This readme file was generated on [2022-09-02] by [Paige Maroni]

GENERAL INFORMATION

Title of Dataset: Multiple Doris kerguelenensis (Nudibranchia) species span the Antarctic polar front.

Author/Principal Investigator Information
Name: Paige Maroni
Institution: University of Western Australia
Address: 35 Stirling Highway, Perth WA 6009
Email: paige.maroni@research.uwa.edu.au

Author/Associate or Co-investigator Information
Name: Dr Nerida Wilson
Institution: The Western Australian Museum
Address: 49 Kew Street, Welshpool WA 6106


Date of data collection: 2006-2018 

Geographic location of data collection: Antarctica, southern South America

Information about funding sources that supported the collection of the data: The work was supported by the Society of Australian Systematic Biologists (SASB), the University of Western Australia Oceans Institute (UWA-OI) Robson and Robertson award, the Malacological Society of Australasia (MSA), and the Antarctic Science Foundation (ASF). This work was also supported by ARC SRIEAS Grant SR200100005 Securing Antarctica’s Environmental Future. These funding bodies did not have a role in the design of the study or the collection, analysis, and interpretation of data, or in writing the manuscript. 


DATA & FILE OVERVIEW

File List: Appendix1.csv = All specimen metadata for the six individual Doris ‘kerguelenensis’ species included in this study.


DATA-SPECIFIC INFORMATION FOR: [Appendix1.csv]

Number of variables: 10

Number of cases/rows: 770

Variable List: 	Sample ID = Museum accession codes for each sample contained within this dataset.
				Species = The species number related to each Doris kerguelenensis species included within this dataset.
				Collection locality = The site where samples were collected.
				Location code = A user defined code that relates to the collection location.
				Latitude = Latitude
				Longitude = Longitude
				Depth (m) = Depth of seafloor where animal was collected.
				Year collected =  year collected.
				Field/cruise code = A code relating to each of the voyages/expeditions/cruises. 
				Genbank COI = Genbank accession codes for the Cytochrome Oxidase I gene extracted and sequenced from these D. kerguelenensis samples.