Species Richness and Taxonomic effort on the study of Octocorallia of the Azores

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Knowledge on Azorean octocorals is still dispersed in several taxonomical papers and monographs. Moreover it is hard to find and written in different languages representing a challenge for zoological nomenclature and taxonomic studies. Taxonomic literature about octocorals (orders Alcyonacea and Pennatulacea) inhabiting the Azores marine waters was compiled from the 19th century onwards. Papers and monographs were analysed in order to calculate the taxonomic effort applied to different ranks of Octocorallia in the region. Moreover, the number of species given to the Azores was presented within each family, suborder and order of Octocorallia. The dataset compiles literature references and species richness distributed within Octocorallia ranks. Both are essential for future taxonomical, ecological, molecular and conservation studies about Azorean Cold-water octocorals.

Supplement to: Sampaio, Íris; Freiwald, André; Porteiro, Filipe; Menezes, Gui M; Carreiro-Silva, Marina (2019): Census of Octocorallia (Cnidaria: Anthozoa) of the Azores (NE Atlantic) with a nomenclature update. Zootaxa, 4550(4), 451

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DOI https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.889711
Related Identifier https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4550.4.1
Metadata Access https://ws.pangaea.de/oai/provider?verb=GetRecord&metadataPrefix=datacite4&identifier=oai:pangaea.de:doi:10.1594/PANGAEA.889711
Provenance
Creator Sampaio, Íris ORCID logo; Freiwald, André; Porteiro, Filipe ORCID logo; Menezes, Gui M ORCID logo; Carreiro-Silva, Marina ORCID logo
Publisher PANGAEA
Publication Year 2018
Funding Reference Horizon 2020 https://doi.org/10.13039/501100007601 Crossref Funder ID 678760 https://cordis.europa.eu/project/id/678760 A Trans-Atlantic assessment and deep-water ecosystem-based spatial management plan for Europe
Rights Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported; https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
OpenAccess true
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Resource Type Supplementary Dataset; Dataset
Format text/tab-separated-values
Size 12 data points
Discipline Earth System Research