LiCSiC - Foraminifera Linosa Sicily Channel Collection
Citation
Giordano L, Ferraro L (2024). LiCSiC - Foraminifera Linosa Sicily Channel Collection. Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Istituto di Scienze Marine. Occurrence dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/gv8k7a accessed via GBIF.org on 2025-01-13.Description
LiCSiC is composed of 13 micropaleontological slides collecting benthic foraminifera specimens from Linosa Island seafloor (depth ranging between 50 and 400 m). A total of 140 taxa were identified from the 13 sediment samples. This dataset is part of Activity WP6.6 “National network of the aquatic science collections” of the project funded by EU - Next Generation EU Mission 4 “Education and Research” - Component 2: “From research to business” - Investment 3.1: “Fund for the realisation of an integrated system of research and innovation infrastructures” - Project IR0000032 – ITINERIS - Italian Integrated Environmental Research Infrastructures System - CUP B53C22002150006.
Sampling Description
Study Extent
Sedimentological data were collected by the National Research Council, Institute of Marine Sciences (CNR-ISMAR) of Naples (Italy) during two oceanographic surveys, ‘Linosa 2016’ (17-19 August 2016) and ‘BioGeoLin 2017’ (8-20 September 2017), onboard the R/V Minerva UNO.Sampling
About 50 cm3 of sediments samples of the box corer and Van Veen grab were collected with a tube of 8 cm in diameter from the interval 0-1 cm of the seafloor for the foraminiferal analyses, and treated following the FOBIMO protocol (Schönfeld et al., 2012), to facilitate distinguishing living from dead foraminiferal tests (see Ferraro et al., 2020 for details).Method steps
- Benthic foraminiferal specimens were picked, from a sediment fraction >125µ of each sample, and collected in microslides. The image dataset of benthic foraminifera was acquired from living and dead foraminiferal specimens. Benthic foraminiferal tests were examined and photographed using an optical stereomicroscope (model Zeiss SteREO Discovery V.8). Optical images were acquired with a 16× Ocular, S1.0× Objective Plan, and processed via the microscope imaging software Zen Lite (v. 2012 SP1 black edition, 64 bit).
Taxonomic Coverages
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Rosalinidaerank: family
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Mississippinidaerank: family
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Vaginulinidaerank: family
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Melonidaerank: family
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Planulinidaerank: family
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Homotrematidaerank: family
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Pseudogaudryinidaerank: family
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Globothalamearank: class
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Asterigerinatidaerank: family
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Gavelinellidaerank: family
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Bolivinitidaerank: family
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Fischerinidaerank: family
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Peneroplidaerank: family
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Amphisteginidaerank: family
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Animaliarank: kingdom
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Planorbulinidaerank: family
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Elphidiidaerank: family
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Tubothalamearank: class
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Alabaminidaerank: family
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Cibicididaerank: family
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Glandulinidaerank: family
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Buliminidaerank: family
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Textulariidaerank: family
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Globobuliminidaerank: family
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Ellipsolagenidaerank: family
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Eponididaerank: family
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Anomalinidaerank: family
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Rotaliidarank: order
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Haplophragmoididaerank: family
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Ammosphaeroidinidaerank: family
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Vaginulinidarank: order
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Ammoniidaerank: family
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Polymorphinidarank: order
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Nodosariidaerank: family
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Polymorphinidaerank: family
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Spiroplectamminidaerank: family
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Spiroloculinidaerank: family
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Nodosariidarank: order
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Nodosariatarank: class
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Foraminiferarank: phylum
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Spirillinidaerank: family
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Notorotaliidaerank: family
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Cassidulinidaerank: family
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Spirillinidarank: order
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Pulleniidaerank: family
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Textulariidarank: order
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Rotalioidearank: order
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Soritidaerank: family
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Uvigerinidaerank: family
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Hauerinidaerank: family
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Cribrolinoididaerank: family
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Miliolidarank: order
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Lituolidarank: order
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Siphoninidaerank: family
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Cymbaloporidaerank: family
Geographic Coverages
Linosa Sicily Channel, Italy
Bibliographic Citations
Contacts
Laura Giordanooriginator
position: Technologist
Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Istituto di Scienze Marine
email: laura.giordano@cnr.it
Luciana Ferraro
originator
position: Researcher
Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Istituto di Scienze Marine
email: luciana.ferraro@cnr.it
Laura Giordano
administrative point of contact
position: Technologist
Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Istituto di Scienze Marine
email: laura.giordano@cnr.it
Luciana Ferraro
administrative point of contact
position: Researcher
Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Istituto di Scienze Marine
email: luciana.ferraro@cnr.it
Edoardo Di Russo
administrative point of contact
position: Technician
Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Istituto di Scienze Marine
email: edoardo.dirusso@cnr.it
Simona Armeli Minicante
administrative point of contact
position: Technologist
Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Istituto di Scienze Marine
email: simona.armeliminicante@cnr.it