A list of the terrestrial and marine biota from the Azores
Citation
Borges P (2016). A list of the terrestrial and marine biota from the Azores. Version 1.3. Universidade dos Açores. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/hyvwxi accessed via GBIF.org on 2024-08-17.Description
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.Sampling Description
Study Extent
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 the 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.Sampling
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 The current lists of the Azorean biota are based on all known published literature, as well as on some unpublished data.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 Concerning unpublished data, several sources were checked, namely the recent work performed under Project BALA “Biodiversity of the Arthropods from the Laurissilva of the Azores” (arthropods) and individual unpublished data from contributors to this checklist.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.Method steps
- 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", by Borges et al, 2010 (see Citation). For a comprehensive description of the methodology, check the original publication using the external link provided.
Taxonomic Coverages
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).
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Fungirank: kingdom
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Animaliarank: kingdom
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Plantaerank: kingdom
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Chromistarank: kingdom
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Protozoarank: kingdom
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Oomycotarank: phylum
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Zygomycotarank: phylum
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Ascomycotarank: phylum
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Basidiomycotarank: phylum
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Amoebozoarank: phylum
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Fungi Imperfectirank: phylum
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Bacillariophytarank: phylum
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Anthocerotophytarank: phylum
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Marchantiophytarank: phylum
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Bryophytarank: phylum
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Lycopodiophytarank: phylum
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Pteridophytarank: phylum
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Pinophytarank: phylum
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Magnoliophytarank: phylum
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Platyhelminthesrank: phylum
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Annelidarank: phylum
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Nematodarank: phylum
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Molluscarank: phylum
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Arthropodarank: phylum
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Chordatarank: phylum
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Rhodophytarank: phylum
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Chlorophytarank: phylum
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Heterokontophytarank: phylum
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Poriferarank: phylum
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Cnidariarank: phylum
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Sipuncularank: phylum
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Echiurarank: phylum
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Bryozoarank: phylum
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Phoronidarank: phylum
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Entoproctarank: phylum
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Echinodermatarank: phylum
Geographic Coverages
Azores archipelago, with distribution data at the island level for terrestrial organisms.
Bibliographic Citations
- 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. - ISBN 978-989-8131-75-1
Contacts
Paulo Borgesoriginator
position: Researcher
Universidade dos Açores
Rua Capitão João d´Ávila, Pico da Urze
Angra do Heroísmo
9700-042
Açores
PT
Telephone: +351 295 402 200
email: pborges@uac.pt
homepage: http://www.uac.pt/
userId: http://scholar.google.com/citations?user=eMWJ4_YAAAAJ&hl=en
Paulo Borges
metadata author
position: Researcher
Universidade dos Açores
Rua Capitão João d´Ávila, Pico da Urze
Angra do Heroísmo
9700-042
Açores
PT
Telephone: +351 295 402 200
email: pborges@uac.pt
homepage: http://www.uac.pt/
userId: http://scholar.google.com/citations?user=eMWJ4_YAAAAJ&hl=en
Ana Costa
author
position: Researcher
Universidade dos Açores
PT
email: accosta@uac.pt
Regina Cunha
author
position: Researcher
CIBIO-Azores, Departamento de Biologia, Universidade dos Açores
PT
email: rcunha@uac.pt
Rosalina Gabriel
author
position: Researcher
Universidade dos Açores
PT
email: rgabriel@uac.pt
Vitor Gonçalves
author
position: Researcher
CIBIO-Azores, Departamento de Biologia, Universidade dos Açores
PT
email: vitorg@uac.pt
António Frias Martins
author
position: Researcher
CIBIO-Azores, Departamento de Biologia, Universidade dos Açores
PT
email: frias@uac.pt
Ireneia Melo
author
position: Researcher
Jardim Botânico, Museu Nacional de História Natural, Universidade de Lisboa
PT
email: mimelo@fc.ul.pt
Manuela Parente
author
position: Researcher
CIBIO-Azores, Departamento de Biologia, Universidade dos Açores
PT
Pedro Raposeiro
author
CIBIO-Azores, Departamento de Biologia, Universidade dos Açores
PT
email: raposeiro@uac.pt
Pedro Rodrigues
author
position: Researcher
CIBIO-Azores, Departamento de Biologia, Universidade dos Açores
PT
email: pedrorodrigues@uac.pt
Ricardo Serrão Santos
author
position: Researcher
IMAR – Instituto do Mar, Departamento de Oceanografia e Pescas, Universidade dos Açores
PT
email: ricardo@uac.pt
Luís Silva
author
position: Researcher
CIBIO-Azores, Departamento de Biologia, Universidade dos Açores
PT
email: lsilva@uac.pt
Paulo Vieira
administrative point of contact
position: Researcher
NemaLab/ICAM, Departamento de Biologia, Universidade de Évora
PT
email: pvieira@uevora.pt
Virgílio Vieira
administrative point of contact
position: Researcher
Azorean Biodiversity Group CITA-A, Departamento de Ciências Agrárias, Universidade dos Açores
PT
email: vvieira@uac.pt
Paulo Borges
administrative point of contact
position: Researcher
Universidade dos Açores
Rua Capitão João d´Ávila, Pico da Urze
Angra do Heroísmo
9700-042
Açores
PT
Telephone: +351 295 402 200
email: pborges@uac.pt
homepage: http://www.uac.pt/
userId: http://scholar.google.com/citations?user=eMWJ4_YAAAAJ&hl=en