Zooplanktons, Macrobenthos and Animals of South Western Region of the Nigerian Coastal Environments

Temitope Onuminya; Oluwatoyin Ogundipe

doi:10.15468/mp5c7p

Zooplanktons, Macrobenthos and Animals of South Western Region of the Nigerian Coastal Environments

Citation

Onuminya T, Ogundipe O (2023): Zooplanktons, Macrobenthos and Animals of South Western Region of the Nigerian Coastal Environments. v1.4. University of Lagos. Dataset/Occurrence. https://ipt-nigeria.gbif.fr/resource?r=swanimals&v=1.4 https://doi.org/10.15468/mp5c7p accessed via GBIF.org on 2025-07-09.

Description

This is a compilation of animals found in the south western region of the Nigerian Coastal Environments.

Sampling Description

Method steps

Taxonomic Coverages

The data comprises of members of the Kingdom Protozoa, Animalia (including Molluscs, Reptiles, Pisces, Aves, Mammals, Rotifers, Cnidarians) and Chromista.

AVES
rank: class
Arthropoda
rank: phylum
Chordata
rank: phylum
Cnidaria
rank: phylum
Rotifera
rank: phylum
Ctenophora
rank: phylum
Ciliophora
rank: phylum
Amoebozoa
rank: phylum

Geographic Coverages

The record covers south western states of Nigeria.

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Contacts

Temitope Onuminya
originator
position: Associate Professor
University of Lagos
DEPARTMENT OF BOTANY
AKOKA
23401
LAGOS
NG
Telephone: +2347030241452
email: tadeyemi@unilag.edu.ng
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Oluwatoyin Ogundipe
originator
position: Professor
University of Lagos
DEPARTMENT OF BOTANY
AKOKA
23401
LAGOS
NG
Telephone: +2348023201618
email: oogundipe@unilag.edu.ng
userId: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=VWQwLZgAAAAJ&hl=en

Temitope Onuminya
metadata author
position: Associate Professor
University of Lagos
DEPARTMENT OF BOTANY
AKOKA
23401
LAGOS
NG
Telephone: +2347030241452
email: tadeyemi@unilag.edu.ng
userId: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=RXZrUZIAAAAJ&hl=en

Temitope Onuminya
point of contact
position: Associate Professor
University of Lagos
DEPARTMENT OF BOTANY
AKOKA
23401
LAGOS
NG
Telephone: +2347030241452
email: tadeyemi@unilag.edu.ng
userId: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=RXZrUZIAAAAJ&hl=en

Oluwatoyin Ogundipe
principal investigator
position: Professor
University of Lagos
DEPARTMENT OF BOTANY
AKOKA
23401
LAGOS
NG
Telephone: +2348023201618
email: oogundipe@unilag.edu.ng
userId: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=VWQwLZgAAAAJ&hl=en

Victor Oroleke
processor
position: Technical Assistant
University of Lagos
DEPARTMENT OF BOTANY
AKOKA
23401
LAGOS
NG
email: orolekevictor@gmail.com

Temitope Onuminya
administrative point of contact
position: Associate Professor
University of Lagos
DEPARTMENT OF BOTANY
AKOKA
23401
LAGOS
NG
Telephone: +2347030241452
email: tadeyemi@unilag.edu.ng
userId: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=RXZrUZIAAAAJ&hl=en