Benthic species from the tropical Pacific surrounding New Caledonia

Citation

Bertrand RICHER DE FORGES (IRD) & Philippe BOUCHET (MNHN). 1998. Benthic species from the tropical Pacific. IRD-Noumea. https://marineinfo.org/id/dataset/3128

Contact: Richer de Forges, Bertrand

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Description

Benthic species from the tropical Pacific surrounding New Caledonia. more

The dataset is the result of sampling of the western and central Pacific benthic fauna during the last 30 years in the MUSORSTOM program. The taxonomic information is coming from the taxonomic papers published. The localities mentioned for each species were checked by the author of the papers.

Scope

Themes:

Biology, Biology > Benthos

Keywords:

Marine/Coastal, Species, Taxonomy, EurOBIS calculated BBOX, I, Pacific

Geographical coverage

EurOBIS calculated BBOX Stations

Bounding Box
Coordinates: MinLong: -179,96; MinLat: -29,77 - MaxLong: 179,99; MaxLat: 24,94 [WGS84]

I, Pacific Stations [Marine Regions]

Western and central Pacific
Coordinates: MinLong: -179,96; MinLat: -29,77 - MaxLong: 179,99; MaxLat: 24,94 [WGS84]

Parameter

Distribution

Contributors

Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle; Department Systematics and Evolution, data creator

Bouchet, Philippe

Institut de Recherche pour le Développement; Centre de Nouméa, data provider

Richer de Forges, Bertrand

Marine Biological Association of the UK (MBA), more, data provider

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Published in:

EurOBIS: European Ocean Biodiversity Information System, more

Dataset status: In Progress

Data type: Data

Data origin: Research: field survey

Metadatarecord created: 2012-07-18

Information last updated: 2012-07-18

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