Planktonic, benthic and sympagic copepods collected from the desalination unit of Mario Zucchelli Research Station in Terra Nova Bay (Ross Sea, Antarctica)

Marco Grillo; Guido Bonello; Matteo Cecchetto; Alice Guzzi; Nicholas Noli; Valentina Cometti; Stefano Schiaparelli

doi:10.3897/BDJ.12.e119633

Planktonic, benthic and sympagic copepods collected from the desalination unit of Mario Zucchelli Research Station in Terra Nova Bay (Ross Sea, Antarctica)

Biodivers Data J. 2024 Mar 11:12:e119633. doi: 10.3897/BDJ.12.e119633. eCollection 2024.

Authors

Marco Grillo^{1

2}, Guido Bonello³, Matteo Cecchetto^{4

1}, Alice Guzzi^{4

1}, Nicholas Noli^{2

1}, Valentina Cometti^{2

1}, Stefano Schiaparelli^{1

4}

Affiliations

¹ Italian National Antarctic Museum (MNA, section of Genoa), Genoa, Italy Italian National Antarctic Museum (MNA, section of Genoa) Genoa Italy.
² Department of Physical Sciences, Earth and Environment (DSFTA) - University of Siena, Siena, Italy Department of Physical Sciences, Earth and Environment (DSFTA) - University of Siena Siena Italy.
³ GeoScape Society Cooperative, Genoa, Italy GeoScape Society Cooperative Genoa Italy.
⁴ Department of Earth, Environmental and Life Sciences (DISTAV) - University of Genoa, Genoa, Italy Department of Earth, Environmental and Life Sciences (DISTAV) - University of Genoa Genoa Italy.

Abstract

Background: Distributional data on planktonic, benthic and sympagic copepods collected in the framework of the XXXIV^th Expeditions of the Italian National Antarctic Programme (PNRA) to the Ross Sea sector from 2018-2019 are here provided. These occurrences correspond to specimens collected from the 25 μm filters used in the desalination plant of the Italian research station "Mario Zucchelli" (MZS), located in the Terra Nova Bay area (TNB; Ross Sea, Antarctica). This dataset is a contribution to the Antarctic Biodiversity Portal, the thematic Antarctic node for both the Ocean Biogeographic Information System (AntOBIS) and the Global Biodiversity Information Facility Antarctic Biodiversity Information Facility (ANTABIF). The dataset was uploaded and integrated with the SCAR-AntOBIS database (the geospatial component of SCAR-MarBIN). Please follow the guidelines from the SCAR Data Policy (ISSN 1998-0337) when using the data. If you have any questions regarding this dataset, please contact us via the contact information provided in the metadata or via data-biodiversity-aq@naturalsciences.be. Issues with the dataset can be reported at the biodiversity-aq GitHub project.

New information: We describe the diversity of marine copepods Terra Nova Bay sampled by the filters installed in the desalination unit (DU) of the Italian research station "Mario Zucchelli" described in recent work. The opening of the intake pipe of the DU is positioned at a depth of 4 m and allowed a total of 2,116 specimens to be sampled and recognised. In addition, new occurrence records of copepod genera and species are reported in the same zone. We provide an overview of the marine copepod diversity reported for TNB. The total of 2,116 individuals corresponds to 14 genera and 15 species and is represented by 136 occurrence records in this dataset. Around 52% of the total number of species are new records for the TNB area. The publication of this data paper was funded by the Belgian Science Policy Office (BELSPO, contract n°FR/36/AN1/AntaBIS) in the Framework of EU-Lifewatch as a contribution to the SCAR Antarctic biodiversity portal (biodiversity.aq).

Keywords: Museum collection; Ross Sea; Terra Nova Bay; coastal ecosystem.

Marco Grillo, Guido Bonello, Matteo Cecchetto, Alice Guzzi, Nicholas Noli, Valentina Cometti, Stefano Schiaparelli.