Checklist of organisms (“swimmers”) collected by Sediment Trap on Mooring B (Ross Sea shelf, Joides Basin, Antarctica) in years 1995-1996, 2004-2005 and 2014-2016

These occurrences correspond to specimens collected from sediment traps deployed at Mooring B during of the Italian PNRA Expeditions, located in the Joides Basin (JB; Ross Sea, Antarctica). The sediment traps were positioned at a depth range of 470 - 530 meters, and allowed the collection and identification of a total of 210,411 specimens.

This dataset contributes to the Antarctic Biodiversity Portal, the thematic Antarctic node for both the Ocean Biogeographic Information System (AntOBIS) and the Global Biodiversity Information Facility Antarctic Biodiversity Information Facility (ANTABIF) (biodiversity.aq). The dataset has been uploaded and integrated into the SCAR-AntOBIS database (the geospatial component of SCAR-MarBIN), under a CC-BY 4.0 license.