Dataset

Antarctic Rotifera literature review

Antarctic OBIS Open in mapper Explore occurrences

We present a data set on Antarctic biodiversity for the phylum Rotifera, providing taxonomic information, geographic distribution, location, and habitat. The data set gathers all the published literature about rotifers found and identified across the Continental, Maritime, and Subantarctic biogeographic regions of Antarctica. A total of 1422 records of rotifers in Antarctica found from 1907 to 2018 is reported, with information on taxonomic hierarchies, updated nomenclature, geographic information, geographic coordinates, and type of habitat. The aim is to provide a georeferenced data set on Antarctic rotifers as a baseline for further studies, to improve our knowledge on what has been considered one of the most diverse and successful groups of animals living in Antarctica.

Published: December 17, 2019 at 07:38

URL: https://ipt.biodiversity.aq/resource?r=rotifera_database

Giuseppe Garlaschè
National Research Council of Italy, Water Research Institute (CNR-IRSA)

Diego Fontaneto
National Research Council of Italy, Water Research Institute (CNR-IRSA)

Stefano Schiaparelli
Italian National Antarctic Museum (MNA), Section of Genoa

Karimullah Karimullah

Nataliia Iakovenko

Alejandro Velasco-Catrillón

Karel Janko

Roberto Guidetti

Lorena Rebecchi

Matteo Cecchetto

Willem H. de Smet

1,455
occurrence records
136
taxa
102
species

Taxa

Missing and invalid fields

Field Missing Invalid
coordinateUncertaintyInMeters 1,455
100.0%
decimalLatitude 42
2.9%
decimalLongitude 42
2.9%
eventDate 1,455
100.0%
maximumDepthInMeters 1,455
100.0%
minimumDepthInMeters 1,455
100.0%
occurrenceStatus 1,455
100.0%

Quality flags

The OBIS data quality flags are documented at https://github.com/iobis/obis-qc.

Flag Dropped Records
NO_DEPTH 1,455
100.0%
ON_LAND 974
66.9%
MARINE_UNSURE 442
30.4%
NOT_MARINE 431
29.6%
LAT_OUT_OF_RANGE 42
2.9%
LON_OUT_OF_RANGE 42
2.9%
NO_COORD 42
2.9%
NO_ACCEPTED_NAME 9
0.6%

Measurement types

DNA derived data