Description
Spiders are dominant and ubiquitous predators feeding on a range of prey including insects. They are found on all continents except Antarctica in almost all the ecosystems. Taxonomically, they are invertebrates classified in the phylum Arthropoda as they have segmented body and paired appendages with joints. There are over 50,000 spider species recorded and arachnologists estimate another fold of undiscovered species. In one of the most biodiverse tropical regions—India, about 1,800 species have been recorded and about 20 new species are being recorded annually. In the light of unprecedented global change, an expedited biodiversity documentation is warranted using initiative such as through public participation. SpiderIndia is the citizen science community of about 9,000 spider enthusiasts that document spiders across the Indian subcontinent. It helps to bridge the knowledge gap between researchers and the general public and to study spider diversity from the Indian subcontinent. SpiderIndia organizes meetings annually for interactions and documentation of spiders from different geographical parts of India. The present data set is a result from its 2021 annual meeting organized by SpiderIndia member Anubhav Agarwal at Auroville, Tamil Nadu, India. Over a period of three days, the participants recorded 41 genera classified into 21 families of spiders observed from different habitats.
Data Records
The data in this occurrence resource has been published as a Darwin Core Archive (DwC-A), which is a standardized format for sharing biodiversity data as a set of one or more data tables. The core data table contains 114 records.
This IPT archives the data and thus serves as the data repository. The data and resource metadata are available for download in the downloads section. The versions table lists other versions of the resource that have been made publicly available and allows tracking changes made to the resource over time.
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How to cite
Researchers should cite this work as follows:
Jadhav-Kulkarni N, Barman N, Agarwal A, Basu Roy A, Barve V, Kulkarni S (2023). 5th SpiderIndia Meet 2021. Version 1.2. Nature Mates-Nature Club. Occurrence dataset. https://cloud.gbif.org/asia/resource?r=spiderindia_meet_2021&v=1.2
Rights
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The publisher and rights holder of this work is Nature Mates-Nature Club. To the extent possible under law, the publisher has waived all rights to these data and has dedicated them to the Public Domain (CC0 1.0). Users may copy, modify, distribute and use the work, including for commercial purposes, without restriction.
GBIF Registration
This resource has been registered with GBIF, and assigned the following GBIF UUID: 1db5a148-434c-412d-a812-f27a815b7143. Nature Mates-Nature Club publishes this resource, and is itself registered in GBIF as a data publisher endorsed by Participant Node Managers Committee.
Keywords
Occurrence; Araneae; Spider; Auroville; Tamil Nadu; Observation; Araneae; Spider; Auroville; Tamil Nadu
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Geographic Coverage
Auroville, Tamil Nadu, India
| Bounding Coordinates | South West [11.973, 79.754], North East [12.027, 79.844] |
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Taxonomic Coverage
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| Order | Araneae |
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Temporal Coverage
| Start Date / End Date | 2021-12-17 / 2021-12-19 |
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Project Data
This dataset compiles observations of 41 genera classified into 21 families of spiders recorded from Auroville, Tamil Nadu, India in December 2021. The study area includes Mixed Deciduous Forest and Tropical Dry Evergreen Forest.
| Title | 5th SpiderIndia Meet 2021 |
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Sampling Methods
The occurrence records of spiders were documented through digital photography. No specimens were collected.
| Study Extent | The observations were recorded from Pitchandikulam Forest, Aranya forest and Auroville Botanical Garden from Auroville, Tamil Nadu on 17 to 19 December 2021. |
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Method step description:
- The observations were recorded in December 2021 by visiting different habitats such as mixed Deciduous Forest and tropical dry evergreen forest from Auroville, Tamil Nadu.
Additional Metadata
| Alternative Identifiers | 1db5a148-434c-412d-a812-f27a815b7143 |
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| https://cloud.gbif.org/asia/resource?r=spiderindia_meet_2021 |