http://ipt.sanbi.org.za/iptsanbi/resource?r=sink_seakeys-sanbi_echinomap-citizenscience_2013_v1 Kerry Sink South African National Biodiversity Institute Marine Program Manager

Private Bag X7, Claremont Cape Town Western Cape 7735 ZA

0828310536 k.sink@sanbi.org.za Charles Griffiths University of Cape Town Emeritus Professor

John Day Building, Department of Biological Sciences, Rondebosch Cape Town Western Cape 7701 ZA

0216503610 Charles.Griffiths@uct.ac.za Kerry Sink South African National Biodiversity Institute Marine Program Manager

Private Bag X7, Claremont Cape Town Western Cape 7735 ZA

0828310536 k.sink@sanbi.org.za Charles Griffiths University of Cape Town Emeritus Professor

John Day Building, Department of Biological Sciences, Rondebosch Cape Town Western Cape 7701 ZA

0216503610 Charles.Griffiths@uct.ac.za Mahlatse Kgatla SANBI FBIP Data Specialist

2 Cussonia Avenue, Brummeria Pretoria Gauteng 0184 ZA

0128435196 m.kgatla@sanbi.org.za http://fbip.co.za/contact/ distributor 2020-09-30 eng update the distribution of all African Echinoderms (starfish, sea-urchins, brittle-stars and their kin) species. Through collaborations with professional scientists, conservation organisations, divers and citizen scientists across Africa, we consolidate all reliable and identifiable evidence of current Echinoderms locations into an open-access digital database. Occurrence GBIF Dataset Type Vocabulary: http://rs.gbif.org/vocabulary/gbif/dataset_type.xml Observation GBIF Dataset Subtype Vocabulary: http://rs.gbif.org/vocabulary/gbif/dataset_subtype.xml This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution (CC-BY) 4.0 License. Africa 15.145 55.378 -3.385 -36.6 1938-12-03 2017-12-29 distribution of African Echinoderms (starfish, sea-urchins, brittle-stars and their kin) species phylum Echinodermata Echinoderms unkown Kerry Sink South African National Biodiversity Institute Marine Program Manager

Private Bag X7, Claremont Cape Town Western Cape 7735 ZA

0828310536 k.sink@sanbi.org.za Charles Griffiths University of Cape Town Emeritus Professor

John Day Building, Department of Biological Sciences, Rondebosch Cape Town Western Cape 7701 ZA

0216503610 Charles.Griffiths@uct.ac.za Digitization Africa (Southern Africa) Taking images All VM records include coordinates. Species identificatios in the VM collections are done by a panel of Echinoderm experts. Photos submitted to the virtual museum are biased to species that are easy to photograph and to areas which are most accessible to the public. Kerry Sink principalInvestigator Charles Griffiths owner update the distribution of all African Echinoderms (starfish, sea-urchins, brittle-stars and their kin) species. Through collaborations with professional scientists, conservation organisations, divers and citizen scientists across Africa, we consolidate all reliable and identifiable evidence of current Echinoderms locations into an open-access digital database. Foundational Biodiversity Information Programme Africa 2020-09-22T05:04:30.394+02:00 dataset Sink K, Griffiths C (2020): FBIP: Atlas of African Echinoderma. v1.0. South African National Biodiversity Institute. Dataset/Occurrence. http://ipt.sanbi.org.za/iptsanbi/resource?r=sink_seakeys-sanbi_echinomap-citizenscience_2013_v1&v=1.0