TY - JOUR

T1 - TerrANTALife 1.0 Biodiversity data checklist of known Antarctic terrestrial and freshwater life forms

AU - Pertierra, Luis R.

AU - Varliero, Gilda

AU - Barbosa, Andrés

AU - Biersma, Elisabeth M.

AU - Convey, Peter

AU - Chown, Steven L.

AU - Cowan, Don

AU - De Los Rios, Asunción

AU - Escribano-Alvarez, Pablo

AU - Fontaneto, Diego

AU - Fraser, Ceridwen

AU - Harris, Mathew

AU - Hughes, Kevin

AU - Griffiths, Huw

AU - le Roux, Peter

AU - Liu, Xiaoyue P.

AU - Lynch, Heather

AU - Majewska, Roksana

AU - Martinez, Pablo A.

AU - Molina-Montenegro, Marco

AU - Olalla-Tarraga, Miguel A.

AU - Peck, Lloyd

AU - Quesada, Antonio

AU - Ronquillo, Cristina

AU - Ropert-Coudert, Yan

AU - Sancho, Leopoldo

AU - Terauds, Aleks

AU - Vianna, Juliana

AU - Wilmotte, Annick

AU - Hortal, Joaquín

AU - Greve, Michelle

N1 - Luis R. Pertierra, Gilda Varliero, Andrés Barbosa, Elisabeth M. Biersma, Peter Convey, Steven L. Chown, Don Cowan, Asunción De Los Rios, Pablo Escribano-Alvarez, Diego Fontaneto, Ceridwen Fraser, Mathew Harris, Kevin Hughes, Huw Griffiths, Peter le Roux, Xiaoyue P. Liu, Heather Lynch, Roksana Majewska, Pablo A. Martinez, Marco Molina-Montenegro, Miguel A. Olalla-Tarraga, Lloyd Peck, Antonio Quesada, Cristina Ronquillo, Yan Ropert-Coudert, Leopoldo Sancho, Aleks Terauds, Juliana Vianna, Annick Wilmotte, Joaquín Hortal, Michelle Greve.

PY - 2024

Y1 - 2024

N2 - BACKGROUND: Incomplete species inventories for Antarctica represent a key challenge for comprehensive ecological research and conservation in the region. Additionally, data required to understand population dynamics, rates of evolution, spatial ranges, functional traits, physiological tolerances and species interactions, all of which are fundamental to disentangle the different functional elements of Antarctic biodiversity, are mostly missing. However, much of the fauna, flora and microbiota in the emerged ice-free land of the continent have an uncertain presence and/or unresolved status, with entire biodiversity compendia of prokaryotic groups (e.g. bacteria) being missing. All the available biodiversity information requires consolidation, cross-validation, re-assessment and steady systematic inclusion in order to create a robust catalogue of biodiversity for the continent.NEW INFORMATION: We compiled, completed and revised eukaryotic species inventories present in terrestrial and freshwater ecosystems in Antarctica in a new living database: terrANTALife (version 1.0). The database includes the first integration in a compendium for many groups of eukaryotic microorganisms. We also introduce a first catalogue of amplicon sequence variants (ASVs) of prokaryotic biodiversity. Available compendia and literature to date were searched for Antarctic terrestrial and freshwater species, integrated, taxonomically harmonised and curated by experts to create comprehensive checklists of Antarctic organisms. The final inventories comprises 470 animal species (including vertebrates, free-living invertebrates and parasites), 306 plants (including all Viridiplantae: embryophytes and green algae), 997 fungal species and 434 protists (sensu lato). We also provide a first account for many groups of microorganisms, including non-lichenised fungi and multiple groups of eukaryotic unicellular species (Stramenophila, Alveolata and Rhizaria (SAR), Chromists and Amoeba), jointly referred to as "protists". In addition, we identify 1753 bacterial (obtained from 348117 ASVs) and 34 archaeal genera (from 1848 ASVs), as well as, at least, 14 virus families. We formulate a basic tree of life in Antarctica with the main lineages listed in the region and their "known-accepted-species" numbers.

AB - BACKGROUND: Incomplete species inventories for Antarctica represent a key challenge for comprehensive ecological research and conservation in the region. Additionally, data required to understand population dynamics, rates of evolution, spatial ranges, functional traits, physiological tolerances and species interactions, all of which are fundamental to disentangle the different functional elements of Antarctic biodiversity, are mostly missing. However, much of the fauna, flora and microbiota in the emerged ice-free land of the continent have an uncertain presence and/or unresolved status, with entire biodiversity compendia of prokaryotic groups (e.g. bacteria) being missing. All the available biodiversity information requires consolidation, cross-validation, re-assessment and steady systematic inclusion in order to create a robust catalogue of biodiversity for the continent.NEW INFORMATION: We compiled, completed and revised eukaryotic species inventories present in terrestrial and freshwater ecosystems in Antarctica in a new living database: terrANTALife (version 1.0). The database includes the first integration in a compendium for many groups of eukaryotic microorganisms. We also introduce a first catalogue of amplicon sequence variants (ASVs) of prokaryotic biodiversity. Available compendia and literature to date were searched for Antarctic terrestrial and freshwater species, integrated, taxonomically harmonised and curated by experts to create comprehensive checklists of Antarctic organisms. The final inventories comprises 470 animal species (including vertebrates, free-living invertebrates and parasites), 306 plants (including all Viridiplantae: embryophytes and green algae), 997 fungal species and 434 protists (sensu lato). We also provide a first account for many groups of microorganisms, including non-lichenised fungi and multiple groups of eukaryotic unicellular species (Stramenophila, Alveolata and Rhizaria (SAR), Chromists and Amoeba), jointly referred to as "protists". In addition, we identify 1753 bacterial (obtained from 348117 ASVs) and 34 archaeal genera (from 1848 ASVs), as well as, at least, 14 virus families. We formulate a basic tree of life in Antarctica with the main lineages listed in the region and their "known-accepted-species" numbers.

U2 - 10.3897/BDJ.12.e106199

DO - 10.3897/BDJ.12.e106199

M3 - Journal article

C2 - 38344169

VL - 12

JO - Biodiversity Data Journal

JF - Biodiversity Data Journal

SN - 1314-2828

M1 - e106199

ER -