This paper reviews all currently known records of copepod crustaceans of the family
Lamippidae (Cyclopoida). The lamippids are highly modified endosymbionts found only on …

Aim The long history of isolation of the Antarctic continent, coupled with the harsh ecological
conditions of freezing temperatures, could affect the patterns of genetic diversity in the …

Area protection is a major mechanism deployed for environmental conservation in
Antarctica. Yet, the Antarctic protected areas network is widely acknowledged as …

Human activities have an overwhelming impact on the natural environment, leading to a
deep biodiversity crisis whose effects range from genes to ecosystems. Here, we analysed …

The Southern Ocean is one of the most exposed regions to climate-related changes on our
planet. Better understanding of the current biodiversity and past speciation events, as well …

We report a dataset of all known and published occurrence records of animals of the phylum
Rotifera, including Bdelloidea, Monogononta, and Seisonacea (with the exclusion of …

Historical climate data indicate that the Earth has passed through multiple geological
periods with much warmer-than-present climates, including epochs of the Miocene (23–5.3 …

Distributional data on planktic copepods (Crustacea, Copepoda) collected in the framework
of the III rd, V th, and X th Expeditions of the Italian National Antarctic Program (PNRA) to the …

Abstract [eng] To elucidate poorly known aspects of the microscopic metazoan distribution in
ice-free parts of the Antarctic, we examined samples of the multicellular terrestrial alga …

The identification of species present in an ecosystem and the assessment of a faunistic
inventory is the first step in any ecological survey and conservation effort. Thanks to …