https://cloud.gbif.org/to/resource?r=marsurvey Siosina Katoa MEIDECC Deputy Director Deputy Director

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7400071 zenakatoa@gmail.com 2026-04-24 eng This dataset represent findings from marine survey conducted at multiple sites across the Vavaʻu island group in Tonga Occurrence GBIF Dataset Type Vocabulary: http://rs.gbif.org/vocabulary/gbif/dataset_type_2015-07-10.xml This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution (CC-BY 4.0) License. Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International https://spdx.org/licenses/CC-BY-4.0.html CC-BY-4.0 This survey encompasses multiple coastal and marine sites across the Vavaʻu island group in northern Tonga. This includes: coastal habitats and coral reef systems -174.055657 -173.982234 -18.643962 -18.701769 2025-06-19 2025-06-27 class Holothuroidea family Diadematidae phylum Mollusca order Cardiida order Diadematoida order Pectinida class Bivalvia order Semaeostomeae family Actiniidae order Synallactida family Oreasteridae family Spondyllidae family Ovulidae kingdom Animalia class Echinoidea class Anthozoa family Cardiidae family Holothuridae family Ulmaridae  class Scyphozoa order Littorinimorpha family Ophidiasteridae order Valvatida order Holothuriida class Asteroidea class Gastropoda phylum Cnidaria order Actiniaria family Acanthasteridae phylum Echinodermata unknown Siosina Katoa MEIDECC Deputy Director

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7400071 sisiliaulakai98@gmail.com 2026-04-24T01:07:39.439+00:00 dataset Katoa S, Ulakai S (2026). Marine Ecosystem Survey Across Vavaʻu sites in Tonga. Version 1.0. Department of Environment, Government of Tonga. Occurrence dataset. https://cloud.gbif.org/to/resource?r=marsurvey&v=1.0