The collection of Bathynellacea specimens of MNCN (CSIC) Madrid: microscope slices and DNA extracts

This is a collection of Bathynellacea, a group of Crustacea Malacostraca. The three families of the order Bathynellacea: Bathynellidae, Parabathynellidae and Leptobathynellidae, are all represented in the collection.

1. Animalia
   rank: kingdom
2. Arthropoda
   rank: phylum
3. Crustacea
   rank: class
4. Bathynellacea
   rank: order
5. Bathynellidae
   rank: family
6. Parabathynellidae
   rank: family
7. Leptobathynellidae
   rank: family

Specimens from all around the world are included, from Alaska (USA) to New South Wales (Australia). The material from the USA come from a few samples collected in the states of Montana, Washington, Alaska and Texas. There are also 25 records from 3 South American localities in Chile, Brazil and Argentina. The Asian countries included in the collection are China, Thailand, Vietnam and a pair of localities from Mongolia and India. In the case of Africa, there are samples from Morocco and Chad. Australia is represented by samples from Queensland and New South Wales. The most important part of the database is composed by European records, especially from Spain, although other countries are also represented: Italy, France, Portugal, England, Bulgaria, Slovenia and Romania. In the case of Spain, almost all Autonomous Communities are represented, as well as most of the provinces, although Cantabria and Burgos are the most widely represented. The only Autonomous Communities not present in the data base are Extremadura and La Rioja.