A georeferenced dataset for occurrence records of the phylum Rotifera in Africa
We report a dataset of all known and published occurrence records of animals of the phylum Rotifera, including Bdelloidea, Monogononta, and Seisonacea (with the exclusion of Acanthocephala) for Africa and surrounding islands and archipelagos. The dataset includes 24,704 records of 914 taxa (subspec...
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| author | Zacarias Fresno Lopez Tommaso Cancellario Diego Fontaneto Lyudmila Kamburska Karimullah Karimullah Robert L. Wallace Elizabeth J. Walsh Radoslav Smolak |
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We report a dataset of all known and published occurrence records of animals of the phylum Rotifera, including Bdelloidea, Monogononta, and Seisonacea (with the exclusion of Acanthocephala) for Africa and surrounding islands and archipelagos. The dataset includes 24,704 records of 914 taxa (subspecies: 38; species: 783; genus: 76; family: 17), gathered from 610 published papers. The published literature spans from 1854 to 2022, with the highest number of records in the decades 1990-1999 and 2010-2019. The African countries with the highest number of taxa are Nigeria, Algeria, South Africa, and Democratic Republic of the Congo, whereas no records are yet available for a dozen countries. The number of species known from each country can be explained mostly by sampling efforts, measured as the number of papers published for each country up to now. The dataset is available through the Open Science Framework (OSF) and in the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF).
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| spelling | doaj.art-8ae18ddb89654c5b889e4280e6e451852023-03-07T18:55:32ZengPAGEPress PublicationsJournal of Limnology1129-57671723-86332023-03-0182s110.4081/jlimnol.2023.2116A georeferenced dataset for occurrence records of the phylum Rotifera in AfricaZacarias Fresno Lopez0Tommaso Cancellario1Diego Fontaneto2Lyudmila Kamburska3Karimullah Karimullah4Robert L. Wallace5Elizabeth J. Walsh6Radoslav Smolak7Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Milano-Bicocca, Milan; National Research Council, Water Research Institute (CNR-IRSA), Verbania PallanzaNational Research Council, Water Research Institute (CNR-IRSA), Verbania PallanzaNational Research Council, Water Research Institute (CNR-IRSA), Verbania Pallanza; National Biodiversity Future Center (NBFC), PalermoNational Research Council, Water Research Institute (CNR-IRSA), Verbania Pallanza; National Biodiversity Future Center (NBFC), PalermoNational Research Council, Water Research Institute (CNR-IRSA), Verbania PallanzaDepartment of Biology, Ripon College, RiponDepartment of Biological Sciences, University of Texas at El Paso, El Paso, TXDepartment of Ecology, Faculty of Humanities and Natural Sciences, University of Presov We report a dataset of all known and published occurrence records of animals of the phylum Rotifera, including Bdelloidea, Monogononta, and Seisonacea (with the exclusion of Acanthocephala) for Africa and surrounding islands and archipelagos. The dataset includes 24,704 records of 914 taxa (subspecies: 38; species: 783; genus: 76; family: 17), gathered from 610 published papers. The published literature spans from 1854 to 2022, with the highest number of records in the decades 1990-1999 and 2010-2019. The African countries with the highest number of taxa are Nigeria, Algeria, South Africa, and Democratic Republic of the Congo, whereas no records are yet available for a dozen countries. The number of species known from each country can be explained mostly by sampling efforts, measured as the number of papers published for each country up to now. The dataset is available through the Open Science Framework (OSF) and in the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF). https://www.jlimnol.it/index.php/jlimnol/article/view/2116AfricaDarwin CoreGBIFoccurrence datasetrotifers |
| spellingShingle | Zacarias Fresno Lopez Tommaso Cancellario Diego Fontaneto Lyudmila Kamburska Karimullah Karimullah Robert L. Wallace Elizabeth J. Walsh Radoslav Smolak A georeferenced dataset for occurrence records of the phylum Rotifera in Africa Journal of Limnology Africa Darwin Core GBIF occurrence dataset rotifers |
| title | A georeferenced dataset for occurrence records of the phylum Rotifera in Africa |
| title_full | A georeferenced dataset for occurrence records of the phylum Rotifera in Africa |
| title_fullStr | A georeferenced dataset for occurrence records of the phylum Rotifera in Africa |
| title_full_unstemmed | A georeferenced dataset for occurrence records of the phylum Rotifera in Africa |
| title_short | A georeferenced dataset for occurrence records of the phylum Rotifera in Africa |
| title_sort | georeferenced dataset for occurrence records of the phylum rotifera in africa |
| topic | Africa Darwin Core GBIF occurrence dataset rotifers |
| url | https://www.jlimnol.it/index.php/jlimnol/article/view/2116 |
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