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SOMBASE – Southern Ocean mollusc database: a tool for biogeographic analysis in diversity and evolution

Dataset homepage

Citation

British Antarctic Survey: SOMBASE – Southern Ocean mollusc database: a tool for biogeographic analysis in diversity and evolution https://doi.org/10.15468/i1z12n accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-08.

Description

Databases and Geographical Information Systems are becoming increasingly popular tools for biogeographic analysis. The reliability of the analysis depends on the accuracy of the entered data and the ability to add changes in systematics and taxonomy. The main aim of the Southern Ocean Mollusc Database (SOMBASE) project is to set up a database linked with a GIS and user-friendly front end. This system allows for the inclusion of other taxa in the future. Currently the database consists of records for 950 shelled gastropod and 136 bivalve species and 2800 sites from the Southern Ocean.The database contains fields including: 1) Taxonomic authorship, synonyms, higher level classifications, diagnostic morphological characters, and ecological features; 2) Distributional information including substrate and depth; 3) Bibliographic information.The maps can display selected sites based on any query of any field or combination of fields in the database. An online version of the database is available with distribution maps for all taxonomic levels (www.antarctica.ac.uk/SOMBASE). SOMBASE is a contribution to the Biogeiegraphic Atlas of the Southern Ocean

Additional info

marine, harvested by iOBIS

Taxonomic Coverages

  1. Bivalvia
    rank: class
  2. Gastropoda
    rank: class
  3. Scaphopoda
    rank: class

Geographic Coverages

Southern Ocean

Bibliographic Citations

Contacts

Huw J Griffiths
originator
position: Investigator
British Antarctic Survey
Cambridge
GB
userId: http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1764-223X
Katrin Linse
originator
position: Investigator
British Antarctic Survey
Cambridge
GB
userId: http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3477-3047
J.Alistair Crame
originator
position: Investigator
British Antarctic Survey
Cambridge
GB
userId: http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1764-223X
Anton Van de Putte
metadata author
email: antonarctica@gmail.com
userId: http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1336-5554
Anton Van de Putte
user
email: antonarctica@gmail.com
Huw J Griffiths
administrative point of contact
position: Investigator
British Antarctic Survey
Cambridge
GB
userId: http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1764-223X
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