Amphipod species in European marine waters

Occurrence Observation
Latest version published by GBIF Secretariat on Dec 22, 2025 GBIF Secretariat
Publication date:
22 December 2025
Published by:
GBIF Secretariat
License:
CC-BY 4.0

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Description

The dataset collects all the nominal Amphipoda species retrieved from the scientific literature and the respective distribution across marine European and North Atlantic African waters. In this dataset, each record is associated with taxonomic information (i.e. species, genus, family, order, class, phylum, kingdom) and sampling event details including date, location and geographical coordinates. The records were retrieved together with the associated geographical coordinates (longitude and latitude); where publications did not provide geographical coordinates, the occurrences were placed at the point closest to the sampling site. The occurrence records included in the dataset were collected from 1936 to 2024.

Data Records

The data in this occurrence resource has been published as a Darwin Core Archive (DwC-A), which is a standardized format for sharing biodiversity data as a set of one or more data tables. The core data table contains 18,585 records.

This IPT archives the data and thus serves as the data repository. The data and resource metadata are available for download in the downloads section. The versions table lists other versions of the resource that have been made publicly available and allows tracking changes made to the resource over time.

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How to cite

Researchers should cite this work as follows:

Badalucco A, Lo Brutto S, Dauvin J, Costello M J (2025). Amphipod species in European marine waters. Version 1.0. GBIF Secretariat. Occurrence dataset. https://ipt.gbif.org/resource?r=european_marine_amphipods&v=1.0

Rights

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The publisher and rights holder of this work is GBIF Secretariat. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution (CC-BY 4.0) License.

GBIF Registration

This resource has been registered with GBIF, and assigned the following GBIF UUID: ef55cde2-97de-43db-98f9-a626f69ea6e1.  GBIF Secretariat publishes this resource, and is itself registered in GBIF as a data publisher endorsed by GBIF Secretariat.

Keywords

Occurrence; Observation; Peracarida; Amphipoda; Europe; Marine

Contacts

Antonina Badalucco
  • Metadata Provider ●
  • Originator
  • PhD student
University of Palermo
Palermo
IT
Sabrina Lo Brutto
  • Metadata Provider ●
  • Originator ●
  • Point Of Contact
  • Associate Professor
University of Palermo
Palermo
IT
Jean-Claude Dauvin
  • Originator ●
  • Point Of Contact
  • Emeritierter Professor
University of Caen Normandy
Caen
FR
Mark John Costello
  • Originator ●
  • Point Of Contact
  • Professor
Nord University
Bodø
NO

Geographic Coverage

The study area encompasses the north-eastern Atlantic Ocean (from the North of Norway to the Cape Verde Archipelago, including the Icelandic waters), the Mediterranean Sea, and the Black Sea.

Bounding Coordinates South West [14.833, -31.377], North East [70.833, 41.514]

Taxonomic Coverage

No Description available

Order Amphipoda

Temporal Coverage

Start Date / End Date 1936-01-01 / 2024-12-31

Project Data

The National Biodiversity Future Center (NBFC) is the first National Research and Innovation Center dedicated to biodiversity, funded by the MUR through European Union funds - NextGenerationEU. It is a coordinating structure that unites and enhances research efforts, while simultaneously making knowledge and technologies accessible to diverse actors working on the territory. There are more than 2,000 researchers from research centers, universities and companies working within the center implementing basic, applied and innovation research actions dedicated to Mediterranean biodiversity to generate value for the country. The objective of this project is to identify suitable strategies for monitoring, conserving, restoring and valorising the biodiversity of species and habitats in different Italian regions. The Center provides scientific knowledge and technological innovation that make it possible to face biodiversity loss, support ecosystem resilience, monitor endangered species, and restore disturbed biological communities, contributing to the goal of protecting 30% of Italy's territory by 2030, as required by the European Union.

Title National Biodiversity Future Center
Identifier CN_00000033
Funding Project funded under the National Recovery and Resilience Plan (PNRR), Mission 4 Component 2 Investment 1.4, NextGenerationEU. Award Number: Project code CN_00000033, Concession Decree No. 1034 of 17 June 2022 adopted by the Italian Ministry of University and Research, CUP B73C22000790001, Project title “National Biodiversity Future Center – NBFC”.

The personnel involved in the project:

Antonina Badalucco
  • Content Provider
Sabrina Lo Brutto
  • Principal Investigator

Sampling Methods

No Description available

Method step description:

  1. Data were gathered from published scientific literature. The bibliographic search was conducted using Google Scholar's “Advanced Search” tool, using the keywords “amphipod*”, “peracarid*”, “Crustacea*”, “checklist" in combination with the names of European countries and seas, extending the search to the North African coast. About 150 articles have been consulted. Species occurring in benthic and pelagic, brackish, near-freshwater, or transitional ecosystems have been included to ensure a complete representation of species occupying the interface between marine and freshwater environments.
  2. Data were organised following the Darwin Core Standard. The taxonomic information has been updated in accordance with the World Amphipoda Database provided by World Marine Species Database (https://www.marinespecies.org/amphipoda/).

Additional Metadata