occurrence_of_some_european_echinorhynchid_acanthocephalans

Matthew Wayland1

1 University of Cambridge, Department of Zoology, Downing Street, CB2 3EJ, Cambridge, United Kingdom

Corresponding author(s): Matthew Wayland (mw283@cam.ac.uk)

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Citation: Combination of authors, year of data paper publication (in parentheses), Title, Journal Name, Volume, Issue number (in parentheses), and doi of the data paper.

Abstract

Echinorhynchid acanthocephalans were collected as part of a study on the systematics of the genus Echinorhynchus. This resource describes the hosts and localities from which these acanthocephalan specimens were collected.

Keywords: Occurrence, Specimen

Project details

Project title: The systematics of Echinorhynchus Zoega in Müller, 1776 (Acanthocephala: Echinorhynchidae) elucidated by nuclear and mitochondrial sequence data from eight European taxa
Personnel: Matthew Wayland
Funding: Natural Environment Research Council CASE studentship
Study area descriptions/descriptor: Fresh and marine waters of northern Europe.
Design description: In order to gain insight into the zoogeography of Echinorhynchus, samples were selected to include taxa from a range of aquatic environments, including: both lotic and lentic freshwaters, coastal marine waters and the deep-sea.

Data published through GBIF: http://ipt.pensoft.net/resource?r=occurrence_of_some_european_echinorhynchid_acanthocephalans

Taxonomic coverage

Taxonomic ranks
Species: Acanthocephalus lucii, Echinorhynchus bothniensis, Echinorhynchus 'bothniensis', Echinorhynchus brayi, Echinorhynchus cinctulus, Echinorhynchus gadi sp. I, Echinorhynchus gadi sp. III, Echinorhynchus salmonis, Echinorhynchus truttae

Spatial coverage

General spatial coverage: Acanthocephalans were collected from freshwater and marine fish in this region.
Coordinates: 49°0'0''N and 70°30'0''N Latitude; 13°30'0''W and 37°4'12''E Longitude 

Temporal coverage: June 4, 1997

Temporal coverage: October 10, 1996

Temporal coverage: June 11, 1990

Temporal coverage: August 13, 1997

Temporal coverage: October 15, 1996

Temporal coverage: October 21, 1992

Temporal coverage: August 31, 1994 - September 2, 1994

Temporal coverage: August 27, 1996

Temporal coverage: June 24, 1996

Natural collections description

Parent collection identifier: Not applicable
Collection name: Natural History Museum, London
Collection identifier: http://www.nhm.ac.uk/research-curation/scientific-resources/collections/zoological-collections/zoology-specimen-database
Specimen preservation method: Alcohol
Curatorial unit: 9 with an uncertainty of 3 (Acanthocephalus lucii BM(NH) 2002.2.4.284-292)
Curatorial unit: 21 with an uncertainty of 3 (Echinorhynchus bothniensis BM(NH) 2002.2.4.102-122)
Curatorial unit: 1 with an uncertainty of 0 (E. brayi (holotype) BM(NH) 1997.12.8.3)
Curatorial unit: 25 with an uncertainty of 3 (E. brayi BM(NH) 1997.12.8.4-28)
Curatorial unit: 9 with an uncertainty of 3 (E. cinctulus BM(NH) 2002.2.4.123-131)
Curatorial unit: 12 with an uncertainty of 3 (E. gadi sp. I BM(NH) 2002.2.4.90-101)
Curatorial unit: 95 with an uncertainty of 5 (E. salmonis BM(NH) 2002.2.4.131-226)
Curatorial unit: 12 with an uncertainty of 3 (E. truttae BM(NH) 2002.2.4.264-275)

Methods

Method step description: Individual taxa of the E. gadi and E. bothniensis complexes were identified using allozyme electophoresis.
Study extent description: Fresh and marine waters of northern Europe.
Sampling description: All acanthocephalans were washed in saline and then fixed in 90-100% alcohol immediately after collection, or alternatively frozen in liquid nitrogen and stored at -80ºC.

Metadata language: English
Date of metadata creation: 2015-02-18
Hierarchy level: Dataset