Benthic macroalgae from the coasts of Venezuela 1822-2021

Santiago Gómez Acevedo; Yusneyi Carballo Barrera

doi:10.15468/pjezmu

Benthic macroalgae from the coasts of Venezuela 1822-2021

Citation

Gómez Acevedo S, Carballo Barrera Y (2022): Benthic macroalgae from the coasts of Venezuela 1822-2021. v1.12. Caribbean OBIS Node. Dataset/Occurrence. https://ipt.iobis.org/caribbeanobis/resource?r=ficoflora_venezuela&v=1.12 https://doi.org/10.15468/pjezmu accessed via GBIF.org on 2025-05-12.

Description

A database with more than ten (10) years of information gathering and sampling in different localities of the country is presented. This database contains to date a total of 10.435 records of benthic macroalgae, with locations distributed along the Venezuelan coast. It is a compilation that has been made after the review, to date, of 208 bibliographic references, where a total of 657 species are reported, including 292 synonyms. The records of the Catalog Ficoflora Venezuela come from 500 georeferenced locations, distributed in 12 federal entities. Currently, three (3) special degree projects are also being developed within the framework of this project with the participation of students and teachers from the School of Computing and the School of Biology of the Faculty of Sciences of the Central University of Venezuela.

Purpose

Ficoflora Venezuela is a project carried out with the objective of updating the marine algae inventory at the national level, characterizing, morphoanatomically illustrating and taxonomically validating the available records, thus elaborating the first Digital Taxonomic Catalog of Marine Benthic Macroalgae of Venezuela.

Sampling Description

Study Extent

This project covers all coastal areas reported in the bibliography, especially Venezuelan academic and scientific works.

Sampling

Compilation of the phycofloristic bibliography available in different sources in the country, such as: Arbitrated journals, academic works and websites.

Method steps

Compilation of the information associated with the inventory of the Venezuelan phycofloristic bibliography.
Curation, verification and correction of the information collected from the bibliography.
Design of the database for the storage of phycofloristic information.
Registration in the database of the information of the different records reported in the bibliography, including taxonomic information, synonymy and geographic location (among others).

Additional info

The transcription and curatorial process of this dataset was made possible thanks to the support of CaribeSur, project BID-CA2020-025-NAC.

Taxonomic Coverages

Presence of benthic macroalgae reported in the bibliography, especially the Venezuelan one, for the regions: Francisco de Miranda Insular Territory, Eastern, Central and Western of the Venezuelan coasts.

Acanthophora spicifera
rank: species
Canistrocarpus cervicornis
rank: species
Caulerpa chemnitzia
rank: species
Caulerpa sertularioides
rank: species
Caulerpa racemosa
rank: species
Asparagopsis taxiformis
rank: species
Centroceras clavulatum
rank: species
Chaetomorpha antennina
rank: species
Amphiroa fragilissima
rank: species
Bryocladia thyrsigera
rank: species
Ceramium nitens
rank: species
Asteronema breviarticulatum
rank: species

Geographic Coverages

Coasts of Venezuela

Bibliographic Citations

Ficoflora Venezuela - CDCH (2016). Creación del Catálogo Taxonómico Nacional de las Macroalgas bénticas marinas de Venezuela. Caracas, Venezuela, 38 pp. Informe final proyecto PG 03-8643-2013/1. Financiamiento: Consejo de Desarrollo Científico y Humanístico, CDCH-UCV. Investigadores: Santiago Gómez Acevedo, Yusneyi Carballo Barrera, Mayra García Ortiz, Nelson Gil Luna y Aníbal Castillo Suárez. Disponible en https://www.ficofloravenezuela.info.ve/pnalr/index.php - https://www.ficofloravenezuela.info.ve/pnalr/index.php
Ganesan, E.K. (1989). A Catalog of Benthic Marine Algae and Seagrasses of Venezuela. Fondo Editorial CONICIT (Ed.). Caracas, 237 pp. ISBN: 960-6020-20-0 ONU. (s.f.). Objetivos de Desarrollo Sostenible. Disponible en https://www.un.org/sustainabledevelopment/es/objetivos-de-desarrollo-sostenible - https://www.un.org/sustainabledevelopment/es/objetivos-de-desarrollo-sostenible
UNESCO. (2021). Objetivos de Desarrollo. Noción de patrimonio digital. Disponible en https://es.unesco.org/themes/information-preservation/digital-heritage/concept-digital-heritage - https://es.unesco.org/themes/information-preservation/digital-heritage/concept-digital-heritage
ONU. (s.f.). Objetivos de Desarrollo Sostenible. Disponible en https://www.un.org/sustainabledevelopment/es/objetivos-de-desarrollo-sostenible - https://www.un.org/sustainabledevelopment/es/objetivos-de-desarrollo-sostenible
Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. (2022). AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. Disponible en https://www.algaebase.org - https://www.algaebase.org

Contacts

Santiago Gómez Acevedo
originator
position: Research Professor, Titular category
Universidad Central de Venezuela
Institute of Experimental Biology, Faculty of Sciences, Paseo Los Ilustres Av., Los Chaguaramos
Caracas
1041-A
Distrito Capital
VE
email: chachacho@gmail.com
homepage: http://www.researchgate.net/profile/Santiago_Gomez10
userId: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5473-6801

Yusneyi Carballo Barrera
originator
position: Research Professor, Associate category
Universidad Central de Venezuela
Faculty of Sciences, School of Computing, Paseo Los Ilustres Av, Los Chaguaramos
Caracas
1041-A
Distrito Capital
VE
email: YusneyiCarballo@gmail.com
homepage: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Yusneyi_Carballo
userId: http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3713-657X

Santiago Gómez Acevedo
metadata author
position: Research Professor, Titular category
Universidad Central de Venezuela
Institute of Experimental Biology Faculty of Sciences, Paseo Los Ilustres Av., Los Chaguaramos
Caracas
1041-A
Distrito Capital
VE
email: chachacho@gmail.com
homepage: http://www.researchgate.net/profile/Santiago_Gomez10
userId: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5473-6801

Yusneyi Carballo Barrera
metadata author
position: Research Professor, Associate category
Universidad Central de Venezuela
Faculty of Sciences, School of Computing, Paseo Los Ilustres Av, Los Chaguaramos
Caracas
1041-A
Distrito Capital
VE
email: YusneyiCarballo@gmail.com
homepage: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Yusneyi_Carballo
userId: http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3713-657X

Santiago Gómez Acevedo
author
position: Research Professor, Titular category
Universidad Central de Venezuela
Institute of Experimental Biology, Faculty of Sciences, Central University of Venezuela Address: Faculty of Sciences, Paseo Los Ilustres Av., Los Chaguaramos
Caracas
1041-A
Distrito Capital
VE
email: chachacho@gmail.com
homepage: http://www.researchgate.net/profile/Santiago_Gomez10
userId: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5473-6801

Yusneyi Carballo Barrera
author
Universidad Central de Venezuela
Escuela de Computación, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Central de Venezuela
Caracas
1041-A
Distrito Capital
VE
email: YusneyiCarballo@gmail.com
homepage: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Yusneyi_Carballo
userId: http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3713-657X

Santiago Gómez Acevedo
administrative point of contact
position: Research Professor, Titular category
Universidad Central de Venezuela
Institute of Experimental Biology, Faculty of Sciences, Paseo Los Ilustres Av., Los Chaguaramos
Caracas
1041-A
Distrito Capital
VE
email: chachacho@gmail.com
homepage: http://www.researchgate.net/profile/Santiago_Gomez10
userId: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5473-6801

Yusneyi Carballo Barrera
administrative point of contact
position: Research Professor, Associate category
Universidad Central de Venezuela
Faculty of Sciences, School of Computing, Paseo Los Ilustres Av, Los Chaguaramos
Caracas
1041-A
Distrito Capital
VE
email: YusneyiCarballo@gmail.com
homepage: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Yusneyi_Carballo
userId: http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3713-657X

Jeannette Pérez
administrative point of contact
position: Research Professor
Universidad Central de Venezuela
Institute of Zoology and Experimental Ecology, Faculty of Sciences, Paseo Los Ilustres Av., Los Chaguaramos
Caracas
1041-A
Distrito Capital
VE
email: perezjeannette@gmail.com
homepage: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Jeannette-Perez-Perez-2