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Hexacorallians of the world

Citation

Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. https://marineinfo.org/doc/dataset/43

Contact: Fautin, Daphne

Access data

Archived data

Also accessible through:

hercules.kgs.ku.edu/hexacoral/anemone2/index.cfm

Availability:

This dataset is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

Description

Catalogue of Hexacorallians species, bibliography of literature in which they were described, inventory of type specimens, distribution maps, and images. more

A compilation of publications concerning taxonomy, nomenclature, and geographic distribution of extant hexacorallians - members of cnidarian orders Actiniaria (sea anemones in the strict sense), Antipatharia (black corals), Ceriantharia (tube anemones), Corallimorpharia (sea anemones in the loose sense), Ptychodactiaria (sea anemones in the loose sense), Scleractinia (hard or stony corals), and Zoanthidea (sea anemones in the loose sense)

Lineage

Prior to publication data undergo quality control checked which are described in https://github.com/EMODnet/EMODnetBiocheck?tab=readme-ov-file#understanding-the-output

Scope

Themes:

Biology > Benthos, Biology > Ecology - biodiversity

Keywords:

Marine/Coastal, Benthos, Bio-geographical regions, Biota, Environment, Geoscientific Information, Habitats and biotopes, Metadata non conformant, Metadata not evaluated, No limitations to public access, Oceans, Sea regions, WGS84 (EPSG:4326), XYZ ASCII, Zoobenthos, EurOBIS calculated BBOX, World Waters, Hexacorallia

Geographical coverage

EurOBIS calculated BBOX Stations

Bounding Box
Coordinates: MinLong: -44,83; MinLat: 26,09 - MaxLong: 67,62; MaxLat: 81,8 [WGS84]

World Waters [Marine Regions]

Taxonomic coverage

Hexacorallia [WoRMS]

Contributors

University of Kansas; Division of Invertebrate Zoology; Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, KU Natural History Museum, more, data manager, data provider

Fautin, Daphne

Related datasets

Child dataset:

World List of Actiniaria, more

Published in:

AntOBIS: Antarctic Ocean Biodiversity Information System, more

EurOBIS: European Ocean Biodiversity Information System, more

WoRMS: World Register of Marine Species, more

Following version:

World List of Actiniaria, more

URLs

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