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AfReMaS: African Register of Marine Species
Citation
Odido, M.; Appeltans, W.; BelHassen, M.; Mussai, P.; Nsiangango, S.E.; Vandepitte, L.; Wambiji, N.; Zamouri, N. Jiddou, A.M. (Eds) (2024). African Register of Marine Species. Accessed at https://www.marinespecies.org/afremas on yyyy-mm-dd. https://marineinfo.org/id/dataset/3731
Contact:
Odido, Mika
Availability: 
This dataset is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
This dataset is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.Description
The African Register of Marine Species is a taxonomic database of marine species found along the African coasts. The database was originally developed as the Marine Species Database for Eastern Africa (MASDEA). It was extended thereafter to include species from the entire African coast. more
The African Register of Marine Species aims to compile and manage an authoritative list of species occurring along the African marine coasts. It is intended to be used as support for biodiversity research for conservation and sustainable management of marine environment.
The list currently includes species belonging mostly to mollusks, sponges and decapods which had been updated from data mining workshops conducted by ODINAFRICA. Currently the focus is on addition of other taxonomic groups such as fish, phytoplankton and zooplankton.
Content from AfReMaS is shared with the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS). The objective of WoRMS is to provide an authoritative and comprehensive list of names of marine organisms, including information on synonyms.
The African Register of Marine Species aims to compile and manage an authoritative list of species occurring along the African marine coasts. It is intended to be used as support for biodiversity research for conservation and sustainable management of marine environment.
The list currently includes species belonging mostly to mollusks, sponges and decapods which had been updated from data mining workshops conducted by ODINAFRICA. Currently the focus is on addition of other taxonomic groups such as fish, phytoplankton and zooplankton.
Content from AfReMaS is shared with the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS). The objective of WoRMS is to provide an authoritative and comprehensive list of names of marine organisms, including information on synonyms.
Scope
Themes:
Biology, Biology > Ecology - biodiversity
Keywords:
Marine/Coastal, Classification, Species, Taxonomy, Africa Coasts, Animalia, Bacteria, Chromista, Fungi, Plantae, Protozoa
Geographical coverage
Africa Coasts [Marine Regions]
Temporal coverage
From 1758 on [In Progress]
Taxonomic coverage
Parameters
Taxonomy
Contributors
Flanders Marine Institute (VLIZ), more, partner, database developer
Kenya Marine and Fisheries Research Institute Mombasa Centre (KMFRI), more, partner
Odido, Mika
Appeltans, Ward, partner, data creator
Mussai, Prakash, partner, data creator
Nsiangango, Silvi Edith, partner, data creator
Vandepitte, Leen, partner, data creator
Wambiji, Nina, partner, data creator
Zamouri, Nedra, partner, data creator
Mint Jiddou, Azza, partner, data creator
Bel Hassen, Malika, partner, data creator
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Dataset status: In Progress
Data type: Data
Data origin: Literature research
Metadatarecord created: 2012-12-10
Information last updated: 2024-01-18
