A Checklist of Zooplanktons, Macrobenthos and Animals of South Western Region of the Nigerian Coastal Environments

Temitope Ogundipe1, Oluwatoyin Ogundipe1, Temitope Onuminya1

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

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

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Resource Citation

Ogundipe T, Ogundipe O (2022): A Checklist of Zooplanktons, Macrobenthos and Animals of South Western Region of the Nigerian Coastal Environments. v1.0. University of Lagos. Dataset/Checklist. http://ipt-nigeria.gbif.fr/resource?r=swanimalschecklist&v=1.0

Abstract

This is a checklisst of animals found in the south western region of the Nigerian Coastal Environments.

Keywords: Checklist, Zooplanktons, Reptiles, Fishes, Macrobenthos, Mammals, Crustaceans, Birds, Derivedfromoccurrence

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
Funding: GBIF-BID Grant

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

Taxonomic coverage

General taxonomic coverage description: The data comprises of members of the Kingdom Protozoa, Animalia (including Molluscs, Reptiles, Pisces, Aves, Mammals, Rotifers, Cnidarians)  and Chromista.
Taxonomic ranks
Phylum: AVES, Arthropoda, Chordata, Cnidaria, Rotifera, Ctenophora, Ciliophora, Amoebozoa

Spatial coverage

General spatial coverage: This record covers south western states of Nigeria.
Coordinates: 6°23'30.23''N and 8°23'7.55''N Latitude; 2°38'12.19''E and 5°36'50.45''E Longitude 

Temporal coverage: January 6, 1958 - May 31, 2016

Methods

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Datasets

Dataset description
Object name: Darwin Core Archive A Checklist of Zooplanktons, Macrobenthos and Animals of South Western Region of the Nigerian Coastal Environments
Character encoding: UTF-8
Format name: Darwin Core Archive format
Format version: 1.0
Distribution: http://ipt-nigeria.gbif.fr/archive.do?r=swanimalschecklist
Publication date of data: 2022-06-17
Language: English
Licences of use: Creative Commons Attribution (CC-BY) 4.0 License

Metadata language: English
Date of metadata creation: 2022-06-17
Hierarchy level: Dataset