http://ipt.gbif.pt/ipt/resource?r=uac_checklist_acores
A list of the terrestrial and marine biota from the Azores
Paulo
Borges
Universidade dos Açores
Researcher
Rua Capitão João d´Ávila, Pico da Urze
Angra do Heroísmo
Açores
9700-042
PT
+351 295 402 200
pborges@uac.pt
http://www.uac.pt/
eMWJ4_YAAAAJ&hl=en
Paulo
Borges
Universidade dos Açores
Researcher
Rua Capitão João d´Ávila, Pico da Urze
Angra do Heroísmo
Açores
9700-042
PT
+351 295 402 200
pborges@uac.pt
http://www.uac.pt/
eMWJ4_YAAAAJ&hl=en
Ana
Costa
Universidade dos Açores
Researcher
PT
accosta@uac.pt
author
Regina
Cunha
CIBIO-Azores, Departamento de Biologia, Universidade dos Açores
Researcher
PT
rcunha@uac.pt
author
Rosalina
Gabriel
Universidade dos Açores
Researcher
PT
rgabriel@uac.pt
author
Vitor
Gonçalves
CIBIO-Azores, Departamento de Biologia, Universidade dos Açores
Researcher
PT
vitorg@uac.pt
author
António
Frias Martins
CIBIO-Azores, Departamento de Biologia, Universidade dos Açores
Researcher
PT
frias@uac.pt
author
Ireneia
Melo
Jardim Botânico, Museu Nacional de História Natural, Universidade de Lisboa
Researcher
PT
mimelo@fc.ul.pt
author
Manuela
Parente
CIBIO-Azores, Departamento de Biologia, Universidade dos Açores
Researcher
PT
author
Pedro
Raposeiro
CIBIO-Azores, Departamento de Biologia, Universidade dos Açores
PT
raposeiro@uac.pt
author
Pedro
Rodrigues
CIBIO-Azores, Departamento de Biologia, Universidade dos Açores
Researcher
PT
pedrorodrigues@uac.pt
author
Ricardo
Serrão Santos
IMAR – Instituto do Mar, Departamento de Oceanografia e Pescas, Universidade dos Açores
Researcher
PT
ricardo@uac.pt
author
Luís
Silva
CIBIO-Azores, Departamento de Biologia, Universidade dos Açores
Researcher
PT
lsilva@uac.pt
author
Paulo
Vieira
NemaLab/ICAM, Departamento de Biologia, Universidade de Évora
Researcher
PT
pvieira@uevora.pt
Virgílio
Vieira
Azorean Biodiversity Group CITA-A, Departamento de Ciências Agrárias, Universidade dos Açores
Researcher
PT
vvieira@uac.pt
2016-02-19
eng
The Azores is a remote oceanic archipelago of nine islands which belongs to the Macaronesia biogeographical region and is among the richest regions concerning fungi, plant and animal diversity in Europe. This checklist lists all the species of the most important terrestrial and marine taxonomic groups.
The total number of terrestrial and marine taxa (species and subspecies) in the Azores
is estimated in about 8047. The marine organisms currently listed make up about 23% of the Azorean biodiversity. The total number of terrestrial and marine endemic taxa (species and subspecies) in the Azores is estimated of about 491.
Checklist
Azores
Animals
Vascular plants
Fungi
Lichens
Diatoms. Bryophytes
Pteridophytes
Flatworms
Earthworms
Nematodes
Molluscs
Arthropods
Vertebrates
Macroalgae
GBIF Dataset Type Vocabulary: http://rs.gbif.org/vocabulary/gbif/dataset_type.xml
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution (CC-BY) 4.0 License.
http://islandlab.uac.pt/fotos/publicacoes/publicacoes_Listagem_ml.pdf
Azores archipelago, with distribution data at the island level for terrestrial organisms.
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The most important terrestrial taxonomic groups were studied: Fungi, Lichens, Bacillariophyta (freshwater diatoms), Bryophyta sensu lato (mosses, liverworts and hornworts), vascular plants – Tracheobionta, including Lycopodiophyta (quillworts), Pteridophyta (ferns), Pinophyta (gymnosperms) and Magnoliophyta (angiosperms), Platyhelminthes (flatworms), Nematoda (roundworms), Annelida (earthworms), Terrestrial
Mollusca (slugs and snails), Arthropoda (millipedes, centipedes, mites, spiders, insects, etc.) and Vertebrata (freshwater fishes, amphibians, reptiles, birds and
mammals).
In addition, we expand this list to the marine realm, including Algae (macroalgae), coastal invertebrates (most Phyla) and marine vertebrates (fishes, reptiles and mammals).
kingdom
Fungi
kingdom
Animalia
kingdom
Plantae
kingdom
Chromista
kingdom
Protozoa
phylum
Oomycota
phylum
Zygomycota
phylum
Ascomycota
phylum
Basidiomycota
phylum
Amoebozoa
phylum
ascomycota
phylum
FungiImperfecti
phylum
Bacillariophyta
phylum
Anthocerotophyta
phylum
Marchantiophyta
phylum
Bryophyta
phylum
Lycopodiophyta
phylum
Pteridophyta
phylum
Pinophyta
phylum
Magnoliophyta
phylum
Platyhelminthes
phylum
Annelida
phylum
Nematoda
phylum
Mollusca
phylum
Arthropoda
phylum
Chordata
phylum
Rhodophyta
phylum
Chlorophyta
phylum
Heterokontophyta
phylum
Porifera
phylum
Cnidaria
phylum
Sipuncula
phylum
Echiura
phylum
Bryozoa
phylum
Phoronida
phylum
Entoprocta
phylum
Echinodermata
unkown
Paulo
Borges
Universidade dos Açores
Researcher
Rua Capitão João d´Ávila, Pico da Urze
Angra do Heroísmo
Açores
9700-042
PT
+351 295 402 200
pborges@uac.pt
http://www.uac.pt/
eMWJ4_YAAAAJ&hl=en
The dataset was prepared from the original excel files used to compile the book "A list of the terrestrial and marine biota from the Azores". For a comprehensive description of the methodology, check the original publication using the external link provided.
The distribution of all species and subspecies is given, whenever possible, for each of following Azorean island: Corvo, Flores, Faial, Pico, Graciosa, São Jorge, Terceira, São Miguel, Santa Maria. When no information concerning island occurrence was available, only archipelago occurrence is given, as Azores.
For the marine organisms, we decided not to include species distribution at island level (although this information is already available for the marine invertebrates in the Atlantis database and Azorean Biodiversity Portal) due to the small territorial
coverage of published records, but also because we believe that, according to present available information, the barriers between the islands are not very effective in what concerns marine organisms dispersal.
In this checklist, infra-specific categories, apart from subspecies, are not considered (i.e. varieties, forms, etc.). The current lists of the Azorean biota are based on all known published literature, as well as on some unpublished data. However, the depth of the bibliographic coverage varies from group to group, and we are aware that it is incomplete for some groups (e.g., marine invertebrates).
For all terrestrial groups, species endemic to Azores or to the Macaronesia are signaled.
Concerning unpublished data, several sources were checked, namely the recent work performed under Project BALA “Biodiversity of the Arthropods from the
Laurissilva of the Azores” (arthropods) and individual unpublished data from contributors to this checklist. The list includes many new records for individual
islands of the Azores or for the whole archipelago, but no reference is provided concerning these new findings. All information concerning taxonomic notes, new records and references to localities will be published online in the Azorean Biodiversity
Portal (http://www.azoresbioportal.angra.uac.pt/) and elsewhere. All species of doubtful identification were removed from the main list.
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dataset
Borges P (2016): A list of the terrestrial and marine biota from the Azores. v1.1. Universidade dos Açores. Dataset/Checklist. http://ipt.gbif.pt/ipt/resource?r=uac_checklist_acores&v=1.1
Borges, P.A.V., Costa, A., Cunha, R., Gabriel, R., Gonçalves, V., Martins, A.F., Melo, I., Parente, M., Raposeiro, P., Rodrigues, P., Santos, R.S., Silva, L., Vieira, P. & Vieira, V. (Eds.) (2010). A list of the terrestrial and marine biota from the Azores. Princípia, Cascais, 432 pp.
http://ipt.gbif.pt/ipt/resource?id=uac_checklist_acores/v1.1.xml