Funding: Slovenian Research and Innovation Agency (ARIS), core program funding (P1-0184), project (J1-2464) and PhD grants to ŠB and EP; University of Zurich Research Priority Programme on Global Change and Biodiversity URPP GCB (FA); University foundation of eng. Milan Lenarčič (EP). The equipment used in this study was purchased in the project "Development of Research Infrastructure For The International Competitiveness Of The Slovenian RRI Space –RI-SI-LifeWatch". The operation is co-financed by the Republic of Slovenia, Ministry of Education, Science and Sport and the European Union from the European Regional Development Fund.

The dataset contains morphological data, phylogenetic tree, and R code used in the analyses presented in the paper titled "Context-dependent evolution of high trophic position drives functional disparity in subterranean crustaceans". Niphargus_morpho_data.xlsx: morphological data for import in R Niphargus_tree.nex: consensus phylogenetic tree for import in R Rcode.Rmd: the R script in R markdown format to reproduce the analyses Rcode.html: the R script in html format Reproducibility_report.doc: Functional diversity protocol checklist created with stepFD (https://facuxpalacio.shinyapps.io/stepFD/)