scientific literature or own data. Samples of Entocytheridae obtained by collecting their hosts (crayfish and other crustaceans) by hand or traps, etc. and filtering the fixative (ethanol, formalin) or medium (carbonated water, habitat water) where the hosts were stored.

Datasets

Dataset description
Object name: Darwin Core Archive Entocytheridae (Ostracoda) World Database
Character encoding: UTF-8
Format name: Darwin Core Archive format
Format version: 1.0
Distribution: https://ipt.gbif.es/archive.do?r=entocytheridae
Publication date of data: 2018-11-30
Language: English
Licences of use: Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial (CC-BY-NC) 4.0 License

Metadata language: English
Date of metadata creation: 2013-09-06
Hierarchy level: Dataset

References
Hart, D. G. & C. W. Hart, Jr.,1974. The ostracod family Entocytheridae: 1-239. (Fulton Press Inc., Lancaster).
Mestre, A., Monrós, J.S., Mesquita-Joanes, F., 2012. Building a database of the entocytheridae ostracods of the world. Kölner Forum Geol. Paläont., 21: 45-46