Dataset

Porifera diversity and distribution data in the Southern Gulf of Mexico

Caribbean OBIS Open in mapper Explore occurrences

The dataset contains information on specimens examined in the paper “An update on marine sponge diversity in the Southern Gulf of Mexico coral reefs” submitted in Zootaxa. This dataset contains information on 231 specimens of 80 species of the Demospongiae class, including their distribution in coral reefs in the Southern Gulf of Mexico, and their depth. All specimens are hosted in the National Collection of the Phylum Porifera Gerardo Green” (CNPGG), at the Instituto de Ciencias del Mar y Limnología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico City.

Citation: Ugalde D., Fernandez J. C. C., Gómez P., Simões N. 2021. Porifera diversity and distribution data in the Southern Gulf of Mexico.

Published: June 14, 2021 at 21:55

URL: http://ipt.iobis.org/caribbeanobis/resource?r=poriferadiversitysouthgolfofmexico

230
occurrence records
81
taxa
81
species

Taxa

Missing and invalid fields

Field Missing Invalid
coordinateUncertaintyInMeters 230
100.0%
maximumDepthInMeters 1
0.4%
minimumDepthInMeters 230
100.0%

Quality flags

The OBIS data quality flags are documented at https://github.com/iobis/obis-qc.

Flag Dropped Records
ON_LAND 5
2.2%
NO_DEPTH 1
0.4%

Measurement types

DNA derived data