A Record of Fauna in South-Southern Region of the Nigerian Coastal Environments

Temitope Onuminya1, Oluwatoyin Ogundipe1, Victor Oroleke1

1 University of Lagos, DEPARTMENT OF BOTANY, 23401, AKOKA, Nigeria

Corresponding author(s): Temitope Onuminya (tadeyemi@unilag.edu.ng)Oluwatoyin Ogundipe (oogundipe@unilag.edu.ng)

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Citation: Combination of authors, year of data paper publication (in parentheses), Title, Journal Name, Volume, Issue number (in parentheses), and doi of the data paper.

Resource Citation

Onuminya T, Ogundipe O (2022): A Record of Fauna in South-Southern Region of the Nigerian Coastal Environments. v1.2. University of Lagos. Dataset/Occurrence. https://ipt-nigeria.gbif.fr/resource?r=ssanimals&v=1.2

Abstract

This is a compilation of animals found in the south southern region of the Nigerian Coastal Environments.

Keywords: Occurrence, Insects, Reptiles, Fishes, Macrobenthos, Mammals, Crustaceans, Birds, Observation

Project details

Project title: Implementation of the Biodiversity Information and data System for Coastal Ecosystems in Nigeria - BID-AF2020-022-NAC
Personnel: Temitope Onuminya, Oluwatoyin Ogundipe, Victor Oroleke
Funding: GBIF-BID Grant
Study area descriptions/descriptor: Nigerian Coastal Environments

Data published through GBIF: https://ipt-nigeria.gbif.fr/resource?r=ssanimals

Taxonomic coverage

General taxonomic coverage description: The data comprises of Arthropods, Molluscs, Cnidarians, Rotifers and Chordates found in south-south Nigerian Coast.
Taxonomic ranks
Phylum: Arthropoda, Chordata, Mollusca, Cnidaria
Class: Insecta, Gastropoda, Arachnida, Actinopterygii, Sarcopterygii, Hexanauplia, Hydrozoa, Eurotatoria, Aves, Malacostraca, Branchiopoda

Spatial coverage

General spatial coverage: The record covers Delta, Edo, Rivers, Cross River, Bayelsa and Akwa-Ibom States within the south southern region of Nigeria.
Coordinates: 4°19'30''N and 6°21'32.4''N Latitude; 5°3'14.4''E and 9°2'31.2''E Longitude 

Temporal coverage: March 1, 1992 - March 1, 2017

Methods

Method step description: 

Datasets

Dataset description
Object name: Darwin Core Archive A Record of Fauna in South-Southern Region of the Nigerian Coastal Environments
Character encoding: UTF-8
Format name: Darwin Core Archive format
Format version: 1.0
Distribution: https://ipt-nigeria.gbif.fr/archive.do?r=ssanimals
Publication date of data: 2022-10-15
Language: English
Licences of use: Creative Commons Attribution (CC-BY) 4.0 License

Metadata language: English
Date of metadata creation: 2022-07-17
Hierarchy level: Dataset

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