Database of the marine-derived aquatic biota of the Amazon Basin

Mauro José Cavalcanti; Edinaldo Nelson dos Santos-Silva; Luís José de Oliveira Geraldes Primeiro

Mauro José Cavalcanti Ecoinfomatics Studio http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2389-1902
Edinaldo Nelson dos Santos-Silva, Dr. Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia
Luís José de Oliveira Geraldes Primeiro Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia

Keywords: Amazon Basin, databases, biodiversity informatics

Abstract

An integrated database, developed with free software tools, is presented to catalog and document the biological diversity of the marine-derived species of the aquatic biota of the Amazon Basin, with information on nomenclature, geographic distribution, habitats, conservation status, genomic sequences, and bibliography relevant for 225 valid species of Porifera, Mollusca, Arthropoda e Chordata. The complete database is available for querying at http://mar.biotupe.org.