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Hexacorallians of the world
Citation
Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. https://marineinfo.org/doc/dataset/43
Contact: Fautin, Daphne
Access data
Archived data
Availability: Creative Commons License This dataset is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
Description
Catalogue of Hexacorallians species, bibliography of literature in which they were described, inventory of type specimens, distribution maps, and images. more

A compilation of publications concerning taxonomy, nomenclature, and geographic distribution of extant hexacorallians - members of cnidarian orders Actiniaria (sea anemones in the strict sense), Antipatharia (black corals), Ceriantharia (tube anemones), Corallimorpharia (sea anemones in the loose sense), Ptychodactiaria (sea anemones in the loose sense), Scleractinia (hard or stony corals), and Zoanthidea (sea anemones in the loose sense)
Lineage
Prior to publication data undergo quality control checked which are described in https://github.com/EMODnet/EMODnetBiocheck?tab=readme-ov-file#understanding-the-output
Scope
Themes:
Biology > Benthos, Biology > Ecology - biodiversity
Keywords:
Marine/Coastal, Benthos, Bio-geographical regions, Biota, Environment, Geoscientific Information, Habitats and biotopes, Metadata non conformant, Metadata not evaluated, No limitations to public access, Oceans, Sea regions, WGS84 (EPSG:4326), XYZ ASCII, Zoobenthos, EurOBIS calculated BBOX, World Waters, Hexacorallia
Geographical coverage
EurOBIS calculated BBOX Stations
Bounding Box
Coordinates: MinLong: -44,83; MinLat: 26,09 - MaxLong: 67,62; MaxLat: 81,8 [WGS84]
World Waters [Marine Regions]
Taxonomic coverage
Hexacorallia [WoRMS]
Contributors
University of Kansas; Division of Invertebrate Zoology; Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, KU Natural History Museum, more, data manager, data provider
Fautin, Daphne
Related datasets
Child dataset:
World List of Actiniaria, more
Published in:
AntOBIS: Antarctic Ocean Biodiversity Information System, more
EurOBIS: European Ocean Biodiversity Information System, more
WoRMS: World Register of Marine Species, more
Following version:
World List of Actiniaria, more
URLs
Dataset information:
Other:
Dataset status: In Progress
Data type: Data
Data origin: Literature research
Release date: 2009-05-29
Metadatarecord created: 2004-05-10
Information last updated: 2025-03-26
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