5th SpiderIndia Meet 2021
Citation
Jadhav-Kulkarni N, Barman N, Agarwal A, Basu Roy A, Barve V, Kulkarni S (2023). 5th SpiderIndia Meet 2021. Version 1.2. Nature Mates-Nature Club. Occurrence dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/s9nqqf accessed via GBIF.org on 2024-12-14.Description
Spiders are dominant and ubiquitous predators feeding on a range of prey including insects. They are found on all continents except Antarctica in almost all the ecosystems. Taxonomically, they are invertebrates classified in the phylum Arthropoda as they have segmented body and paired appendages with joints. There are over 50,000 spider species recorded and arachnologists estimate another fold of undiscovered species. In one of the most biodiverse tropical regions—India, about 1,800 species have been recorded and about 20 new species are being recorded annually. In the light of unprecedented global change, an expedited biodiversity documentation is warranted using initiative such as through public participation. SpiderIndia is the citizen science community of about 9,000 spider enthusiasts that document spiders across the Indian subcontinent. It helps to bridge the knowledge gap between researchers and the general public and to study spider diversity from the Indian subcontinent. SpiderIndia organizes meetings annually for interactions and documentation of spiders from different geographical parts of India. The present data set is a result from its 2021 annual meeting organized by SpiderIndia member Anubhav Agarwal at Auroville, Tamil Nadu, India. Over a period of three days, the participants recorded 41 genera classified into 21 families of spiders observed from different habitats.Sampling Description
Study Extent
The observations were recorded from Pitchandikulam Forest, Aranya forest and Auroville Botanical Garden from Auroville, Tamil Nadu on 17 to 19 December 2021.Sampling
The occurrence records of spiders were documented through digital photography. No specimens were collected.Method steps
- The observations were recorded in December 2021 by visiting different habitats such as mixed Deciduous Forest and tropical dry evergreen forest from Auroville, Tamil Nadu.
Taxonomic Coverages
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Araneaerank: order
Geographic Coverages
Auroville, Tamil Nadu, India
Bibliographic Citations
Contacts
Nalini Jadhav-Kulkarnioriginator
position: Researcher
Naturemates Nature club
6/7, BIJOYGARH, Kolkata, India
700032
IN
email: nalini.jadhav3444@gmail.com
userId: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2480-2211
Nandita Barman
originator
position: Researcher
Naturemates Nature club
6/7, BIJOYGARH, Kolkata, India
Kolkata
700032
West Bengal
IN
email: barmannandita283@gmail.com
userId: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6109-7633
Anubhav Agarwal
originator
position: Researcher
Individual researcher
Chennai
Tamil Nadu
IN
email: anubhavpost@gmail.com
userId: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2711-8888
Arjan Basu Roy
originator
position: Secretary
Naturemates Nature Club
6/7, BIJOYGARH, Kolkata, India
Kolkata
700032
West Bengal
IN
email: basuroyarjan@gmail.com
userId: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9872-3562
Vijay Barve
originator
position: Research Advisor
Nature Mates Nature Club
6/7, BIJOYGARH, Kolkata, India
Kolkata
700032
West Bengal
IN
email: vijay.barve@gmail.com
homepage: http://vijaybarve.net
userId: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4852-2567
Siddharth Kulkarni
originator
position: Research Associate
Department of Integrative Biology, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Madison
53706
Wisconsin
US
email: sskspider@gmail.com
homepage: https://sskspider.com/
userId: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7400-4704
Nalini Jadhav-Kulkarni
metadata author
position: Researcher
Nature mates Nature Club
6/7, BIJOYGARH, Kolkata, India
700032
IN
email: nalini.jadhav3444@gmail.com
userId: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2480-2211
Vijay Barve
metadata author
position: Research Advisor
Nature mates Nature Club
6/7, BIJOYGARH, Kolkata, India
Kolkata
700032
West Bengal
IN
email: vijay.barve@gmail.com
homepage: http://vijaybarve.net
userId: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4852-2567
Nalini Jadhav-Kulkarni
administrative point of contact
position: Researcher
Naturemates Nature club
IN
email: nalini.jadhav3444@gmail.com
userId: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2480-2211
Nandita Barman
administrative point of contact
position: Researcher
Nature Mates Nature Club
Kolkata
West Bengal
IN
email: barmannandita283@gmail.com
userId: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6109-7633