Checklist of Marine Polychaetes for Trinidad and Tobago
Citation
Gobin J (2023). Checklist of Marine Polychaetes for Trinidad and Tobago. Version 1.4. Institute of Marine Affairs. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/brqmf8 accessed via GBIF.org on 2024-12-11.Description
The Institute of Marine Affairs Checklist of Marine Polychaetes for Trinidad and Tobago is derived from a scientific manuscript, Gobin, J. (1990) A checklist of marine polychaetous annelids (Polychaeta) for the Gulf of Paria, Trinidad, West Indies Caribbean Marine Studies 1: 37-47, housed at the Institute. The manuscript examined Polychaete species distributions at two points in the Gulf of Paria of Trinidad from 1979 to 1986 The manuscript was subsequently published by the Institute in 1990.Sampling Description
Method steps
Taxonomic Coverages
Major polychaete collections from the soft predominantly mud bottoms of the Gulf of Paria, Trinidad, were made between 1979 and 1986. 188 species from 38 families including 2 new species were identified. Specific names in the checklist are grouped in phylogenetic order by family. Specimens that were either unidentifiable beyond the level of genus or varied from previously recorded descriptions were labeled to the genus only, followed by sp. and a letter of the alphabet.
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Annelidacommon name: Polychaete rank: class
Geographic Coverages
The Gulf of Paria is almost landlocked being bounded by the west coast of Trinidad and the east coast of Venezuela. It is connected to the Atlantic Ocean by a long channel, the Serpent's Mouth, and the Caribbean Sea.
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Judith Gobinoriginator
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Judith Gobin
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Judith Gobin
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position: Research Officer
Institute of Marine Affairs
Hilltop Lane
Chaguaramas
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Telephone: 8686344291
homepage: https://www.ima.gov.tt/