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a Kenya Marine and Fisheries Research Institute, P.O. Box 81651, Mombasa, KENYA
bIOC Sub Commission for Africa and the Adjacent Island States, UNESCO Regional Bureau for Sciences in Africa, UN Gigiri Complex Block C, P.O. Box 30592 00100 Nairobi, Kenya
cOcean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission of UNESCO, IOC Project Office for IODE,Wandelaarkaai 7/61, 8400 Oostende, Belgium
dlnstitut National des Sciences et Technologies de la Mer, Salambo, 28, rue 2 Mars 1934,2025 Salambo
eMauritius Oceanography Institute, France centre, Victoria Avenue, Quatre Bornes, MAURITIUS
instituto Nacionalde Investigaçâo Pesqueira, Ministériodas Pecas, Eambientellha de Luanda, C.P. 2601 Luanda, ANGOLA
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'Institut Mauritanien de Recherches Océanographiques et de Pêches (IMROP), B.P. 22 Nouadhibou, MAURITANIA
Introduction-The African Register of Marine Species (AfReMaS) is recently launched taxonomie database of marine species found along the African coasts. The database was originally developed as the Marine Species
Database for Eastern Africa (MASDEA). It was extended thereafter to include species from the entire African coast. Currently it has 24,016 accepted species. The African Register of Marine Species aims to compile and
manage an authoritative list of species occurring along the African marine coasts. It is intended to be used as support for biodiversity research for conservation and sustainable management of marine environment. A data
mining process was conducted under The Ocean Data and Information Network for Africa (ODINAFRICA) project on three identified taxonomic groups (Molluscs, Porifera and Decapods) with information from books,
publications, grey literature and other databases. Distribution records are filed under VLIMAR- a marine gazetteer. Authorised taxonomists confirmed the classification before the species lists were uploaded onto the
database. Content from AfReMaS is shared with the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS), OBIS and AfrOBIS.
ODINAFRICA
The Ocean Data and Information Network for Africa (ODINAFRICA) brings together marine, institutions from twenty-five Member States of the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission of UNESCO from Africa
(Algeria, Angola, Benin, Cameroon, Comoros, Congo,Côte d'Ivoire, Egypt, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Kenya, Madagascar, Mauritania, Mauritius, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, Senegal, Seychelles, South Africa,
United Republic of Tanzania, Togo and Tunisia).
The goal of the phase III of ODINAFRICA was to improve management of coastal and marine resources and the environment in participating countries by: enhancing data flows into the national oceanographic data and
information centre in the participating countries, strengthening the capacity of these centers to analyze and interpret the data so as to develop products required for integrated management of the coastal areas of Africa,
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data from selected taxa fo r inclusion in th e database. This included molluscs (March 2 0 0 6 ), sponges (N o vem b er 2 0 0 6 ) and decapods (June
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Odido, M.; Appeltans, W .; Bel Hassen, M.A.; Jiddou, A .M .; Mussai, P.; Nsiangango, S .E.; V andepitte, L.; W am biji, N.; Zam ouri, N. (Eds)
(2 0 1 2 ). African Register of Marine Species. Available online at h ttp ://w w w .m arin esp e cies.o rg /a fre m as / accessed on 2 0 1 2 -0 9 -0 3 .
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all taxa all species acc. species species checked taxa of the North Sea. The purpose of the gazetteer is to improve access and clarity of the different
[nM]
[M, nF]
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[M, nF] geographic, mainly marine names used in marine research, (http://www.vliz.be/vmdcdata/vlimar)
51,867
35,291
24,325
1,339 48,281 (93 %)
32,152
22,007
46,761
1,229 43,334 (93 %)
Progress since 2006 - 2007 workshops
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Mollusca species
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11 458
12 220
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distributions
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6,620
4,559
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8,850 (93 %)
Porifera species (acc
1 309
3,759
Porifera
5 185
8 465
8 534
1,571
2,386
1,253
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distributions
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Decapoda
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17 630
18 035
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3,858
2,624
1 2,619(100% )
1,639
1,079
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Phylum Acanthocephala
Phylum Annelida
Phylum Arthropoda
Phylum Brachiopoda
Phylum Bryozoa
Phylum Cephalorhyncha
Phylum Chaetognatha
Phylum Chordata
Phylum Cnidaria
Phylum Ctenophora
Phylum Dicyemida
Phylum Echinodermata
Phylum Echiura
Phylum Gastrotricha
Phylum Gnathostomulida
Phylum Flem¡chordata
Phylum Mollusca
Phylum Myxozoa
Phylum Nematoda
Phylum Nemertea
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Classification: Biota > A n im a lia (K in g d o m ) > P o rifera (P h y lu m ) > D e m o s p o n g ia e (C la ss) > H aplosclerida ^ f r d e r ) >
H aplosclerina (S u b o rd e r) > N iphatid ae (F a m ily ) > A m p h im e d o n (G en us)
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Geounit East Africa« Coral Coast
Source Pulitzer
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G. 1993. A collection of marine sponges from East Africa.
Civico Storia Naturale "Giacomo Doria" 89: 247-350.
original description: Pulitzer-Finali, G. 1993. A odllection of marine sponges from East Africa.
Annales Museo Civico Storia Naturale "Giacorpc Doria" 89: 247-350. [d e ta ils ]
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database. This database is important for keeping a directory of marine taxonomists with
knowledge on the flora and fauna in Africa marine regions. In addition comprehensive
bibliographies will be compiled on the biogeography of the region, for selected groups,
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the all taxonomic groups along the African marine regions.
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Type locality: Mombasa, Nyali Bridge, pontoons, Kenya, 0.5-2 m.
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ithostylotella cornuta (Topsent, 1897)
nus tern atus Ridley, 1884
ia digitata (Baer, 1906) accepted as Haliclona digitata (Baer, 1906)
ia pigmentifera (Dendy, 1905) accepted as Haliclona pigmentifera (Dendy, 1905)
rphinopsis foetida (Dendy, 1889)
himedon navalis Pulitzer-Finali, 1993
himedon rubiginosa Pulitzer-Finali, 1993
himedon spinosa Pulitzer-Finali, 1993
irina sim plex Lendenfeld, 1897 accepted as Ecionemia acervus Bowerbank, 1864
sina prim itiva Burton, 1959
>sclera willeyana Lister, 1900
spongus in volutus (Kirkpatrick, 1903)
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