Arctic benthic invertebrate collection of the Zoological Institute of the Russian Academy of Science

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Contact_Address:

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Identification_Information:

Citation:

Citation_Information:

Originator:

Zoological Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences (ZIN RAS)

Publication_Date: Unknown

Title:

Arctic benthic invertebrate collection of the Zoological Institute of the Russian Academy of Science

Edition: 1

Series_Information:

Series_Name: Explorations of the fauna of the seas
Issue_Identification: Polar Biology 51(59)

Other_Citation_Details:

Sirenko B.I., ed. 2001. List of species of free-living invertebrates of Eurasian Arctic seas and adjacent deep waters. In: Explorations of the fauna of the seas. 51(59). St.Petersburg: 1-132.

Online_Linkage: NA

Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: database

Description:

Abstract:: This dataset describes the Arctic component of the marine invertebrate collection of the Zoological Institute RAN (in Russian; in English: ZIN RAS Russian Academy of Sciences), one of the largest in the world. Overall, this collection contains over 100.000 samples of 26.000 specimens of marine invertebrates; its current version (version 31st August 2007) consists of 2519 stations, from 61 expeditions done with 48 vessels in 4 oceans, 16 seas (for the Arctic:Barents Sea, Bering Sea, Central Arctic Basin, Chukchi Sea, East Siberian Sea, Greenland Sea, Kara Sea, Laptev Sea, Norwegian Sea, Sea of Okhotsk, White Sea, Arctic Russian Seas), 24 bays, and 59 islands by 13 institutes. One should note that the actual collection is bigger than the samples (Probes) analyzed and what eventually enters the database as presented here. Data included in this dataset were collected in the field from 1861 to 2004. The creation of the collection database on invertebrates, which started in 1987, is still prospective, ongoing and tries to study biocoenotic relationships and marine fauna ecosystems in more detail. In the course of the organization of the faunistic, ecological and collection data, the informational retrieval systems OCEAN (Arctic species list), ZOOCOD (Software system by ZIN for the creation of a taxonomy; following system of Malakhov to the class level) and ECOANT (same as OCEAN but for Antarctica) were designed at ZISP (English name for Zoological Institute St. Petersburg; ZIN in Russian). Geo-referencing for old cruises was done manually using Russian Nautical charts of unknown spatial accuracy (2-4 decimals, or better, are given). Locations were taken according to ship log and navigation plan (marshroute). From the 1970s onwards modern navigation was used on large ships, e.g. Furuno Navigation and GPS systems. A sextant was used before, and other navigation systems of that time. Some sta tions were marked manually, e.g. by coastal features; GPS was used after 1980. No one consistent spatial accuracy is possible to provide for historical records; for details the database authors need to be contacted. This dataset exist in a dBase format, and was originally designed in FoxPro and later with MySQL. The taxonomy followed the Russian school, and was displayed with WORMS (and ITIS for comparison) towards a consistent species list and agreed taxonomies. The current database version includes over 133 species, consisting of only the ones that are completely identified, e.g. at least identified to genus level; few are additionally identified further. In this data set, the brittle stars are very well covered, so are cumacea, bivalves, chitons, starfishes, and holothurians. Amphiphods are covered partly. The rest of the benthos is not covered, but planned for a work up over the future. More data are constantly added in subsequent versions of the database. This database consists as well of an external and very valuable bibliography related to the database subject, species and Russian Arctic (benthic) research with 761 records in a dbf format. This component deals with specific Russian literature on benthos in Russian with translated titles in English and the transliteration of the source and authors from cyrillic into latin letters. This information will be linked later with OCEAN and ZOOCOD systems, e.g. for first author and latin names. As of December 4, 2006 the official name is - Arctic benthic invertebrate collection of the Zoological Institute of RAS The standard version is ABIC-ZIN (Arctic Benthos Invertebrate Collection) 31.08.2007. Igor Smirnov lead the data base development, Boris Sirenko did the paper version of the publication. For biological and administrative purposes, the term Arctic includes the northern hemisphere, 0 degree northwards (but without Russian Far East (Sea of Okhotsk and Japan Sea)).
Purpose:: To asse ss species composition, abundance and distribution of the invertebrate fauna of the Arctic Region

Time_Period_of_Content:

Time_Period_Information:

Range_of_Dates/Times:

Beginning_Date: 1861
Ending_Date: 20041231

Currentness_Reference: publication date

Status:

Progress: Planned
Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: periodically

Spatial_Domain:

Bounding_Coordinates:

West_Bounding_Coordinate: 170.00
East_Bounding_Coordinate: 0
North_Bounding_Coordinate: 85.00
South_Bounding_Coordinate: 0

Description_of_Geographic_Extent:

Arctic Seas. For biological and administrative purposes, the term Arctic includes species of the northern hemisphere, 0 degree (Equator) northwards (but without Russian Far East (Sea of Okhotsk and Japan Sea)).

Keywords:

Theme:

Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: IOOS Core Variables
Theme_Keyword: Version 1
Theme_Keyword: Biology

Theme:

Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: IOOS National Backbone Programs
Theme_Keyword: Version 1
Theme_Keyword: Alaska Ocean Observing System

Theme:

Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: AOOS Data Services
Theme_Keyword: dsid=ARCOD
Theme_Keyword: db=arcod
Theme_Keyword: archive=2008/0000004
Theme_Keyword: collectioncode=2006B3

Theme:

Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: Core Variable Map
Theme_Keyword: Biology

Theme:

Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: None
Theme_Keyword: zoobenthos
Theme_Keyword: species composition
Theme_Keyword: abundance
Theme_Keyword: biomass estimate
Theme_Keyword: distribution
Theme_Keyword: arctic biodiversity
Theme_Keyword: Russia
Theme_Keyword: Bibliography
Theme_Keyword: Arctic Region
Theme_Keyword: Eurasian arctic seas
Theme_Keyword: Arctic Ocean
Theme_Keyword: Russia
Theme_Keyword: Barents Sea
Theme_Keyword: Bering Sea
Theme_Keyword: Central Arctic Basin
Theme_Keyword: Chukchi Sea
Theme_Keyword: East Siberian Sea
Theme_Keyword: Greenland Sea
Theme_Keyword: Kara Sea
Theme_Keyword: Laptev Sea
Theme_Keyword: Norwegian Sea
Theme_Keyword: Sea of Okhotsk
Theme_Keyword: White Sea
Theme_Keyword: Arctic Russian Seas

Theme:

Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: National Park Service Theme Category Thesaurus

Theme:

Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: ISO 19115 Topic Category

Place:

Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: None
Place_Keyword: Arctic Region
Place_Keyword: Eurasian arctic seas
Place_Keyword: Arctic Ocean
Place_Keyword: Russia
Place_Keyword: Barents Sea
Place_Keyword: Bering Sea
Place_Keyword: Central Arctic Basin
Place_Keyword: Chukchi Sea
Place_Keyword: East Siberian Sea
Place_Keyword: Greenland Sea
Place_Keyword: Kara Sea
Place_Keyword: Laptev Sea
Place_Keyword: Norwegian Sea
Place_Keyword: Sea of Okhotsk
Place_Keyword: White Sea
Place_Keyword: Arctic Russian Seas

Place:

Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: National Park System Unit Name Thesaurus

Place:

Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: National Park System Unit Code Thesaurus

Temporal:

Temporal_Keyword_Thesaurus: None
Temporal_Keyword: 1861-2004

Access_Constraints:

None. Contacting data owners is highly recommended for valid interpretation of these data. Updates are coming forward.

Use_Constraints:

Do not redistribute to third parties. See sections on geo-referencing, and on species work-up bias. When not provided by taxonomist, taxonomic information was completed using WORMS and ITIS (e.g. in many cases for ORDER). If these two lacked information, other web sources have been used: <http://sn2000.taxonomy.nl/Ta> xonomicon, <http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/site/index.html>, <http://www.zin.ru/projects/arccoml/eng/dbases.htm>, <http://www.marbef.org/data/ermssearch.php>, <http://www.iopan.gda.pl/projects/biodaff/EMBS-06.html> as well as literature references Sirenko 2001 List of species of free-living invertebrates of Eurasian Arctic seas and adjacent deep waters. Exploration of the fauna of the seas 51(59). Atlas of the marine fauna of southern Spitsbergen (5 Volumes). Polish Academy of Sciences.

Point_of_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Person_Primary:

Contact_Person: Igor Smirnov, Boris Sirenko
Contact_Organization: St. Petersburg RAS

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: mailing
City: St. Petersburg
State_or_Province: Russia

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Browse_Graphic_File_Description:: Many images and photos have been taken by the museum staff. Contact data holders
Browse_Graphic_File_Type: GIF

Cross_Reference:

Citation_Information:

Originator: Sirenko et al.

Publication_Date: Unknown

Title:

Sirenko B.I. , ed. 2001. List of species of free-living invertebrates of Eurasian Arctic seas and adjacent deep waters. In: Explorations of the fauna of the seas. 51(59). St.Petersburg: 1-132.

Series_Information:

Series_Name: 51(59)
Issue_Identification: Explorations of the fauna of the seas.

Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form:

Cross_Reference:

Citation_Information:

Originator:

Graham, C. H., S. Ferrier, F. Huettmann, C. Moritz and A.T. Peterson

Publication_Date: 2004

Title:

New developments in museum-based informatics and applications in biodiversity analysis. Trends in Ecology and Evolution (TREE) 19:497-503

Series_Information:

Series_Name: TREE
Issue_Identification: 19:497-503

Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form:

Cross_Reference:

Citation_Information:

Originator:: Smirnov I.S. et al. 2005. Creation of the information retrieval system for collection of the marine animals (fish and invertebrates) at the Zoological Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences // In Vanden Berghe, E. et al. (Eds). Proceedings ‘Ocean Biodiversity Informatics’ – International Conference on Marine Biodiversity Data Management, Hamburg, German, 29 November-1 December 2004 IOC Workshop Report No. x / BSH/ VLIZ Special Publication 20
Publication_Date: Unknown
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Taxonomy:

Keywords/Taxon:

Taxonomic_Keyword_Thesaurus:: none (directly taken from ZIN RAS; not all species match ITIS or WORMS)
Taxonomic_Keywords: Porifera
Taxonomic_Keywords: Cnidaria
Taxonomic_Keywords: Mollusca
Taxonomic_Keywords: Annelida
Taxonomic_Keywords: Arthropoda
Taxonomic_Keywords: Echinodermata
Taxonomic_Keywords: Chordata
Taxonomic_Keywords: collection
Taxonomic_Keywords: single species
Taxonomic_Keywords: Amphiodia craterodmeta
Taxonomic_Keywords: Amphipholis murmanica
Taxonomic_Keywords: Amphiura borealis
Taxonomic_Keywords: Amphiura sundevalli
Taxonomic_Keywords: Anapta amurensis
Taxonomic_Keywords: Anapta ludwigi
Taxonomic_Keywords: Asteronyx niger
Taxonomic_Keywords: Bathylepta pacifica
Taxonomic_Keywords: Brachydiastylis nimia
Taxonomic_Keywords: Brachydiastylis resima
Taxonomic_Keywords: Campylaspis costata
Taxonomic_Keywords: Campylaspis globosa
Taxonomic_Keywords: Campylaspis rubicunda
Taxonomic_Keywords: Campylaspis umbensis
Taxonomic_Keywords: Chiridota tauiensis
Taxonomic_Keywords: Cucumaria diligens
Taxonomic_Keywords: Cucumaria djakonovi
Taxonomic_Keywords: Cucumaria fraudatrix
Taxonomic_Keywords: Cucumaria insperata
Taxonomic_Keywords: Cucumaria sachalinica
Taxonomic_Keywords: Cucumaria savelijevae
Taxonomic_Keywords: Cyclopecten imbrifer
Taxonomic_Keywords: Dacrydium vitreum
Taxonomic_Keywords: Diastylis alaskensis
Taxonomic_Keywords: Diastylis aspera
Taxonomic_Keywords: Diastylis bidentata
Taxonomic_Keywords: Diastylis echinata
Taxonomic_Keywords: Diastylis edwardsi
Taxonomic_Keywords: Diastylis glabra
Taxonomic_Keywords: Diastylis goodsiri
Taxonomic_Keywords: Diastylis lepechini
Taxonomic_Keywords: Diastylis nucella
Taxonomic_Keywords: Diastylis oxyrhyncha
Taxonomic_Keywords: Diastylis polaris
Taxonomic_Keywords: Diastylis rathkei
Taxonomic_Keywords: Diastylis scorpioides
Taxonomic_Keywords: Diastylis spinulosa
Taxonomic_Keywords: Diastylis stygia
Taxonomic_Keywords: Diastylis sulcata
Taxonomic_Keywords: Ekmania barthii
Taxonomic_Keywords: Elpidia kurilensis
Taxonomic_Keywords: Elpidiogone dubia
Taxonomic_Keywords: Eudorella emarginata
Taxonomic_Keywords: Eudorella hispida
Taxonomic_Keywords: Eudorella spitzbergensis
Taxonomic_Keywords: Eudorellopsis integra
Taxonomic_Keywords: Eupyrgus scaber
Taxonomic_Keywords: Gorgonocephalus arcticus
Taxonomic_Keywords: Gorgonocephalus caryi
Taxonomic_Keywords: Gorgonocephalus lamarcki
Taxonomic_Keywords: Hanleya nagelfar
Taxonomic_Keywords: Hemilamprops assimilis
Taxonomic_Keywords: Hemilamprops canadensis
Taxonomic_Keywords: Hemilamprops cristata
Taxonomic_Keywords: Hemilamprops rosea
Taxonomic_Keywords: Hemilamprops uniplicata
Taxonomic_Keywords: Henricia beringiana
Taxonomic_Keywords: Icasterias panopla
Taxonomic_Keywords: Lamprops fasciata
Taxonomic_Keywords: Lamprops fuscata
Taxonomic_Keywords: Lamprops quadriplicata
Taxonomic_Keywords: Lamprops sarsi
Taxonomic_Keywords: Ledella tamara
Taxonomic_Keywords: Leptasterias groenlandica
Taxonomic_Keywords: Leptasterias polaris acervata
Taxonomic_Keywords: Leptochiton alveolus
Taxonomic_Keywords: Leptochiton arcticus
Taxonomic_Keywords: Leptopentacta djakonovi
Taxonomic_Keywords: Leptostylis gorbunovi
Taxonomic_Keywords: Leptostylis longimana
Taxonomic_Keywords: Leptostylis villosa
Taxonomic_Keywords: Leucon acutirostris
Taxonomic_Keywords: Leucon fulvus
Taxonomic_Keywords: Leucon nasica
Taxonomic_Keywords: Leucon nathorsti
Taxonomic_Keywords: Leucon pallidus
Taxonomic_Keywords: Liocyma fluctuosa
Taxonomic_Keywords: Ludwigia glacialis
Taxonomic_Keywords: Lyonsia arenosa
Taxonomic_Keywords: Myriotrochus eurycyclus
Taxonomic_Keywords: Myriotrochus rinkii
Taxonomic_Keywords: Mysella derjugini
Taxonomic_Keywords: Onisimus litoralis
Taxonomic_Keywords: Ophiacantha bidentata
Taxonomic_Keywords: Ophiacantha nutrix
Taxonomic_Keywords: Ophiactis abyssicola
Taxonomic_Keywords: Ophiocten sericeum
Taxonomic_Keywords: Ophiopholis aculeata
Taxonomic_Keywords: Ophiopleura borealis
Taxonomic_Keywords: Ophiopus arcticus
Taxonomic_Keywords: Ophiopyren striatum
Taxonomic_Keywords: Ophioscolex purpureus
Taxonomic_Keywords: Ophioscolex glacialis
Taxonomic_Keywords: Ophiothrix fragilis
Taxonomic_Keywords: Ophiura affinis
Taxonomic_Keywords: Ophiura albida
Taxonomic_Keywords: Ophiura robusta
Taxonomic_Keywords: Ophiura sarsi
Taxonomic_Keywords: Ophiuroglypha rugosa
Taxonomic_Keywords: Paelopatides solea
Taxonomic_Keywords: Pannychia moseleyi mollis
Taxonomic_Keywords: Panomya arctica
Taxonomic_Keywords: Paraleptostylis arctica
Taxonomic_Keywords: Peniagone mus
Taxonomic_Keywords: Pentamera calcigera
Taxonomic_Keywords: Peristichopus papillatus
Taxonomic_Keywords: Perlophiura profundissima
Taxonomic_Keywords: Petalosarsia declivis
Taxonomic_Keywords: Platysympus tricarinatus
Taxonomic_Keywords: Pseudostichopus profundi
Taxonomic_Keywords: Psolus chitonoides ochotensis
Taxonomic_Keywords: Psolus eximius
Taxonomic_Keywords: Psolus peronii
Taxonomic_Keywords: Psolus sadko
Taxonomic_Keywords: Scoliodota lindbergi
Taxonomic_Keywords: Semperiella drozdovi
Taxonomic_Keywords: Serripes groenlandicus
Taxonomic_Keywords: Serripes groenlandicus groenlandicus
Taxonomic_Keywords: Serripes laperousii
Taxonomic_Keywords: Stegophiura nodosa
Taxonomic_Keywords: Stenosemus albus
Taxonomic_Keywords: Thracia myopsis myopsis
Taxonomic_Keywords: Thyasira equalis
Taxonomic_Keywords: Tonicella marmorea
Taxonomic_Keywords: Tonicella rubra
Taxonomic_Keywords: Trochoderma elegans
Taxonomic_Keywords: Trochostoma arctica
Taxonomic_Keywords: Trochostoma orientale
Taxonomic_Keywords: Urasterias linckii
Taxonomic_Keywords: Yoldiella frigida
Taxonomic_Keywords:: Yold iella intermedia
Taxonomic_Keywords: Yoldiella lenticula
Taxonomic_Keywords: Yoldiella propinqua

Taxonomic_System:

Classification_System/Authority:

Classification_System_Citation:

Citation_Information:

Originator: ZIN RAS
Publication_Date: Unknown

Classification_System_Modifications:

ZIN RAS, and for the taxonomic tree WORMS was used (ITIS has the bigger number of mismatches). See methods for details.

Identification_Reference:

Citation_Information:

Originator:: This database consists as well of an external and very valuable bibliography related to the database subject, species and Russian Arctic benthic research.
Publication_Date: Unknown

Taxonomic_Procedures:

Identification in lab by experts (Dr. Galkin Yu.I., Sirenko B.I., Vasilenko S.V., Smirnov I.S., Smirnov A.V., Tzvetkova N.L., Golikov A.A., Zoological Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences, St. Petersburg, Russia) following taxonomy from keys published by the Russian Academy of Sciences. Additional literature references were used (provided in external Exce l database). The Collection has a great number of type specimens (vouchers); often repeats are kept, e.g. from different locations, or even repeats. This is an approach by ZIN to assure the quality of the identification. In this Metadata, WORMS database was followed. The following species are non-matching in WORMS: Anapta amurensis Anapta ludwigi Chiridota tauiensis Cucumaria diligens Cucumaria insperata Elpidia kurilensis Elpidiogone dubia Hemilamprops cristata Hemilamprops uniplicata Henricia beringiana Leptasterias polaris acervata Leptostylis gorbunovi Ludwigia glacialis Peniagone mus Psolus chitonoides ochotensis Psolus sadko Scoliodota lindbergi Thracia myopsis myopsis The follwing species are non-matching in ITIS: Amphipholis murmanica Anapta amurensis Anapta ludwigi Asteronyx niger Bathylepta pacifica Campylaspis globosa Chiridota tauiensis Cucumaria diligens Cucumaria djakonovi Cucumaria fraudatrix Cucumaria insperata Cucumaria sachalinica Cucumaria savelijevae Ekma nia barthii Elpidia kurilensis Elpidiogone dubia Henricia beringiana Icasterias panopla Lamprops fasciata Ledella tamara Leptopentacta djakonovi Leptostylis gorbunovi Leucon pallidus Liocyma fluctuosa Ludwigia glacialis Myriotrochus eurycyclus Mysella derjugini Ophiopus arcticus Ophiopyren striatum Ophiuroglypha rugosa Paelopatides solea Pannychia moseleyi mollis Paraleptostylis arctica Peniagone mus Peristichopus papillatus Perlophiura profundissima Pseudostichopus profundi Psolus chitonoides ochotensis Psolus eximius Psolus peronii Psolus sadko Scoliodota lindbergi Semperiella drozdovi Serripes groenlandicus groenlandicus Thracia myopsis myopsis Trochostoma arctica Trochostoma orientale Urasterias linckii

Taxonomic_Completeness:

One should note that the actual Collection is bigger than the samples (probes) analyzed and what eventually enters the database shown here. The current database version includes over 133 species. Only the complete ones identified to species level and few to the genus level, are included.In this data set, the brittle stars are very well covered, so are cumacea, bivalves, chitons, starfishes, holoturians. Amphiphods are covered partly. The rest of the benthos is not covered, but planned for a work up in the future. More data are constantly added in subsequent versions of the database. Most specimens are held with: Laboratory of Marine Research, Zoological Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, St. Petersburg, Russia.

General_Taxonomic_Coverage:

see Taxonomic Completenesss for missing species in the taxonomic trree with WORMS and ITIS databases.