UWIZM Sponges

Mike G. Rutherford1, Renoir J. Auguste2, Mike Rutherford3, Renoir Auguste4

1 The University of the West Indies, Dep't of Life Sciences, St. Augustine, Trinidad And Tobago; 2 The University of the West Indies, Dept. of Life Sciences, St. Augustine, Trinidad And Tobago; 3 The University of the West Indies, Dep't of Life Sciences, St. Augustine, Trinidad And Tobago; 4 The University of the West Indies, Dept. of Life Sciences, St. Augustine, Trinidad And Tobago

Corresponding author(s): Mike G. Rutherford (UWIZoologyMuseum@sta.uwi.edu)Renoir J. Auguste (UWIZoologyMuseum@sta.uwi.edu)

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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

Rutherford MG and Auguste RJ (2018): UWIZM Sponges. v1. The University of the West Indies Zoology Museum (UWIZM). Dataset/Occurrence. https://cloud.gbif.org/bid/resource?r=uwizmsponges&amp;v=1.0

Abstract

This datsets contains most of the sponges in the UWIZM collections.

Keywords: Occurrence, Porifera, Sponges, Trinidad and Tobago, Specimen

Project details

Project title: Improving Biodiversity data accessibility in the Caribbean countries of Trinidad & Tobago, Barbados and Suriname
Personnel: Mike Rutherford, Renoir Auguste
Funding: This project is made possible through a grant from GBIF
Study area descriptions/descriptor: Trinidad and Tobago
Design description: The goal of this project is to make the records contained within the UWIZM accessible to all.

Data published through GBIF: https://cloud.gbif.org/bid/resource?r=uwizmsponges

Taxonomic coverage

General taxonomic coverage description: Specimens were identified to genus or species level.
Taxonomic ranks
Family: Chalinidae, Chondrillidae, Halichondriidae, Irciniidae, Mycalidae, Niphatidae, Petrosiidae, Placospongiidae, Scopalinidae, Tetillidae

Spatial coverage

General spatial coverage: Trinidad and Tobago
Coordinates: 10°0'3.6''N and 11°22'58.8''N Latitude; 61°59'6''W and 60°25'30''W Longitude 

Temporal coverage: April 24, 2018

Natural collections description

Collection name: UWIZM Sponges
Specimen preservation method: Alcohol

Methods

Method step description: 1. Specimens in the collection were assessed for existing data (labels in jars, details in registers, etc,)
2. Identifications were confirmed or made using a variety of literature sources (scientific papers, books, online resources)
3. Specimens were photographed and properly stored then the data was uploaded to the UWIZM Past Perfect database.
Study extent description: Trinidad and Tobago
Sampling description: Specimens were collected from diving.
Quality control description: Specimen identifications were checked by at least two people.

Datasets

Dataset description
Object name: Darwin Core Archive UWIZM Sponges
Character encoding: UTF-8
Format name: Darwin Core Archive format
Format version: 1.0
Distribution: https://cloud.gbif.org/bid/archive.do?r=uwizmsponges
Publication date of data: 2018-10-01
Language: English
Licences of use: Creative Commons Attribution (CC-BY) 4.0 License

Metadata language: English
Date of metadata creation: 2018-09-21
Hierarchy level: Dataset