Description
The rich opisthobranch fauna of the Marshall Islands has remained largely unstudied because of the geographic remoteness of these Pacific islands. We report on a long-term collection of Opisthobranchia assembled from the atolls of Bikini, Enewetak, Kwajalein, Rongelap, and Ujelang. Fifty-seven new records for the Marshall Islands are recorded, raising to 103 the number of species reported from these islands.
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 157 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:
Johnson S, Boucher L M (2023): Some Opisthobranchia (Mollusca: Gastropoda) from the Marshall Islands. v1.0. Southwestern Pacific Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS) Node. Dataset/Occurrence. https://nzobisipt.niwa.co.nz/resource?r=opisthobranchia_marshalls&v=1.0
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Keywords
Occurrence; Observation
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Geographic Coverage
Marshall Islands
Bounding Coordinates | South West [8.7, 160.8], North East [11.62, 167.76] |
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Taxonomic Coverage
Opisthobranchia (Mollusca: Gastropoda)
Temporal Coverage
Start Date / End Date | 1981-01-01 / 1982-12-31 |
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Bibliographic Citations
- Johnson, S. and Boucher, L.M., 1983. Notes on some Opisthobranchia (Mollusca: Gastropoda) from the Marshall Islands, including 57 new records. Pacific Science (1983), vol. 37, no. 3
Additional Metadata
marine, harvested by iOBIS
Alternative Identifiers | https://nzobisipt.niwa.co.nz/resource?r=opisthobranchia_marshalls |
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