Search for Articles:
Title / Keyword
Author / Affiliation / Email
Journal
Article Type
 
 
Advanced Search
 
Section
Special Issue
Volume
Issue
Number
Page
 
3.4
2.1
Journals
Diversity
Special Issues
Zoological Checklists: From Natural History Museums to Ecosystems
share announcement

Zoological Checklists: From Natural History Museums to Ecosystems

A special issue of Diversity (ISSN 1424-2818). This special issue belongs to the section "Animal Diversity".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (20 March 2023) | Viewed by 18986

Special Issue Editor

Prof. Dr. Sabrina Lo Brutto

E-Mail Website
Guest Editor
1. Department of Biological, Chemical, and Pharmaceutical Science and Technology (STEBICEF), University of Palermo, 90123 Palermo, Italy
2. Museum of Zoology “P. Doderlein”, SIMUA, University of Palermo, 90123 Palermo, Italy
Interests: Mediterranean marine biology; marine biodiversity; population genetics; barcoding; systematics and taxonomy of Amphipoda; non-indigenous species
Special Issues, Collections and Topics in MDPI journals

Special Issue Information

Species checklists are a prerequisite for ecological studies, biodiversity assessment and monitoring, conservation reports, and other analyses related to biodiversity. Such checklists are used in various ecosystems to monitor species richness and population trends, in order to achieve the protection of biodiversity.

The present Special Issue aims to collect papers reporting lists of animal species.

Checklists from zoological museum collections are also welcome, as historical data from a country or a specific taxon can be a strategic tool in a time-scaled assessment. Museum specimens are the most relevant existing biobank in the world; these specimens are the key to understanding the history, formation, and origin of species. They provide essential baseline information in the fields of taxonomy, systematics, biogeography, and evolutionary ecology.

Many countries do not have updated faunal checklists in open access journals. This Special Issue of Diversity offers a platform to share and disseminate such core information. We kindly invite you to submit a manuscript focused on any of the above topics. If you are interested in this opportunity or have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact us.

Prof. Dr. Sabrina Lo Brutto
Guest Editor

Manuscript Submission Information

Manuscripts should be submitted online at www.mdpi.com by registering and logging in to this website. Once you are registered, click here to go to the submission form. Manuscripts can be submitted until the deadline. All submissions that pass pre-check are peer-reviewed. Accepted papers will be published continuously in the journal (as soon as accepted) and will be listed together on the special issue website. Research articles, review articles as well as short communications are invited. For planned papers, a title and short abstract (about 100 words) can be sent to the Editorial Office for announcement on this website.

Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a single-blind peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page. Diversity is an international peer-reviewed open access monthly journal published by MDPI.

Please visit the Instructions for Authors page before submitting a manuscript. The Article Processing Charge (APC) for publication in this open access journal is 2600 CHF (Swiss Francs). Submitted papers should be well formatted and use good English. Authors may use MDPI's English editing service prior to publication or during author revisions.

Published Papers (7 papers)

Download All Papers
Order results
Result details
Show export options expand_more Show export options expand_less
Select all
Export citation of selected articles as:

Editorial

Jump to: Research, Other

3 pages, 188 KiB  
Editorial
Zoological Checklists: From Natural History Museums to Ecosystems
by Sabrina Lo Brutto
Diversity 2023, 15(6), 741; https://doi.org/10.3390/d15060741 - 5 Jun 2023
Viewed by 1243
Abstract
Backwards and forwards at once, the zoological checklists bring the past into the present and draw a direction towards the future [...] Full article
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Zoological Checklists: From Natural History Museums to Ecosystems)

Research

Jump to: Editorial, Other

18 pages, 2767 KiB  
Article
Sponge Fauna of the Apulian Marine Caves (Southern Italy): Current State of Knowledge
by Caterina Longo, Guadalupe Giménez, Francesco Miscioscia and Giuseppe Corriero
Diversity 2023, 15(5), 641; https://doi.org/10.3390/d15050641 - 9 May 2023
Cited by 2 | Viewed by 1803
Abstract
Submerged and semi-submerged marine caves are considered a European habitat of Community Interest as they preserve one of the most important biodiversity heritages in the Mediterranean and serve as refugia for endemic and/or “relict” species. Among sessile benthic taxa, caves represent significant reservoirs [...] Read more.
Submerged and semi-submerged marine caves are considered a European habitat of Community Interest as they preserve one of the most important biodiversity heritages in the Mediterranean and serve as refugia for endemic and/or “relict” species. Among sessile benthic taxa, caves represent significant reservoirs of sponge species richness and are well representative of the entire poriferan Mediterranean fauna. In order to assess the current knowledge of sponge species in marine caves along the Apulian coast, this study gathered data from the available literature (national and international scientific publications and grey literature) with original data, surveying 26 marine caves in the area. A total of 145 Porifera species were reported in marine caves on the Apulian coast, including 117 in the Tremiti archipelago, 33 along the Adriatic coast of Bari and 73 along the Salento Peninsula. Original data includes new records for nine species in the Corvine cave, two in the Murene cave and one in the Zinzulusa cave. Our results suggest that marine cave communities along the Apulian coast are not uniformly surveyed, being the caves of the Tremiti Islands and those of the Salento Peninsula among the best studied, while large stretches of the regional coast, although particularly rich in marine caves, are poorly investigated for their sponge fauna. Full article
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Zoological Checklists: From Natural History Museums to Ecosystems)
►▼ Show Figures

Figure 1

13 pages, 1382 KiB  
Article
Checklist of the Mammal Collection Preserved at the University of Palermo under the Framework of the National Biodiversity Future Center
by Sabrina Lo Brutto, Antonina Badalucco, Rocco Iacovera, Elisabetta Cilli and Maurizio Sarà
Diversity 2023, 15(4), 518; https://doi.org/10.3390/d15040518 - 3 Apr 2023
Cited by 3 | Viewed by 2379
Abstract
The latest reorganization of the Vertebrate collections preserved at the “Pietro Doderlein” Museum of Zoology of the University of Palermo (Italy) has made it possible to draw up a check-list of the Mammal taxa present in the stuffed (M), fluid-preserved (ML) and anatomical [...] Read more.
The latest reorganization of the Vertebrate collections preserved at the “Pietro Doderlein” Museum of Zoology of the University of Palermo (Italy) has made it possible to draw up a check-list of the Mammal taxa present in the stuffed (M), fluid-preserved (ML) and anatomical (AN) collections. The intervention was planned under the National Biodiversity Future Center (NBFC) agenda, focused on the enhancement of Italian natural history museums. The growing interest in museum collections strongly demands databases available to the academic and policy world. In this paper, we record 679 specimens belonging to 157 specific taxa arranged in 58 families and 16 orders. Most of the species (75.1%) come from the Palaearctic Region (southern Mediterranean and North Africa), with a minority of taxa coming from the Afrotropical (7.8%), Neotropical (4.6%), Indo-Malayan (3.4%) and Australasian (1%) regions. Among the 24% of the taxa listed in the IUCN categories as threatened (VU, EN, CR, RE) the specimens of the Sicilian wolf, a regional endemic subspecies that became extinct in the last century, stand out. Even if small (<1000 specimens), the collection of mammals of the Museum of Zoology is an important asset for research on biodiversity in the Mediterranean area, representing an international reference for those wishing to conduct morphological and genetic studies in this area. Full article
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Zoological Checklists: From Natural History Museums to Ecosystems)
►▼ Show Figures

Figure 1

29 pages, 4137 KiB  
Article
Photographic Checklist, DNA Barcoding, and New Species of Sea Slugs and Snails from the Faafu Atoll, Maldives (Gastropoda: Heterobranchia and Vetigastropoda)
by Tauana J. Cunha, Jose Fernández-Simón, Macy Petrula, Gonzalo Giribet and Juan Moles
Diversity 2023, 15(2), 219; https://doi.org/10.3390/d15020219 - 3 Feb 2023
Cited by 6 | Viewed by 5483
Abstract
Baseline biodiversity data are key for ecological and evolutionary studies and are especially relevant for areas such as the Maldivian Archipelago in the Indian Ocean, which can act as a stepping-stone for the transport of widely distributed marine species. We surveyed the islands [...] Read more.
Baseline biodiversity data are key for ecological and evolutionary studies and are especially relevant for areas such as the Maldivian Archipelago in the Indian Ocean, which can act as a stepping-stone for the transport of widely distributed marine species. We surveyed the islands and reefs of the Faafu and Malé Atolls with snorkeling and scuba diving, collecting the two gastropod subclasses, Heterobranchia and Vetigastropoda. Our inventory comprises 104 species photographed alive to create an identification guide. We also provide COI barcodes for most species, adding novel sequence data for the Maldivian malacofauna. Half of our species represent new records for the Maldives, emphasizing how much diversity remains to be discovered. Species distributions reflect ecological rarity, with almost 60% of taxa only found in one site. We also compiled a comprehensive checklist of heterobranchs and vetigastropods of the Maldives based on literature records, resulting in 320 species, which, together with barcoding data, indicate several potential cryptic species in the Indo-Pacific. Six new species are described, the nudibranchs Limenandra evanescenti n. sp., Eubranchus putnami n. sp., Sakuraeolis marhe n. sp., Moridilla maldivensis n. sp., Tergiposacca perspicua n. sp., and the sacoglossan Costasiella fridae n. sp. Full article
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Zoological Checklists: From Natural History Museums to Ecosystems)
►▼ Show Figures

Figure 1

10 pages, 899 KiB  
Article
Macro-moth (Lepidoptera) Diversity of a Newly Shaped Ecological Corridor and the Surrounding Forest Area in the Western Italian Alps
by Irene Piccini, Marta Depetris, Federica Paradiso, Francesca Cochis, Michela Audisio, Patrick Artioli, Stefania Smargiassi, Marco Bonifacino, Davide Giuliano, Sara La Cava, Giuseppe Rijllo, Simona Bonelli and Stefano Scalercio
Diversity 2023, 15(1), 95; https://doi.org/10.3390/d15010095 - 11 Jan 2023
Cited by 4 | Viewed by 2575
Abstract
In addition to the compilation of biodiversity inventories, checklists, especially if combined with abundance data, are important tools to understand species distribution, habitat use, and community composition over time. Their importance is even higher when ecological indicator taxa are considered, as in the [...] Read more.
In addition to the compilation of biodiversity inventories, checklists, especially if combined with abundance data, are important tools to understand species distribution, habitat use, and community composition over time. Their importance is even higher when ecological indicator taxa are considered, as in the case of moths. In this work, we investigated macro-moth diversity in a forest area (30 ha) in the Western Italian Alps, recently subjected to intense management activities. Indeed, an ecological corridor, which includes 10 clearings, has been shaped thanks to forest compensation related to the construction site of the Turin–Lyon High-Speed Railway. Here, we identified 17 patches (9 clearings and 8 forests), and we conducted moth surveys using UV–LED light traps. A total of 15,614 individuals belonging to 442 species were collected in 2020 and 2021. Two and fifteen species are new records for Piedmont and for Susa Valley, respectively. In addition to the faunistic interest of the data, this study—using a standardized method—provides geo-referenced occurrences, species-richness, and abundance values useful to compile a baseline dataset for future comparisons. Indeed, the replicable and easy shareable method allows us to make comparisons with other research and thus assess the impact of environmental changes. Full article
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Zoological Checklists: From Natural History Museums to Ecosystems)
►▼ Show Figures

Graphical abstract

19 pages, 926 KiB  
Article
An Update of Amphipoda Checklist for the English Channel
by Jean-Claude Dauvin
Diversity 2022, 14(10), 783; https://doi.org/10.3390/d14100783 - 21 Sep 2022
Cited by 2 | Viewed by 1625
Abstract
An updated checklist for 2022 of amphipods from the English Channel (La Manche) is given for eight geographical zones. This revision brings the inventory of 1999 up to date with recent data from the Normano-Breton Gulf and other studies focused on non-indigenous fauna, [...] Read more.
An updated checklist for 2022 of amphipods from the English Channel (La Manche) is given for eight geographical zones. This revision brings the inventory of 1999 up to date with recent data from the Normano-Breton Gulf and other studies focused on non-indigenous fauna, as well as recent data from benthic and suprabenthic studies, mainly in the eastern part of the English Channel (EC). The total number of species in the entire EC is 269. The number of species is much higher in the western basin (WEC) than it is in the eastern basin (EEC) or in the central part of the EC. The amphipod species listed here are distributed between the eight zones as follows: French WEC: 201 species; English WEC: 194; Normano-Breton Gulf: 224; Bay of Seine: 172; Wight: 97; French EEC: 149; English EEC: 64; and Central EC: 61. Of these species, 180 are present in both basins of the EC, while 78 are present only in the western basin and 11 are present only in the eastern basin. The low number of amphipods (<100) recorded in three of the eight zones is probably due to the lack of observations in these parts of the EC. Among the 269 amphipod species recorded with confidence in the EC, 24 are new to the EC since 1999, 12 are non-indigenous species, and 44 are observed only in one of the eight zones, mainly in the three zones of the western basin of the EC. Full article
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Zoological Checklists: From Natural History Museums to Ecosystems)
►▼ Show Figures

Figure 1

Other

Jump to: Editorial, Research

14 pages, 1215 KiB  
Brief Report
The Revision of the Crustacea Collection of the Museum of Zoology “P. Doderlein” under the Framework of the National Biodiversity Future Center
by Carlo Pipitone, Gianna Innocenti, Paola Pepe, Maria Tumbiolo and Sabrina Lo Brutto
Diversity 2023, 15(3), 424; https://doi.org/10.3390/d15030424 - 14 Mar 2023
Cited by 1 | Viewed by 1733
Abstract
The collection of Crustacea preserved in the Museum of Zoology “P. Doderlein” in Palermo (Italy) has been revised in the framework of the activities of the National Biodiversity Future Center. The main part of the collection is composed of Decapoda, while a smaller [...] Read more.
The collection of Crustacea preserved in the Museum of Zoology “P. Doderlein” in Palermo (Italy) has been revised in the framework of the activities of the National Biodiversity Future Center. The main part of the collection is composed of Decapoda, while a smaller part includes Stomatopoda, Isopoda, Amphipoda, and Cirripedia. Overall the collection includes common species, some of which are now protected. Full article
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Zoological Checklists: From Natural History Museums to Ecosystems)
►▼ Show Figures

Figure 1

Show export options expand_more Show export options expand_less
Select all
Export citation of selected articles as:
 
Displaying articles 1-7
Back to TopTop