Freshwater Malacostraca occurrences across Chile

Occurrence Observation
Latest version published by Biodiversity Data Journal on May 25, 2026 Biodiversity Data Journal
Publication date:
25 May 2026
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Description

This dataset contains georeferenced occurrence records of freshwater Malacostraca across continental Chile. Records were compiled from published literature, technical reports and field studies, taxonomically standardised, and georeferenced using WGS84 coordinates. The dataset includes occurrence information, taxonomic classification, locality data and bibliographic references for freshwater crustaceans distributed across Chilean inland waters.

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 625 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:

De los Ríos-Escalante P R (2026). Freshwater Malacostraca occurrences across Chile. Version 1.1. Biodiversity Data Journal. Occurrence dataset. https://ipt.pensoft.net/resource?r=freshwater_malacostraca_chile&v=1.1

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The publisher and rights holder of this work is Biodiversity Data Journal. 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: 28c23e04-0e18-4e7a-b468-58a1f844ce51.  Biodiversity Data Journal publishes this resource, and is itself registered in GBIF as a data publisher endorsed by GBIF Bulgaria.

Keywords

Occurrence; Observation; Malacostraca; freshwater crustaceans; Chile; biodiversity; inland waters; Amphipoda; Decapoda; occurrence records

Contacts

Patricio R. De los Ríos-Escalante
  • Point Of Contact
Universidad Catolica de Temuco
Temuco
Region de ,la Araucania
CL
Patricio R. De los Ríos-Escalante
  • Point Of Contact
Universidad Catolica de Temuco
Temuco
Region de la Araucania
CL
Patricio De los Ríos-Escalante
  • Point Of Contact
Universidad Catolica de Temuco
NA Temuco
Region de la Araucania
CL

Geographic Coverage

Continental Chile, including rivers, lakes, ponds and inland wetlands distributed approximately between 18°S and 56°S.

Bounding Coordinates South West [-90, -180], North East [90, 180]

Taxonomic Coverage

The dataset includes freshwater representatives of Malacostraca distributed across Chilean inland waters, including Decapoda and Amphipoda.

Class Malacostraca
Order Amphipoda, Isopoda, Decapoda

Project Data

This project compiles georeferenced occurrence records of freshwater Malacostraca from Chilean inland waters, including published literature, field observations and biodiversity databases.

Title Freshwater Malacostraca occurrences across Chile
Funding Universidad Católica de Temuco (Projects VIPUCT-2020REG-PR-06, VIPUCT-2022REG-PR-03 and MECESUP UCT 0804), ANID-Chile, projects ANID ATE220060, FONDECYT regular 1231551 and 1240447.
Study Area Description The study area includes continental Chile, covering rivers, lakes, ponds and inland wetlands distributed approximately between 18°S and 56°S.
Design Description Occurrence records were compiled, taxonomically standardised and georeferenced following Darwin Core standards for biodiversity data publication.

The personnel involved in the project:

Patricio R. De los Ríos-Escalante
  • Author

Sampling Methods

Occurrence records were compiled from published scientific literature, technical reports, biodiversity databases and field observations. Taxonomic nomenclature was standardised and geographic coordinates were validated and converted to decimal degrees following Darwin Core standards.

Study Extent Continental Chile, including freshwater environments such as rivers, lakes, ponds and inland wetlands distributed approximately between 18°S and 56°S.
Quality Control Taxonomic names were revised using specialised literature and available taxonomic databases. Geographic coordinates were checked for consistency and invalid or duplicated records were excluded from the final dataset.

Method step description:

  1. Data compilation, taxonomic standardisation, georeferencing and metadata preparation were performed to generate a Darwin Core-compliant occurrence dataset suitable for publication through GBIF/IPT infrastructure.

Additional Metadata

Acknowledgements The authors acknowledge the support of Universidad Católica de Temuco and the original sources of biodiversity information used to compile this dataset.
Maintenance Description This dataset represents a compiled occurrence dataset associated with a published data paper. No regular updates are currently planned.
Alternative Identifiers https://ipt.pensoft.net/resource?r=freshwater_malacostraca_chile