Inventory of the terrestrial and freshwater fauna of the Svalbard archipelago

Stephen James Coulson; Jesamine Bartlett; Sven Boström; John Brittain; Kirsten S. Christoffersen; Peter Convey; Willem de Smet; Klára Dózsa-Farkas; Torbjørn Ekrem; Arne Fjellberg; Leo Füreder; Mark A.K. Gillespie; Daniel Gustafsson; Dariusz J. Gwiazdowicz; Łukasz Kaczmarek; Małgorzata Kolicka; Ronald Laniecki; Tirza M. Moerman; Stanislaw Seniczak; Anna Seniczak; Jean-Christophe Simon; Elisabeth Stur; Geir Søli; Karina Wieczorek; Krzysztof Zawierucha; Katarzyna Zmudczynska-Skarbek

doi:10.15468/mfcetc

Inventory of the terrestrial and freshwater fauna of the Svalbard archipelago

Citation

Coulson S J, Bartlett J, Boström S, Brittain J, Christoffersen K S, Convey P, de Smet W, Dózsa-Farkas K, Ekrem T, Fjellberg A, Füreder L, Gillespie M A, Gustafsson D, Gwiazdowicz D J, Kaczmarek Ł, Kolicka M, Laniecki R, Moerman T M, Seniczak S, Seniczak A, Simon J, Stur E, Søli G, Wieczorek K, Zawierucha K, Zmudczynska-Skarbek K (2024). Inventory of the terrestrial and freshwater fauna of the Svalbard archipelago. Version 1.4. The University Centre in Svalbard. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/mfcetc accessed via GBIF.org on 2024-12-11.

Description

This is an inventory created by searching species names from almost 800 scientific publications from 1869 until 2023. This inventory was then assessed by taxon experts and synonyms or obvious errors removed. The inventory forms the data for the redescription of the Svalbard terrestrial and freshwater invertebrate fauna appearing in Coulson et al. in prep. Arctic Science.

Sampling Description

Study Extent

Evaluation of the resident invertebrate community of the terrestrial and freshwater habitats of Svalbard.

Sampling

Names extracted from publications describing this fauna from Svalbard.

Quality Control

Names of each species group checked by one or more specialists in that particular group.

Method steps

Names collated in a Excel sheet and ordered by taxonomies. These names then assessed and corrected by specialist taxonomists and errors / synonyms removed.

Taxonomic Coverages

This inventory covers all terrestrial and freshwater invertebrates of the land areas within the Svalbard Box

Rotifera
common name: wheel animals rank: phylum
Gastrotricha
common name: hairybellies rank: phylum
Nematoda
common name: roundworms rank: phylum
Acanthoceophala
common name: thorny-headed worms rank: phylum
Platyhelminthes
common name: flatworms rank: phylum
Annelida
common name: segmented worms rank: phylum
Tardigrada
common name: water bears rank: phylum
Chelicerata
rank: phylum
Mandibulata
rank: phylum
Crustacea
rank: phylum

Geographic Coverages

The inventory applies to the land and freshwaters within the Svalbard Box, 10 to 35 degrees East and 74 to 81 degrees North

Bibliographic Citations

Contacts

Stephen James Coulson
originator
position: Professor
The University Centre in Svalbard
pb156
Longyearbyen
9171
Svalbard
NO
Telephone: +4790118973
email: stevec@unis.no
homepage: https://www.unis.no/staff/steve-coulson/
userId: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0935-959X

Jesamine Bartlett
originator
position: Professor
Equinor

Sven Boström
originator
position: Professor
Swedish Museum of Natural History
P.O. Box 50007
Stockholm
SE-104 05
SE
email: svenbost@gmail.com

John Brittain
originator
position: Professor
University in Oslo
Natural History Museum, Department of Zoology
Oslo
0318
NO
email: j.e.brittain@nhm.uio.no

Kirsten S. Christoffersen
originator
position: Professor
University of Copenhagen
Freshwater Biological Laboratory & Polar Science Center
Copenhagen
DK-2100
DK
email: kchristoffersen@bio.ku.dk

Peter Convey
originator
position: Researcher
British Antarctic Survey
High Cross
Cambridge
CB3 OET
GB
email: pcon@bas.ac.uk

Willem de Smet
originator
position: Professor
University of Antwerp
Department of Biology, ECOSPHERE, University of Antwerp, Campus Drie Eiken
Antwerp
B-2610
BE
email: willem.desmet@uantwerpen.be

Klára Dózsa-Farkas
originator
position: Professor
Biological Institute of the Eötvös
Department of Systematic Zoology and Ecology
Budapest
H-1117
HU
email: kdozsafarkas@gmail.com

Torbjørn Ekrem
originator
position: Professor
Norwegian University of Science and Technology
Department of Natural History, NTNU University Museum
Trondheim
NO-7491
NO
email: torbjorn.ekrem@ntnu.no

Arne Fjellberg
originator
position: Professor
Consultant
Mageroveien 168
Tjøme
NO-3145
NO
email: arnecoll@gmail.com

Leo Füreder
originator
position: Professor
University of Innsbruck
Faculty for Biology, Technikerstraße 15
Innsbruck
A-6020
AT
email: Leopold.Fuereder@uibk.ac.at

Mark A.K. Gillespie
originator
position: Professor
Western Norway University of Applied Sciences
Department of Science & Engineering, PB 133
Sogndal
NO-6851
NO
email: Mark.Andrew.Gillespie@hvl.no

Daniel Gustafsson
originator
position: Professor
Guangdong Academy of Sciences,
Guangdong Key Laboratory of Animal Conservation and Resource Utilization, Guangdong Public Library of Wild Animal Conservation and Utilization, Institute of Zoology
Guangzhou
510260
email: kotatsu@fripost.org

Dariusz J. Gwiazdowicz
originator
position: Professor
Poznan University of Life Sciences
Department of Forest Entomology and Pathology, Wojska Polskiego 71,
Poznan
PL-60-625
PL
email: dariusz.gwiazdowicz@up.poznan.pl

Łukasz Kaczmarek
originator
position: Professor
Adam Mickiewicz University
Department of Animal Taxonomy and Ecology, Adam Mickiewicz University, Uniwersytetu Poznańskiego 6
Poznan
PL-61-614
PL
email: kaczmar@amu.edu.pl

Małgorzata Kolicka
originator
position: Professor
Adam Mickiewicz University
Department of Animal Taxonomy and Ecology, Uniwersytetu Poznańskiego 6,
Poznan
PL-61-614
PL

Ronald Laniecki
originator
position: Professor
Poznan University of Life Sciences
Department of Forest Entomology and Pathology, Wojska Polskiego 71,
Poznan
PL-60-625
email: ronlaniecki@gmail.com

Tirza M. Moerman
originator
position: Professor
Norwegian University of Life Sciences
Faculty of Environmental Sciences and Natural Resource Management,
Ås
NO-1432
NO
email: tirza.moerman@nmbu.no

Stanislaw Seniczak
originator
position: Professor
Kazimierz Wielki University
Department of Evolutionary Biology, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Kazimierz Wielki University, Ossolińskich 12
Bydgoszcz
PL-85-092
PL
email: stseni@ukw.edu.pl

Anna Seniczak
originator
position: Professor
Inland Norway University of Applied Sciences
Faculty of Applied Ecology, Agricultural Sciences and Biotechnology. Department of Agricultural Sciences Inland Norway University of Applied Sciences
Elverum
NO-2418
NO
email: anna.seniczak@inn.no

Jean-Christophe Simon
originator
position: Professor
Université de Rennes
UMR IGEPP, INRAE, Institut Agro, Université de Rennes
Rennes
FR
email: jean-christophe.simon@inrae.fr

Elisabeth Stur
originator
position: Professor
Norwegian University of Science and Technology
Department of Natural History, NTNU University Museum, NO-7491 Trondheim, Norway
Trondheim
NO-7491
NO
email: elisabeth.stur@ntnu.no

Geir Søli
originator
position: Professor
Natural History Museum, University of Oslo
Natural History Museum, University of Oslo, P.O. Box 1172 Blindern,
Oslo
NO-0318
NO
email: g.e.e.soli@nhm.uio.no

Karina Wieczorek
originator
position: Professor
University of Silesia
Institute of Biology, Biotechnology and Environmental Sciences, Faculty of Natural Sciences
Katowice
PL-40-007
PL
email: karina.wieczorek@us.edu.pl

Krzysztof Zawierucha
originator
position: Professor
Adam Mickiewicz University
Department of Animal Taxonomy and Ecology, Adam Mickiewicz University, Uniwersytetu Poznańskiego 6,
Poznan
PL-61-614
PL
email: k.p.zawierucha@gmail.com

Katarzyna Zmudczynska-Skarbek
originator
position: Professor
University of Gdansk
Department of Vertebrate Ecology and Zoology, University of Gdansk, Wita Stwosza 59
Gdansk
PL
email: katarzyna.zmudczynska-skarbek@ug.edu.pl

Stephen James Coulson
metadata author
position: Professor
The University Centre in Svalbard
pb156
Longyearbyen
9171
Svalbard
NO
Telephone: +4790118973
email: stevec@unis.no
homepage: https://www.unis.no/staff/steve-coulson/
userId: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0935-959X

Stephen Coulson
author
position: Professor
The University Centre in Svalbard
pb156
Longyearbyen
9171
Svalbard
NO
Telephone: +4790118973
email: stevec@unis.no
userId: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0935-959X

Peter Convey
author
position: Researcher
British Antarctic Survey
High Cross
Cambridge
CB3 OET
GB
email: pcon@bas.ac.uk

Sven Boström
author
position: Professor
Swedish Museum of Natural History
P.O. Box 50007
Stockholm
SE-104 05
SE
email: svenbost@gmail.com

John Brittain
author
position: Professor
University in Oslo
Natural History Museum, Department of Zoology
Oslo
0318
NO
email: j.e.brittain@nhm.uio.no

Kirsten S. Christoffersen
author
position: Professor
University of Copenhagen
Freshwater Biological Laboratory & Polar Science Center
Copenhagen
DK-2100
DK
email: kchristoffersen@bio.ku.dk

Willem de Smet
author
position: Professor
University of Antwerp
Department of Biology, ECOSPHERE, University of Antwerp, Campus Drie Eiken
Antwerp
B-2610
BE
email: willem.desmet@uantwerpen.be

Klára Dózsa-Farkas
author
position: Professor
Biological Institute of the Eötvös
Department of Systematic Zoology and Ecology
Budapest
H-1117
HU
email: kdozsafarkas@gmail.com

Torbjørn Ekrem
author
position: Professor
Norwegian University of Science and Technology
Department of Natural History, NTNU University Museum
Trondheim
NO-7491
NO
email: torbjorn.ekrem@ntnu.no

Arne Fjellberg
author
position: Professor
Consultant
Mageroveien 168
Tjøme
NO-3145
NO
email: arnecoll@gmail.com

Leo Füreder
author
position: Professor
University of Innsbruck
Faculty for Biology, Technikerstraße 15
Innsbruck
A-6020
AT
email: Leopold.Fuereder@uibk.ac.at

Mark A.K. Gillespie
author
position: Professor
Western Norway University of Applied Sciences
Department of Science & Engineering, PB 133
Sogndal
NO-6851
NO
email: Mark.Andrew.Gillespie@hvl.no

Daniel Gustafsson
author
position: Professor
Guangdong Academy of Sciences,
Guangdong Key Laboratory of Animal Conservation and Resource Utilization, Guangdong Public Library of Wild Animal Conservation and Utilization, Institute of Zoology
Guangzhou
510260
email: kotatsu@fripost.org

Dariusz J. Gwiazdowicz
author
position: Professor
Poznan University of Life Sciences
Department of Forest Entomology and Pathology, Wojska Polskiego 71,
Poznan
PL-60-625
PL
email: dariusz.gwiazdowicz@up.poznan.pl

Ronald Laniecki
author
position: Professor
Poznan University of Life Sciences
Department of Forest Entomology and Pathology, Wojska Polskiego 71,
Poznan
PL-60-625
email: ronlaniecki@gmail.com

Elisabeth Stur
author
position: Professor
Norwegian University of Science and Technology
Department of Natural History, NTNU University Museum, NO-7491 Trondheim, Norway
Trondheim
NO-7491
NO
email: elisabeth.stur@ntnu.no

Łukasz Kaczmarek
author
position: Professor
Adam Mickiewicz University
Department of Animal Taxonomy and Ecology, Adam Mickiewicz University, Uniwersytetu Poznańskiego 6
Poznan
PL-61-614
PL
email: kaczmar@amu.edu.pl

Krzysztof Zawierucha
author
position: Professor
Adam Mickiewicz University
Department of Animal Taxonomy and Ecology, Adam Mickiewicz University, Uniwersytetu Poznańskiego 6,
Poznan
PL-61-614
PL
email: k.p.zawierucha@gmail.com

Tirza M. Moerman
author
position: Professor
Norwegian University of Life Sciences
Faculty of Environmental Sciences and Natural Resource Management,
Ås
NO-1432
NO
email: tirza.moerman@nmbu.no

Stanislaw Seniczak
author
position: Professor
Kazimierz Wielki University
Department of Evolutionary Biology, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Kazimierz Wielki University, Ossolińskich 12
Bydgoszcz
PL-85-092
PL
email: stseni@ukw.edu.pl

Anna Seniczak
author
position: Professor
Inland Norway University of Applied Sciences
Faculty of Applied Ecology, Agricultural Sciences and Biotechnology. Department of Agricultural Sciences Inland Norway University of Applied Sciences
Elverum
NO-2418
NO
email: anna.seniczak@inn.no

Jean-Christophe Simon
author
position: Professor
Université de Rennes
UMR IGEPP, INRAE, Institut Agro, Université de Rennes
Rennes
FR
email: jean-christophe.simon@inrae.fr

Geir Søli
author
position: Professor
Natural History Museum, University of Oslo
Natural History Museum, University of Oslo, P.O. Box 1172 Blindern,
Oslo
NO-0318
NO
email: g.e.e.soli@nhm.uio.no

Karina Wieczorek
author
position: Professor
University of Silesia
Institute of Biology, Biotechnology and Environmental Sciences, Faculty of Natural Sciences
Katowice
PL-40-007
PL
email: karina.wieczorek@us.edu.pl

Katarzyna Zmudczynska-Skarbek
author
position: Professor
University of Gdansk
Department of Vertebrate Ecology and Zoology, University of Gdansk, Wita Stwosza 59
Gdansk
PL
email: katarzyna.zmudczynska-skarbek@ug.edu.pl

Małgorzata Kolicka
author
position: Professor
Adam Mickiewicz University
Department of Animal Taxonomy and Ecology, Uniwersytetu Poznańskiego 6,
Poznan
PL-61-614
PL

Stephen James Coulson
administrative point of contact
position: Professor
The University Centre in Svalbard
pb156
Longyearbyen
9171
Svalbard
NO
Telephone: +4790118973
email: stevec@unis.no
homepage: https://www.unis.no/staff/steve-coulson/
userId: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0935-959X