NAdEm - Northern Adriatic Epimegabenthos

The collection includes organisms belonging to the Northern Adriatic epimegabenthic fauna. Epimegabenthos is conventionally defined as the zoobenthos living at the top of the substrate and larger than 1 cm. This compartment includes most macroinvertebrate phyla, such as Annelida, Arthropoda, Bryozoa, Cnidaria, Echinodermata, Mollusca, Porifera. Samples belong to coastal benthic habitats ranging in depth from intertidal to 30 m, either manually or by means of dredges or trawl nets. Samples are generally preserved in ethyl alcohol 70% or dry. Most samples have been collected along the Veneto coastline during 2016-2019 monitoring activities in the framework of the Marine Strategy Directive 2008/56/EC.