Literature records of annelid species along the Salento Peninsula without georeference, 1968-2020

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Description

This dataset includes non-georeferenced occurrences of marine annelids along the Salento Peninsula mined from 45 literature sources spanning from 1968 to 2020. This work is part of the MAPWORMS Research project.

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 538 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:

Langeneck J, Bilan M, Putignano M, Toso A, Musco L (2023) Literature records of annelid species along the Salento Peninsula without georeference. Consorzio Nazionale Interuniversitario per le Scienze del Mare, U.L.R. di Lecce.

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The publisher and rights holder of this work is Hellenic Center for Marine Research. 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: a47ab2e1-d507-468a-b23f-e1cda7739eae.  Hellenic Center for Marine Research publishes this resource, and is itself registered in GBIF as a data publisher endorsed by Ocean Biodiversity Information System.

Keywords

Occurrence; Annelids; Salento Peninsula; literature data; polychaetes; Ionian Sea; Adriatic Sea; Observation

Contacts

Meri Bilan
  • Originator
Research fellow
Dalhousie University | Dal · Department of Oceanography
Luigi Musco
  • Originator
Associate Professor of Zoology
Salento University
IT
Matteo Putignano
  • Originator
Administrative business
FRA MA Landkreis München, Bayern, Deutschland
Andrea Toso
  • Originator
PhD Student in Marine Biology
Università del Salento
+39 348 7348133
Joachim Langeneck
  • Point Of Contact
Research fellow
CoNISMa Consorzio Nazionale Interuniversitario per le Scienze del Mare
IT
Dimitra Mavraki
  • Custodian Steward
Hellenic Centre for Marine Research
Former U.S. Base of Gournes
71500 Heraklion
Crete
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2810337740

Geographic Coverage

Salento Peninsula

Bounding Coordinates South West [39.79, 17.99], North East [40.47, 18.52]

Taxonomic Coverage

Annelida

Phylum Annelida

Temporal Coverage

Start Date / End Date 1966-01-01 / 2013-12-30

Project Data

Scientists have long envisioned more human-like robots able to sense and respond to their environments. Although the term soft robotics emerged fewer than two decades ago, these systems are already finding applications in diverse fields including medicine, space and locomotion. Inspired by marine Annelida (segmented worms) that adapt to their environment with shape changes, the EU-funded MAPWORMS project will develop a new concept for adaptable, responsive and shape-morphing soft robotics. A study of adaptation and plasticity in the body plan of marine Annelida will inform a model for the development of smart soft materials with shape-morphing and self-healing capabilities, based on DNA components. These will form the building blocks of bio-inspired shape-morphing robots.

Title MAPWORMS
Identifier Grant agreement ID: 101046846
Funding This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon Europe research and innovation programme under grant agreement N° 101046846
Study Area Description Salento Peninsula

Sampling Methods

Litterature data

Study Extent Salento Peninsula
Quality Control Taxonomy is checked against WoRMS; while the coordinates were located through the OBIS maptool https://obis.org/maptool/ and Marine Regions Gazetteer

Method step description:

  1. This dataset includes information from published papers on annelid distribution along the Salento Peninsula without an exact georeferenced location. The dataset includes information on 538 records with information on species, descriptive location, type of sediment, depth, and sampling dates. When information is not provided, then the empty cells are replaced with "NA" (Not Available), which is a common best practice to indicate missing data.

Additional Metadata

Alternative Identifiers a47ab2e1-d507-468a-b23f-e1cda7739eae
http://ipt.medobis.eu/resource?r=annelid_salento