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A dataset containing 23733496 species occurrences available in GBIF matching the query: Country: South Africa. The dataset includes 23733496 records from 978 constituent datasets: 1 records from Scapanoclypeus bicoloratus new species from Hardap, Namibia (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Melolonthinae: Tan...

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Summary:A dataset containing 23733496 species occurrences available in GBIF matching the query: Country: South Africa. The dataset includes 23733496 records from 978 constituent datasets: 1 records from Scapanoclypeus bicoloratus new species from Hardap, Namibia (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Melolonthinae: Tanyproctini). 746 records from Field Museum of Natural History (Zoology) Invertebrate Collection. 21 records from Water beetles from the Bokkeveld Plateau: a semi-arid hotspot of freshwater biodiversity in the Northern Cape of South Africa. 704 records from Naturalis Biodiversity Center (NL) - Crustacea. 2 records from DMNH Eggs. 5 records from Phthiraptera. 173 records from The molluscs collection (IM) of the Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle (MNHN - Paris). 565 records from The Vascular Plants Collection of the Regensburgische Botanische Gesellschaft. 64 records from Occurrence data of Ectyphus and Parectyphus (Diptera: Asiloidea: Mydidae). 18 records from Marie-Victorin Herbarium (MT) - Plantes vasculaires. 1 records from A new genus and species of the family Symphysanodontidae, Cymatognathus aureolateralis (Actinopterygii: Perciformes) from Indonesia. 1073 records from Naturalis Biodiversity Center (NL) - Hymenoptera. 49546 records from International Barcode of Life project (iBOL). 4 records from SUI Vertebrate Collection. 1 records from Entocytheridae (Ostracoda) World Database. 2 records from Two new species of Ankareus Kerremans (Coleoptera: Buprestidae: Haplostethinae) from southern Africa. 9 records from The types of Phasmida in the Natural History Museum, London, UK. 2 records from Taxonomy of Afrotropical and West Palaearctic ants of the ponerine genus Hypoponera Santschi (Hymenoptera: Formicidae).. 13329 records from A global database for the distributions of crop wild relatives. 2 records from Enchelycore nycturanus, a new moray eel from South Africa (Teleostei: Anguilliformes: Muraenidae).. 7 records from ISM Mammalogy Collection. 945 records from University of British Columbia Herbarium (UBC) - Vascular Plant Collection. 37353 records from Phanerogamic Botanical Collections (S). 49 records from Mollusca collection of National Museum of Nature and Science. 183 records from African Rodentia. 1288 records from MVZ Herp Collection (Arctos). 57998 records from PRECIS (KwaZulu-Natal Herbarium). 20 records from Kalyptorhynchia (Platyhelminthes: Rhabdocoela) from KwaZulu-Natal (South Africa), with the description of six new species. 699 records from University of Vienna, Institute for Botany - Herbarium WU. 5033 records from SANBI: DNA Banking(1987-2011). 1 records from UConn Mammals. 76 records from LSUM Bernard Lowy Mycological Herbarium at Louisiana State University - Fungi. 179 records from Herpetile collection, Natural History Museum, University of Oslo. 827 records from MVZ Mammal Collection (Arctos). 85 records from Australian National Wildlife Collection provider for OZCAM. 91 records from ecoscope_observation_database. 19 records from A taxonomic monograph of the leaf-litter inhabiting weevil genus Plumolepilius new genus (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Molytinae: Conotrachelini) from Mexico, Guatemala, and El Salvador. 1478 records from LACM Entomology Collection. 1 records from Taxonomic changes in African Stratiomyidae (Diptera). 7 records from Biota occurrence data from plankton surveys around New Zealand. 1 records from New data on cockroaches of the subfamily Epilamprinae (Dictyoptera: Blaberidae) from India and Sri Lanka, with descriptions of new species and the genital complex of Aptera fusca (Thunberg, 1784). 6 records from Three new species of trigonopoid Platynotina (Tenebrionidae: Pedinini) from the Baviaanskloof Nature Reserve, South Africa. 4 records from Reptilia Collection of Museum and Institute of Zoology PAS. 48 records from Orthopteroidea. 7318 records from GRBGT: Southern Cape Herbarium Specimen Collections (1882-2008). 1 records from Checklist of the micro- and anophthalmic soil-dwelling weevils of the world (Coleoptera: Curculionidae). 59 records from Revision of the ant genus Streblognathus (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Ponerinae).. 3061 records from Bee Biology and Systematics Laboratory. 1 records from Portuguese Seaweeds. 40 records from Collection of Heteroptera. 2 records from Hidden diversity in deep-water bandfishes: review of Owstonia with descriptions of twenty-one new species (Teleostei: Cepolidae: Owstoniinae). 634 records from Ornithology Collection Non Passeriformes - Royal Ontario Museum. 4284 records from AntWeb. 25 records from Actualización de la Colección de Artrópodos con importancia médica (CAIM), Laboratorio de Entomología, InDRE. 83 records from CAS Entomology (ENT). 75 records from Zoology (Museum of Evolution - Uppsala). 70994 records from Naturalis Biodiversity Center (NL) - Botany. 161 records from Herbarium Senckenbergianum (GLM) - Lichenes. 112 records from A taxonomic revision of the catshark genus Haploblepharus Garman 1913 (Chondrichthyes: Carcharhiniformes: Scyliorhinidae).. 39 records from A new species of Fidelia Friese, 1899 (Hymenoptera, Megachilidae), with a key to the species of the genus. 11 records from Type Specimen Database of Museum and Institute of Zoology PAS. 43 records from SANT-Algae. 2 records from SP - Herbário do Estado "Maria Eneyda P. Kaufmann Fidalgo" - Coleção de Fanerógamas. 4 records from Taxonomy of the Capensibufo rosei group (Anura: Bufonidae) from South Africa. 917367 records from PRECIS. 14 records from CSIRO Ichthyology provider for OZCAM. 23 records from Herbario Nacional Colombiano (COL). 859 records from Fishbase. 2 records from Naturalis Biodiversity Center (NL) - Pisces. 1 records from Review of the ant genus Nesomyrmex (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Myrmicinae) in southern Africa.. 53452 records from Occurrence records of southern African aquatic biodiversity. 22 records from The Orthoptera collection (EO) of the Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle (MNHN - Paris). 1 records from SPF - Herbário da Universidade de São Paulo. 4 records from An enigmatic new genus of Hormiinae (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) from South India. 20 records from SANT Herbarium vascular plants collection. 106 records from The Herpetology Collection at the Staatliches Museum für Naturkunde Stuttgart. 235 records from KUBI Mammalogy Collection. 369 records from Biological Reference Collections ICM CSIC. 1 records from New tribe Labiobaetini tribus n., redefinition of Pseudopannota Waltz & McCafferty 1987 and descriptions of new and little known species from Zambia and Uganda. 62 records from NPL collections. 21 records from New data on the jumping spiders of the subfamily Spartaeinae (Araneae: Salticidae) from Africa. 52 records from Palaeozooloical Collections (PZ), Swedish Museum of Natural History (NRM). 183 records from Palaeobiology - Vertebrate Fossils Collection - Non Mammalia - Royal Ontario Museum. 859 records from The reptiles and amphibians collection (RA) of the Muséum national d'Histoire Naturelle (MNHN - Paris). 35 records from MSU Mammalogy, Ornithology and Vertebrate Paleontology Collections. 1 records from Colección Herpetológica del Museo Nacional de Historia Natural de Chile. 43 records from IICT Herbário LISC. 6905 records from Lund Museum of Zoology - Insect collections (MZLU). 4 records from Observations on the biology of Afrotropical Hesperiidae (Lepidoptera) with particular reference to Kenya. Part 10. Pyrginae, Carcharodini. 7 records from URM - Herbário Pe. Camille Torrand. 7 records from University of Alberta Vascular Plant Herbarium (ALTA-VP). 36 records from Taxonomic revision of the Afrotropical species of Pachyanthidium Friese (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae: Anthidiini). 79 records from Stuart M. Fullerton Collection of Arthropods (UCFC), University of Central Florida. 36 records from Herpetology. 436 records from The avian collection at the Natural History Museum, Oslo, Norway. 141 records from A taxonomic revision of the catshark genus Poroderma Smith, 1837 (Chondrichthyes: Carcharhiniformes: Scyliorhinidae).. 501 records from Lyman Entomological Museum (LEMQ). 15 records from Hymenoptera specimen database of Kyushu University. 181 records from La colección briológica del Herbario Nacional (MEXU). Actualización 2000. 4837791 records from Southern African Bird Atlas Project. 2 records from published Chenopodium vulvaria observations. 10 records from NCSM Ichthyology Collection. 34 records from Revision of Afrotropical Dyscritobaeus Perkins, 1910 (Hymenoptera: Scelionidae). 2 records from UAFMC Birds. 71381 records from AM: Freshwater Invertebrates (1900-2005). 32 records from The Hymenoptera collection (EY) of the Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle (MNHN - Paris). 3 records from Neoclita pringlei (Scarabaeidae, Cetoniinae), a new relict genus and species from the Drakensberg Range of South Africa. 1 records from Amphibian Specimens. 2 records from Culture Collection of Cryophilic Algae. 1 records from Fundación Miguel Lillo - Colección Invertebrados. 4 records from The Scorpiones collection (RS) of the Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle (MNHN - Paris). 3 records from DMNS Bird Collection (Arctos). 15 records from The Fish Collection at the Zoologische Staatssammlung München. 301141 records from Coordinated Waterbird Counts. 1 records from ISM Ornithology Collection. 120 records from BioAcoustica: Wildlife Sounds Database. 1 records from Sipuncula collection of National Museum of Nature and Science. 33 records from Three new Sisyphus species (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae) from shaded vegetation in southern Africa. 59 records from The Myriapoda & Onychophora collection (MY) of the Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle (MNHN - Paris). 2 records from Global compendium of Aedes albopictus occurrence. 7 records from A survey of the family Carabodidae C. L. Koch, 1836 (Acari: Oribatida). 8 records from Bioversity Collecting Mission Database. 14 records from The Lepidoptera collection (EL) of the Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle (MNHN - Paris). 34 records from Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales "Bernardino Rivadavia" (MACN). Arachnology National Collection (MACNAr). 2 records from CUMV Mammal Collection (Arctos). 236 records from CMC Cincinnati Museum Center Invertebrate Paleontology. 35 records from CUMV Fish Collection (Arctos). 1727 records from Field Museum of Natural History (Zoology) Bird Collection. 3 records from UAM Mammal Collection (Arctos). 7240 records from IZIKO: Marine Invertebrate Collection (1900-2011). 1 records from Collection des Mollusques (BOUM). 332 records from Reef Life Survey: Global reef fish dataset. 439 records from The mammals collection (ZM) of the Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle (MNHN - Paris). 702 records from Museums Victoria provider for OZCAM. 14 records from UAM Herbarium (ALA), Cryptogam Collection (Arctos). 26 records from Stalked jellyfishes (Cnidaria: Staurozoa) of South Africa, with the description of Calvadosia lewisi sp. nov.. 20 records from Cowan Tetrapod Collection - Mammals. 252 records from Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales "Bernardino Rivadavia" (MACN). Cryptogamic National Collection (BAc). 33 records from MBM - Herbário do Museu Botânico Municipal. 58 records from New species of the Eastern Hemisphere genera Afroheriades and Noteriades (Hymenoptera, Megachilidae). 66 records from International Collection of Microorganisms from Plants (ICMP). 18 records from Description of the males of Euprosthenops australis Simon, 1898 and Euprosthenopsis pulchella (Pocock, 1902) (Araneae: Pisauridae). 2 records from Herbarium - Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia (INPA). 5 records from ZUEC-POL - Coleção de Polychaeta do Museu de Zoologia da UNICAMP. 18 records from Gothenburg Herbarium - Types (GBIF:IH:GB:Herbarium). 1 records from Out of the South? The first Afrotropical record of Prochyliza Walker (Diptera: Piophilidae), with description of a new species. 262 records from Algae (S). 2911 records from BMSM Bailey-Matthews National Shell Museum. 14 records from Oskarshamn herbarium (OHN). 468 records from Field Museum of Natural History (Zoology) Mammal Collection. 3 records from MVZ Hildebrand Collection (Arctos). 4 records from Ornithologie ZMK. 1744 records from Lund Museum of Zoology (MZLU). 1 records from Amphibia ZMK. 48 records from RB - Rio de Janeiro Botanical Garden Herbarium Collection. 3 records from Reptilia ZMK. 1 records from Field Museum of Natural History (Zoology) Bird Egg Collection. 7 records from Crustacea ZMK. 49 records from Catalogue of the family Ologamasidae Ryke (Acari: Mesostigmata). 3 records from A new candidate for a Gondwanaland distribution in the Zodariidae (Araneae): AustralutIca in Africa. 1235 records from CAS Invertebrate Zoology (IZ). 173 records from Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales "Bernardino Rivadavia" (MACN). Foraminifera National Collection (MACNFo). 17 records from A revision of the genus Andesipolis (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Mesostoinae) and redefinition of the subfamily Mesostoinae. 1 records from NCSM Ornithology Collection. 9 records from NCSM Paleobotany Collection. 32 records from A review of Lamyra Loew (Diptera: Asilidae: Laphriinae). 8 records from Culture Collection of Algae. 36 records from UAM Bird Collection (Arctos). 6 records from MPM Herpetology. 10 records from Synonymy of Reikosiella Yoshimoto under Merostenus Walker (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea: Eupelmidae), with a checklist of world species and a revision of those species with brachypterous females. 67 records from arim. 483 records from Naturalis Biodiversity Center (NL) - Mammalia. 13433 records from Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University. 77 records from Naturalis Biodiversity Center (NL) - Cnidaria. 8598 records from Australia's Virtual Herbarium. 10 records from CSIC-Real Jardín Botánico-Anthos. Sistema de Información de las Plantas de España. 1 records from New records of sabellids and serpulids (Polychaeta: Sabellidae, Serpulidae) from the Tropical Eastern Pacific. 1 records from The cicadas (Hemiptera: Cicadidae) of India, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Myanmar, Nepal and Sri Lanka: an annotated provisional catalogue, regional checklist and bibliography. 338 records from Ichthyology Collection - Royal Ontario Museum. 190 records from University of British Columbia Herbarium (UBC) - Bryophytes Collection. 212 records from CAS Ornithology (ORN). 563348 records from EOD - eBird Observation Dataset. 103 records from Naturalis Biodiversity Center (NL) - Paleontology Invertebrates. 6633 records from iNaturalist Research-grade Observations. 4 records from Fundación Miguel Lillo - Colección Entomológica. 3 records from Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales "Bernardino Rivadavia" (MACN). Mammalogy National Collection (MACNMa). 2213 records from UCBG TAPIR Provider. 4 records from NCSM Mollusks Collection. 7 records from Global caridean shrimp fauna. 849 records from CONN. 47 records from Coleccion de Entomología del Instituto de Ciencias Naturales (ICN-MHN-En). 1 records from HUCS - Herbário da Universidade de Caxias do Sul. 1 records from Aranzadi Ringing Scheme (bird ring-recovery data). 2 records from Type Collection of the Seto Marine Biological Laboratory, Kyoto University. 4 records from H.A. Stephens Herbarium. 1 records from NYSM Birds. 122 records from Biological Resource Center, Department of Biotechnology, National Institute of Technology and Evaluation. 39 records from Recent Invertebrates Specimens. 15 records from Mollusca Collection of Natural History Museum and Institute, Chiba. 3 records from Birds collection of Yamashina Institute for Ornithology. 1 records from CMNH Invertebrate Paleontology Collection. 2 records from A new genus and species within the tribe Earomyiini (Diptera, Lonchaeidae). 4 records from Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales "Bernardino Rivadavia" (MACN). Paleopalynology National Collection (BAPal). 7 records from A remarkable new lichenophilous Pamexis species from the Hantam Karoo of South Africa (Neuroptera: Myrmeleontidae: Palparini). 2 records from University of Lethbridge Herbarium (LEA). 409 records from Invertebrates Collection of the Swedish Museum of Natural History. 132 records from KUBI Ichthyology Tissue Collection. 2 records from LSU Shirley C. Tucker Herbarium at Louisiana State University - Vascular Plants. 62991 records from AM: Terrestrial Insect Collections (1896-2000). 34439 records from SAEON: Historical Research Survey Database (1897-1949). 52 records from Estonian Museum of Natural History. 6 records from Catálogo electrónico de especímenes depositados en el Herbario de la Universidad de Texas en Austin, Fase IV. 3764 records from University of California Museum of Paleontology. 85381 records from UCT: Southern African Butterfly Conservation Assessment (1815-2009). 164 records from Mammals housed at MHNG, Geneva. 342 records from DMNS Marine Invertebrate Collection (Arctos). 2 records from A new cave species of Coecobrya Yosii (Collembola, Entomobryidae, Entomobryinae) from South Africa, with an identification key to the genus. 1 records from mel. 3 records from Estonian University of Life Sciences. 76 records from Essig Museum of Entomology. 320 records from CAS Ichthyology (ICH). 171 records from The Diptera collection (ED) of the Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle (MNHN - Paris). 5 records from Occurrence data of Namadytes (Diptera: Asiloidea: Mydidae). 85 records from The Diatom Collection of Franz Josef Weinzierl at the Botanische Staatssammlung München. 25195 records from ARC-PPRI: National Collection of Nematodes and South African Plant-Parasitic Nematode Survey(1901-2014). 7 records from UF Florida Museum Paleobotany. 1 records from NCSM Vertebrate Paleontology Collection. 6 records from DMNS Mammal Collection (Arctos). 3 records from Angelo State Natural History Collections (ASNHC) - Ornithology Collection. 9 records from TNHC Ichthyology Collection. 1 records from Review of amphipods of the Melita group (Amphipoda: Melitidae) from the coastal waters of Sakhalin Island (Far East of Russia). III. Genera Abludomelita Karaman, 1981 and Melita Leach, 1814. 19 records from New species of Bacuma Cameron (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Braconinae) from Kenya and West Darfur with a key to species. 35 records from The Araneae collection (AR) of the Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle (MNHN - Paris). 4 records from Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales "Bernardino Rivadavia" (MACN). Invertebrates National Collection (MACNIn). 2 records from New data on the Pterophoridae fauna of Liberia (Lepidoptera: Pterophoridae). 34 records from Fungus Collections at Staatliches Museum für Naturkunde Karlsruhe (Herbarium KR). 8 records from University of British Columbia Herbarium (UBC) - Lichen Collection. 33 records from Naturalis Biodiversity Center (NL) - Museum collection digitized at storage unit level. 36 records from HSU Vertebrate Museum Mammals Collection. 23 records from New talitrids from South Africa (Amphipoda, Senticaudata, Talitroidea, Talitridae) with notes on their ecology. 7559 records from Geneva Herbarium – De Candolle's Prodromus (G-DC). 1 records from Larva of one of the world’s rarest and most threatened damselflies: Spesbona angusta (Odonata: Platycnemididae). 2 records from Herbarium specimens of Société des Sciences Naturelles et Mathématiques de Cherbourg (CHE). 82 records from Herpetology Collection NRM. 252 records from Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales "Bernardino Rivadavia" (MACN). Cryptogamic National Collection (BAc).. 9 records from Naturalis Biodiversity Center (NL) - Micropaleontology. 2 records from Two new species of Dactylonotus Parent, 1934 (Diptera: Dolichopodidae) from South Africa and a key to Afrotropical species. 5 records from Review of the genus Namadytes Hesse, 1969 (Insecta: Diptera: Mydidae: Syllegomydinae). 6 records from Global Butterfly Information System (GloBIS). 521 records from Live benthic foraminifera in South Atlantic surface sediments. 3 records from A revision of Malagasy species of Anochetus Mayr and Odontomachus Latreille (Hymenoptera: Formicidae).. 2 records from Field Museum of Natural History (Geology) Fossil Invertebrates Collection. 120 records from Assemblage of living benthic foraminifera in sediment core GeoB3604-1. 331 records from Diveboard - Scuba diving citizen science observations. 28 records from CM Vertebrate Paleontology Collection. 234 records from Bryophyte herbarium, NTNU University Museum. 2 records from A new species of Holotachysphex de Beaumont, 1940 (Hymenoptera, Apoidea, Crabronidae) from Iran with identification key to species. 17 records from Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales "Bernardino Rivadavia" (MACN). Herpetology National Collection (MACNHe).. 1996 records from Illinois Natural History Survey Insect Collection. 579 records from Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales "Bernardino Rivadavia" (MACN). Vascular Plants National Collection (BAv).. 911 records from Entomological Specimens of Museum of Nature and Human Activities, Hyogo Pref., Japan. 1 records from Polish seed gene bank – historical passport data of accessions. 362 records from The Brown University Foraminiferal Data Base (BFD). 195 records from (Table T2) Concentrations and accumulation rates of Globorotalia menardii at ODP Hole 175-1087A. 2154 records from (Table T1) Census counts of planktic foraminifers at ODP Hole 175-1087A. 3 records from Taxonomy of Morellia Robineau-Desvoidy (Diptera: Muscidae): revision of the subgenera Morellia s. str. and Parapyrellia Townsend. 38 records from Dinoflagellate assemblage in surface sediments of the South Atlantic. 2 records from Naturalis Biodiversity Center (NL) - Diptera. 5 records from Colección Ictiológica del CENPAT-CONICET. 184 records from Abundance of calcareous dinoflagellates of sediment core GeoB3603-2. 2183 records from Abundance of organic-walled dinoflagellate cysts of sediment core GeoB3603-2. 31 records from Abundance of organic-walled dinoflagellate cysts in surface sediments from the Atlantic sector of the Southern Ocean (Appendix 2). 48 records from Dinoflagellates (organic) in surface sediments of the South Atlantic. 9 records from Phytoplankton counted in three surface sediment samples from the South Atlantic at station PS2230-1, PS2367-1 and PS2376-2. 28 records from SMNS Palaeontological collection - Invertebrates (Jurassic and Cretaceous). 137 records from (Table 2) Dinoflagellate cysts in surface sediment samples of Meteor cruises M20/2, M23/1, M34/2 and M34/2. 28 records from Dinoflagellate cysts in surface sediment samples of Meteor cruises M20/2, M23/1, M34/1, M34/2, M34/3 and M34/4. 7435 records from naturgucker. 1 records from Institut Botanic de Barcelona (IBB-CSIC-ICUB), BC-Lichen. 2 records from Review of Namibimydas Hesse, 1972 and Nothomydas Hesse, 1969 (Diptera: Mydidae: Syllegomydinae: Halterorchini) with the description of new species. 579 records from Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales "Bernardino Rivadavia" (MACN). Vascular Plants National Collection (BAv). 906 records from The First Comprehensive Description of the Biodiversity and Biogeography of Antarctic and Sub-Antarctic Intertidal Communities. 6 records from Cleveland Museum of Natural History.. 35 records from Erik Acharius lichen collection. 1 records from Review of Anasillomos Londt, 1983 with the description of a new species (Insecta : Diptera : Asilidae). 1097 records from Occurrence data of Afrotropical Mydidae (Insecta: Diptera: Asiloidea). 222 records from CAS Mammalogy (MAM). 70 records from UMMZ Mammal Collection. 22 records from Revision of southern African species of the anglerfish genus Chaunax (Lophiiformes: Chaunacidae), with descriptions of three new species. 446 records from HZI (GBF) Reichenbach Collection of Myxobacteria. 9 records from A revision of the genus Medmassa Simon, 1887 (Araneae: Corinnidae) in the Afrotropical Region. 15 records from New Zealand Arthropod Collection (NZAC). 2 records from Field Museum of Natural History (Geology) Paleobotany Collection. 22 records from UTEX Culture Collection of Algae at The University of Texas Living Algae Holdings. 47 records from Royal Ontario Museum - Entomology (ROME). 3 records from Herpetology Collection. 1307 records from AMNH Herpetology Collections. 39 records from Museu de Ciències Naturals de Barcelona: MCNB-Malac. 14 records from Museu de Ciències Naturals de Barcelona: MCNB-Cord. 40 records from Museu de Ciències Naturals de Barcelona: MCNB-ZG. 19 records from Mollusca specimens of Toyama Science Museum. 14 records from Bird Specimens in the Museum of Nature and Human Activities, Hyogo, Japan. 31 records from MfN - Fossil invertebrates Ia. 34 records from MfN - Fossil vertebrates III. 3 records from MfN - Trace fossils. 2 records from MfN - Fossil invertebrates III. 13 records from MfN - Fossil vertebrates IV. 1 records from MfN - Fossil plants (Cenophytic). 5 records from MfN - Fossil plants (Mesophytic). 8 records from MfN - Fossil plants (Paleophytic). 22 records from MfN - Fossil vertebrates V. 25 records from Coccolithophorids in surface sediments of the South Atlantic. 4 records from Mammal Collection. 15 records from Coccolith percentage of surface sediment samples. 158 records from Coccolith percentage exclusive Emiliania huxleyi of surface sediment samples. 28 records from (Table 1) Coccolith percentage of surface sediment samples from the south-eastern South Atlantik. 47 records from Baillon Collection. 10 records from SPF-Algae - Herbário da Universidade de São Paulo - Coleção de Algas. 23547 records from UCT: South Africa Seaweeds(1905-2008). 5 records from Coleoptera. 62 records from A new species of habitat – forming Suberites (Porifera, Demospongiae, Suberitida) in the Benguela upwelling region (South Africa). 129 records from SBMNH Vertebrate Zoology. 43 records from Arizona State University Hasbrouck Insect Collection. 41748 records from Bolus Herbarium Specimens Collection (1865-2009). 1 records from ASE - Herbário da Universidade Federal de Sergipe. 797 records from CM Herps Collection. 3165 records from EWT: Carnivore Conservation Programme Cheetah Tracking Data. 1 records from UWBM Herpetology Collection (Arctos). 4 records from A new genus of the mite family Scutacaridae (Acari: Heterostigmata) associated with Trinervitermes trinervoides (Isoptera: Termitidae) from South Africa. 68 records from Lichen herbarium, NTNU University Museum. 2 records from Ohio State University Tetrapod Division - Mammal Collection (OSUM). 50 records from Lepidoptera specimen database of Japan. 80 records from MSB Parasite Collection (Arctos). 8 records from Notes on Phalangiidae (Arachnida: Opiliones) of southern Africa with description of new species and comments on within-species variation. 16 records from Hydrolagus erithacus sp. nov. (Chimaeriformes: Chimaeridae), a new species of chimaerid from the southeastern Atlantic and southwestern Indian oceans. 2219 records from Field Museum of Natural History (Zoology) Insect, Arachnid and Myriapod Collection. 357 records from Northern Territory Museum and Art Gallery provider for OZCAM. 228 records from Lichen herbarium, Oslo (O). 20 records from Insect Collection from the Museu Nacional de História Natural e da Ciência, Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal. 11 records from ICN - Universidad Nacional de Colombia. 316 records from Planktic foraminifera counts of sediment core RC11-86. 315 records from Planktic foraminifera counts of sediment core RC17-69. 326 records from Planktic foraminifera counts of sediment core V14-77. 14 records from Review of Afrotropical species of Goetheana Girault (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae), with description of a new species. 1 records from Generic reclassification of species formerly included in Rhantus Dejean (Coleoptera, Dytiscidae, Colymbetinae). 5 records from AlgaTerra. 4991 records from LACM Vertebrate Collection. 7 records from The Fungal Collection at the Senckenberg Museum für Naturkunde Görlitz. 23 records from Herbario XAL del Instituto de Ecología, A.C., México (IE-XAL). 43 records from Natural History Museum Rotterdam (NL) - Chordata collection. 1 records from Colección Nacional de Equinodermos Mexicanos (ICMyL-DF, UNAM). 5 records from CeDoc de Biodiversitat Vegetal: BCN-Seeds. 47 records from Museu de Ciències Naturals de Barcelona: MCNB-Art. 14 records from Marine Invertebrata specimens deposited in the Fukui City Natural History MUSEUM, Japan.. 17 records from GSPB Prokarya Catalogue. 10 records from Collection Crustacea ZMG. 8 records from Jardin botanique de Montréal (JBM). 16 records from Contribution to the knowledge of the genus Singilis Rambur, 1837 of Africa (Coleoptera: Carabidae: Lebiini). Part IV. 7 records from Akita Prefectural Museum:Hiroki Watanabe Collection of mollusca. 1837 records from Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh Living Plant Collections (E). 2 records from Image Database of Fishes in the Kanagawa Prefectural Museum of Natural History. 21 records from Fossil (WSHN-FO). 16287 records from Herbaria of the University and ETH Zürich. 1168 records from SOMBASE BIOCONSTRUCTORS. 192003 records from IZIKO South Africa Museum Collection (1800-2013). 6 records from Amphipoda Hyperiidea of the Southern Ocean: catalogue and occurrences. 31 records from Biogeographic distribution of the Antarctic and Sub-Antarctic brachiopods (living forms). 6 records from Biogeographic distribution of Antarctic and sub-Antarctic Cumacea. 25 records from National Botanic Garden Belgium - Myxomycetes. 95 records from Asteroids from French subantarctic islands: records from the Marion Dufresne MD03 expeditions. 1 records from SO-Polylist. 1 records from Southern Ocean oligochaete occurrence data - a literature-based compilation. 29 records from Collection Crustacea - ZIM Hamburg. 91 records from Collection Oligochaeta - ZIM Hamburg. 8 records from Collection Polychaeta - ZIM Hamburg. 32 records from Collection Hydrozoa - ZSM München. 4 records from Collection Bryozoa - ZMB. 5 records from Collection Cnidaria - ZMB. 313 records from Collection Crustacea - ZMB. 21 records from Collection Echinodermata - ZMB. 1 records from Collection Hydrozoa - ZMB. 20 records from Collection Porifera - ZMB. 243 records from Collection Vermes - ZMB. 9 records from Collection Arachnida - ZSRO. 92 records from The Fungal Collection at the Botanische Staatssammlung München. 1717 records from The Vascular Plant Collection at the Botanische Staatssammlung München. 74 records from The Mammalia Collection at the Staatssammlung für Anthropologie und Paläoanatomie München. 2 records from The Paleontological Collections at the Bayerische Staatssammlung für Paläontologie und Geologie. 1161 records from The Lichen Collection at the Botanische Staatssammlung München. 20 records from The Exsiccatal Series "Triebel, Microfungi exsiccati". 1244 records from BIOTA Southern Africa - The Collection of Lichens at the Botanische Staatssammlung München. 439 records from The Fungal and Lichen Collections at the Herbarium Marburgense. 3 records from Natural History Museum Rotterdam (NL) - Invertebrata miscellaneous Collection. 28831 records from Tropicos Specimen Data. 83 records from British Antarctic Survey Argos satellite tracking data. 72 records from SOMBASE PYCNOGONIDS. 15 records from Axel W. Erikssons African Bird Collection at Vänersborg Museum. 125 records from (Figure 10) Concentrations and accumulation rates of Uvigerina spp. from ODP Hole 175-1086A. 1285 records from Natural History Museum Rotterdam (NL) - Mollusca collection. 314 records from SMNK Mantid Collection. 360 records from Western Australian Museum provider for OZCAM. 355 records from SysTax - Zoological Collections. 4 records from Naturhistorisches Museum Mainz, Zoological Collection. 187 records from SOUTHERN OCEAN ISOPODA. 3 records from Botanical Research Intitute of Texas. 59416 records from Natural History Museum (London) Collection Specimens. 8 records from Mammalia fossil Kleinsäuger - SMF. 1 records from Mycology herbarium, NTNU University Museum. 18 records from Myriapoda - SMF. 2 records from Clitellata - SMF. 4 records from Botanical Museum, Copenhagen, the Phycology Herbarium. 4002 records from Natural History Museum, Vienna - Herbarium W. 2 records from Actualización y depuración de las bases de datos de la Colección Nacional de Helmintos: P085 y Q028. 544 records from Macaulay Library Audio and Video Collection. 188 records from LSUMZ Herp Tissues. 1840 records from Karl Franzens University of Graz, Insitute for Botany - Herbarium GZU. 2 records from Molluscus specimens of Toyohashi Museum of Natural History. 25 records from Harold W. Manter Laboratory of Parasitology Collection. 3 records from Ibaraki Nature Museum, Mammals collection. 14 records from Shellfish specimens in the NISHINOMIYA SHELL MUSEUM, Japan.. 1 records from Tartu University, palaeontology collections. 4588 records from RBINS DaRWIN. 1 records from Naturkundemuseum im Ottoneum Kassel, Entomological Collection. 2 records from Tab. 1 + 2: Distribution chart of nannoplankton species record. 11 records from New species of aturid water mites from southern Africa (Acari: Hydrachnidia: Aturidae). 17 records from Field Museum of Natural History (Botany) Fungi Collection. 44297 records from NMNH Extant Specimen Records. 38758 records from ARC-PPRI: National Survey of Arachnida (1905-2009). 2 records from Universität Salzburg. 21 records from DSMZ Collection of Filamentous Fungi and Yeasts. 134 records from Collection Herpetologie - SNSD. 196 records from Herbarium Senckenbergianum (FR) - Fungi. 5 records from Collection Onychophora - SMF. 2 records from Collection Ornithologie - SNSD. 57 records from Collection Malakologie - SNSD. 41 records from Collection Ichthyologie - SNSD. 41 records from Collection Crustacea - SNSD. 72 records from Collection Soil Aninmals. 26 records from Collection Anatomie Histologie - SMF. 171 records from Edaphobase. 132 records from Partial Amphibians Collection. 2 records from Swiss Psyllid (Hemiptera) Collections - Basel. 78 records from Parasitic Platyhelminthes Collections. 1 records from WA. 73 records from SOMBASE. 467 records from ANTARCTIC PLANT DATABASE. 1707 records from Fungal Biodiversity Centre (CBS) - Fungi strains. 7 records from Australian Antarctic Division Herbarium. 61 records from Royal Museum of Central Africa - Metafro-Infosys - Prelude. 157 records from BCCM/MUCL - (Agro)Industrial Fungi and Yeasts Collection. 9 records from Canadian Museum of Nature Herbarium. 40 records from UWBM Mammalogy Collection. 1930 records from UWBM Ornithology Collection. 23 records from UWFC Ichthyology Collection. 268 records from CABI Bioscience Genetic Resource Collection. 1614 records from CABI Bioscience Fungus Collection. 33 records from UF Florida Museum of Natural History Mammals. 96 records from University of Florida Herpetology. 20 records from Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden Virtual Herbarium Darwin Core format. 10 records from Sizing Ocean Giants. 3 records from The AAU Herbarium Database. 2 records from CSIC-Real Jardín Botánico-Colección de Algas (MA-Algae). 10 records from CSIC-Real Jardín Botánico-Colección de Musgos (MA-Musci). 11 records from Herbario de Plantas Vasculares de la Universidad de Salamanca: SALA. 734 records from CSIC-Real Jardín Botánico-Colección de Plantas Vasculares (MA). 4 records from Universidad de Oviedo. Departamento de Biología de Organismos y Sistemas: FCO. 44 records from CIBIO, Alicante:ABH-GBIF. 35 records from Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales, Entomología. 3 records from CSIC-Real Jardín Botánico-Colección de Hongos Histórica (MA-Funhist). 15 records from Departamento de Biolog. Veg. II, Facultad de Farmacia, Universidad Complutense, Madrid: MAF-Lich. 6 records from Estacion Biologica Donana - CSIC, Aves. 22 records from Herps Specimens. 8 records from Herbario de la Universidad de Sevilla. 24 records from Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales, Madrid. Colección de Tejidos y ADN. 98 records from Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales, Madrid: MNCN_ICTIO. 292 records from Institut Botanic de Barcelona, BC. 46 records from Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales, Colección de Malacología. 5608 records from NODC WOD01 Plankton Database. 3509 records from Natural Geography In Shore Areas (NaGISA) Dataset. 4 records from Bishop Museum Data (OBIS distribution) (USOBIS). 467 records from Academy of Natural Sciences OBIS Mollusc Database. 1 records from SEAMAP - marine mammals, birds and turtles. 439 records from Hexacoral Database. 2 records from Taxonomic Information Sytem for the Belgian coastal area (EurOBIS). 53 records from Botanic Garden of the Finnish Museum of Natural History. 21887 records from Natal Museum - Mollusc Collection (AfrOBIS). 10531 records from iziko South African Museum - Fish Collection (AfrOBIS). 653 records from iziko South African Museum - Marine Mammal Collection (AfrOBIS). 1766 records from Marine and Coastal Management - Seal Surveys (AfrOBIS). 91705 records from Marine and Coastal Management - Copepod Surveys (AfrOBIS). 8369 records from iziko South African Museum - Shark Collection (AfrOBIS). 9623 records from Bolus Herbarium Algal Specimen Database (AfrOBIS). 4934 records from iziko South African Museum - Mollusc Collection (AfrOBIS). 2 records from Cetacean distribution in the South Atlantic and South Pacific Ocean (AR-OBIS). 7535 records from Marine and Coastal Management - Demersal Surveys (years 1983-1985) (AfrOBIS). 58614 records from Marine and Coastal Management - Demersal Surveys (years 1986-1990) (AfrOBIS). 72615 records from Marine and Coastal Management - Demersal Surveys (years 1991-1995) (AfrOBIS). 18636 records from Marine and Coastal Management - Demersal Surveys (years 1996-2000) (AfrOBIS). 35020 records from Marine and Coastal Management - Demersal Surveys (years 2001-2005) (AfrOBIS). 9321 records from Marine and Coastal Management - Demersal Surveys (years 2006-) (AfrOBIS). 41548 records from Marine and Coastal Management - Linefish Dataset (First Semester of 1985) (AfrOBIS). 49406 records from Marine and Coastal Management - Linefish Dataset (Second Semester of 1985) (AfrOBIS). 73821 records from Marine and Coastal Management - Linefish Dataset (First Semester of 1986) (AfrOBIS). 67530 records from Marine and Coastal Management - Linefish Dataset (Second Semester of 1986) (AfrOBIS). 85439 records from Marine and Coastal Management - Linefish Dataset (First Semester of 1987) (AfrOBIS). 71368 records from Marine and Coastal Management - Linefish Dataset (Second Semester of 1987) (AfrOBIS). 389 records from MICROBIS database. 84070 records from Marine and Coastal Management - Linefish Dataset (First Semester of 1988) (AfrOBIS). 70704 records from Marine and Coastal Management - Linefish Dataset (Second Semester of 1988) (AfrOBIS). 93840 records from Marine and Coastal Management - Linefish Dataset (First Semester of 1989) (AfrOBIS). 69009 records from Marine and Coastal Management - Linefish Dataset (Second Semester of 1989) (AfrOBIS). 74164 records from Marine and Coastal Management - Linefish Dataset (First Semester of 2000) (AfrOBIS). 55256 records from Marine and Coastal Management - Linefish Dataset (Second Semester of 2000) (AfrOBIS). 63349 records from Marine and Coastal Management - Linefish Dataset (First Semester of 2001) (AfrOBIS). 39784 records from Marine and Coastal Management - Linefish Dataset (Second Semester of 2001) (AfrOBIS). 35693 records from Marine and Coastal Management - Linefish Dataset (First Semester of 2002) (AfrOBIS). 34978 records from Marine and Coastal Management - Linefish Dataset (Second Semester of 2002) (AfrOBIS). 33467 records from Marine and Coastal Management - Linefish Dataset (First Semester of 2003) (AfrOBIS). 31157 records from Marine and Coastal Management - Linefish Dataset (Second Semester of 2003) (AfrOBIS). 45841 records from Marine and Coastal Management - Linefish Dataset (First Semester of 2004) (AfrOBIS). 39333 records from Marine and Coastal Management - Linefish Dataset (Second Semester of 2004) (AfrOBIS). 40812 records from Marine and Coastal Management - Linefish Dataset (First Semester of 2005) (AfrOBIS). 32466 records from Marine and Coastal Management - Linefish Dataset (Second Semester of 2005) (AfrOBIS). 77301 records from Marine and Coastal Management - Linefish Dataset (First Semester of 1999) (AfrOBIS). 61234 records from Marine and Coastal Management - Linefish Dataset (Second Semester of 1999) (AfrOBIS). 81105 records from Marine and Coastal Management - Linefish Dataset (First Semester of 1998) (AfrOBIS). 69959 records from Marine and Coastal Management - Linefish Dataset (Second Semester of 1998) (AfrOBIS). 81490 records from Marine and Coastal Management - Linefish Dataset (First Semester of 1995) (AfrOBIS). 68081 records from Marine and Coastal Management - Linefish Dataset (Second Semester of 1995) (AfrOBIS). 80742 records from Marine and Coastal Management - Linefish Dataset (First Semester of 1996) (AfrOBIS). 63084 records from Marine and Coastal Management - Linefish Dataset (Second Semester of 1996) (AfrOBIS). 72391 records from Marine and Coastal Management - Linefish Dataset (First Semester of 1997) (AfrOBIS). 62592 records from Marine and Coastal Management - Linefish Dataset (Second Semester of 1997) (AfrOBIS). 6 records from Naturalis Biodiversity Center (NL) - Coleoptera. 17 records from Provincial Museum of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada. Birds (Aves). 4 records from A new genus and species of cardinalfish (Percomorpha, Apogonidae, Sphaeramiini) from the coastal waters of Vietnam: luminescent or not?. 2 records from DAO Herbarium Type Specimens. 195 records from LSUMZ Herps Collection. 90 records from Michigan State University Herbarium Lichens. 2 records from BYU Herpetology Collection. 15 records from LSUMZ Mammals Collection. 6735 records from Paleobiology Database. 162 records from LSUMZ Birds Collection. 22 records from Fish Collection of Hokkaido University. 55 records from Lichen Collection of National Museum of Nature and Science. 171 records from Algae Collection of National Museum of Nature and Science. 4 records from Kashihara City Museum of Insect. 1 records from Fish specimens of Fisheries Research Laboratory Mie University. 6 records from Osaka Prefectural Minoh Park Insects Museum. 20 records from Fish collection of National Museum of Nature and Science. 2 records from Mammal collection of National Museum of Nature and Science. 39 records from Freshwater Fish Specimens of Lake Biwa Museum. 4903 records from C.A. Triplehorn Insect Collection (OSUC), Ohio State University. 37 records from Mammals Specimens. 3 records from Birds Specimens. 3 records from SDNHM Birds Collection. 55 records from SDNHM Herpetology Collection. 2 records from Arizona State University Amphibian and Reptile Collection. 528 records from Arizona State University Lichen Collection. 1 records from Arizona State University Vascular Plant Herbarium. 152 records from Galathea II, Danish Deep Sea Expedition 1950-52. 1141 records from Western Palearctic migratory birds in continental Africa. 1 records from Botanical Museum, Copenhagen, Mycology Herbarium. 64 records from The Fish Collection. 2 records from The University of Hong Kong Herbarium. 25 records from DAV UC Davis Center for Plant Diversity. 4 records from University of Alberta Museum of Zoology Ichthyology Collection (UAMZ). 38 records from Animal observations. 184 records from MEXU/Colección de Briofitas. 13 records from Actualización de las bases de datos del Herbario XAL. Fase III. 1 records from CNHE/Coleccion Nacional de Helmintos. 800 records from TNHC Herpetology Collection. 1 records from Plants of Papua New Guinea. 5 records from Mammal specimens. 21 records from MMNH Museum Bird Collection. 31 records from Invertebrate Paleontology Division, Yale Peabody Museum. 1750 records from Vertebrate Zoology Division - Ornithology, Yale Peabody Museum. 338 records from Invertebrate Zoology Division, Yale Peabody Museum. 27 records from Vertebrate Zoology Division - Mammalogy, Yale Peabody Museum. 123 records from TTU Mammals Collection. 68 records from Algaterra Types. 1 records from Bridel Herbar. 5140 records from Herbarium Berolinense. 858 records from Lichen Herbarium Berlin. 354 records from Staatliches Museum für Naturkunde Stuttgart, Herbarium. 21 records from Centre for Genetic Resources, the Netherlands, PGR passport data. 695 records from Biologiezentrum Linz. 3934 records from United States National Plant Germplasm System Collection. 2402 records from The System-wide Information Network for Genetic Resources (SINGER). 36 records from The Collection of Lichenicolous Fungi at the Botanische Staatssammlung München. 4 records from The Erysiphales Collection at the Botanische Staatssammlung München. 10 records from The Erysiphales Collection at the University Halle-Wittenberg. 239 records from IndOBIS, Indian Ocean Node of OBIS. 61 records from TSB Lichen Herbarium. 6 records from Nordic Genetic Resources. 11 records from USU-UTC Specimen Database. 189 records from Planetary Biodiversity Inventory Eumycetozoan Databank. 3346 records from UF Invertebrate Zoology. 14 records from CSIC-Real Jardín Botánico-Colección de Hongos (MA-Fungi). 1 records from Institut Botanic de Barcelona, BC-Histórico. 6 records from HBGBryophyta - Herbarium Hamburgense. 12229 records from HBGSpermatophyta - Herbarium Hamburgense. 12 records from RMCA-HERP. 1 records from South Western Pacific Regional OBIS Data All Sea Bio Subset (South Western P acific OBIS). 1 records from Estacion Biologica Donana - CSIC, Mammal Collection. 38 records from Inventory of Antarctic seabird breeding sites. 94166 records from Marine and Coastal Management - Linefish Dataset (First Semester of 1990) (AfrOBIS). 72625 records from Marine and Coastal Management - Linefish Dataset (Second Semester of 1990) (AfrOBIS). 86648 records from Marine and Coastal Management - Linefish Dataset (First Semester of 1991) (AfrOBIS). 75706 records from Marine and Coastal Management - Linefish Dataset (Second Semester of 1991) (AfrOBIS). 82756 records from Marine and Coastal Management - Linefish Dataset (First Semester of 1992) (AfrOBIS). 81894 records from Marine and Coastal Management - Linefish Dataset (Second Semester of 1992) (AfrOBIS). 91633 records from Marine and Coastal Management - Linefish Dataset (First Semester of 1993) (AfrOBIS). 72316 records from Marine and Coastal Management - Linefish Dataset (Second Semester of 1993) (AfrOBIS). 68539 records from Marine and Coastal Management - Linefish Dataset (First Semester of 1994) (AfrOBIS). 67661 records from Marine and Coastal Management - Linefish Dataset (Second Semester of 1994) (AfrOBIS). 1 records from Rust fungus specimen of Research Group of Plant Parasitic Fungi, Biosphere Resource Science and Technology, Graduate School of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Tsukuba. 1 records from Fish Collection of Kanagawa Prefectural Museum of Natural History. 31 records from Vertebrate Zoology Division - Herpetology, Yale Peabody Museum. 819 records from Harvard University Herbaria. 158 records from DSMZ Prokarya Collection Catalogue. 1 records from DSMZ Collection of Plant Viruses. 4 records from French Grapevine Genetic Resources Center. 1621 records from ORN. 133 records from Herpetology. 4383 records from EURISCO, The European Genetic Resources Search Catalogue. 3 records from New South African species of the genus Idiasta Foerster, 1863 (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Alysiinae), with a key to the Afrotropical and Malagasy taxa. 1 records from Cetopirus complanatus (Cirripedia: Coronulidae) from the late Middle Pleistocene human settlement of Pinnacle Point 13 B (Mossel Bay, South Africa). 11 records from Herbarium Specimens of Museum of Nature and Human Activities, Hyogo Prefecture, Japan. 155 records from Marine invertabrate(Mollusca) specimen database of Osaka Museum of Natural History. 2 records from Itami City Museum of Insects. 4902 records from MAL. 120 records from Distribution of planktic foraminifera in surface sediments of the Atlantic Ocean. 1340 records from Planktic foraminifera counts in surface sediment samples. 44 records from Distribution of planktonic foraminifera in surface sediment samples A180-072 to V23-83. 380 records from Modern planktic foraminifera assemblage from surface sediment samples used as reference data set for the reconstruction of Atlantic sea surface temperatures during the last glacial maximum (LGM). 86 records from Distribution of planktic foraminifera at the last glacial maximum. 104 records from Assemblage of planktonic foraminifera for the last glacial maximum (LGM) in sediment cores from the South Atlantic. 351 records from Composition of planktonic foraminifera species in 1123 surface sediment samples compared with sea surface temperatures from the Levitus Atlas. 190 records from Composition of planktonic foraminifera species from 310 sediments samples during the last glacial maximum. 93 records from Time slice 2 of planktic foraminifera of the last glacial maximum. 148 records from Distribution of planktic foraminifera in surface sediments of the Atlantic Ocean (ATL947). 4554 records from Planktic foraminifera counts (census) of sediment core MD96-2080. 10271 records from Planktic foraminifera counts (census) of sediment core MD96-2084. 206 records from Abundance of planktonic foraminifera in surface sediments of the South Atlantic. 1656 records from Relative abundance of planktic foraminifera in the 120 kyr time slice reconstruction of sediment core RC11-86. 1073 records from Relative abundance of planktic foraminifera in sediment core RC17-69. 3 records from WNMU Mammal Collection (Arctos). 2605 records from Naturalis Biodiversity Center (NL) - Aves. 1 records from UCM Mammal Collection (Arctos). 303 records from Mosquito Occurrence Dataset. 11 records from Antarctic Echinoids: an interactive database. 10 records from ANTXXIII-8 Birds and Mammals. 49 records from Taxonomic revision of the spider family Penestomidae (Araneae, Entelegynae). 227 records from Antarctic Amphipod Crustaceans: Ant'Phipoda Database (BIANZO). 14 records from Collections data on ecology of bottom animal of the Southern ocean. 1 records from Nemertina World Checklist. 12 records from Harpactus Shuckard. 166 records from Kelp rafts in the Southern Ocean. 1 records from UCM Bird Collection (Arctos). 10 records from UCM Fish Collection (Arctos). 10 records from UCM Amphibian and Reptile Collection (Arctos). 1 records from University of Alberta E. H. Strickland Entomological Museum (UASM). 395 records from Diversity of the Indo-Pacific (DIPnet). 1 records from List of the specimens of dipterous insects in the collection of the British Museum. 75 records from Field Museum of Natural History (Botany) Bryophyte Collection. 3 records from Naturalis Biodiversity Center (NL) - Hemiptera. 1700 records from WFVZ Bird Collections. 484 records from (Table 1) Count data of organic-walled dinoflagellate cysts in surface sediment samples from the Benguela System. 1 records from A new monotypic genus, a species synonymy and nomenclatural corrections in the arid-adapted Canthonini (Scarabaeidae, Scarabaeinae) from the Succulent Karoo Biome of south-western Africa. 2 records from Mammifères (sauf Chiroptères) du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle de la ville de Bourges (BOUM). 27 records from USF Herbarium. 1 records from Plantae, TAIF (Taiwan e-Learning and Digital Archives Program, TELDAP). 194 records from Relative abundance of organic-walled dinoflagellate cysts in surface sediments. 114 records from UTA Herpetology. 441 records from UMMZ Herpetology Collection. 692 records from Planktic foraminifera abundance of Hole 40-360. 19 records from PSM Vertebrates Collection. 66 records from Herbarium of Namur. 49 records from KUBI Ichthyology Collection. 213 records from Natural History Museum, University of Tartu. 429 records from Planktic foraminifera abundance of Hole 40-360. 83 records from Planktic foraminifera abundance of Hole 40-361. 762 records from University of British Columbia Herbarium (UBC) - Algae Collection. 27 records from Zoological Museum Amsterdam, University of Amsterdam (NL) - Pisces_Types. 3 records from MLZ Bird Collection (Arctos). 34 records from Herbarium of Umeå University (UME). 8621710 records from Southern African Bird Atlas Project 2: Full protocol records. 1784 records from Mosses (S). 189 records from Field Museum of Natural History (Botany) Seed Plant Collection. 3 records from MPM Milwaukee Public Museum Herbarium. 75 records from Ohio State University Tetrapod Division - Bird Collection (OSUM). 525 records from Benthic foraminifera abundance of Hole 40-360. 284 records from Benthic foraminifera and nannofossil abundance of Hole 40-360. 4 records from Sublittoral and bathyal sea cucumbers (Echinodermata: Holothuroidea) from the Northern Mozambique Channel with description of six new species. 6 records from Afrotropical Limnophora Robineau-Desvoidy (Diptera, Muscidae) with the description of four new species. 17 records from Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales "Bernardino Rivadavia" (MACN). Herpetology National Collection (MACNHe). 3 records from Homoptera. 92 records from Polish gene bank – passport data of plants accessions which are important in human life. 2 records from Zoología Invertebrados - Malacología. 12 records from Diversity of total live benthic foraminiferal assemblages in South Atlantic surface sediments. 2 records from Redescription of Ateleopus japonicus Bleeker 1853, a senior synonym of Ateleopus natalensis Regan 1921 (Teleostei: Ateleopodiformes: Ateleopodidae). 36 records from Diversity of live benthic foraminiferal assemblages in South Atlantic surface sediments. 42 records from Diversity of dead benthic foraminiferal assemblages in South Atlantic surface sediments. 993 records from Dead benthic foraminifera in South Atlantic surface sediments. 41 records from Relativ abundances of dead fauna of benthic foraminifera in surface sediments (Table C2.2). 56 records from Relativ abundances of total live fauna of benthic foraminifera in surface sediments (Table C1.1). 53 records from Relativ abundances of total dead fauna of benthic foraminifera in surface sediments (Table C1.2). 53 records from Relativ abundances of live fauna of benthic foraminifera in surface sediments (Table C2.1). 11 records from Catalogue of snout mites (Acariformes: Bdellidae) of the world. 2 records from R. L. McGregor Herbarium Lichen Collection. 4 records from R. L. McGregor Herbarium Vascular Plants Collection. 4161 records from ARC-PPRI: National Collection of Insects: Coleoptera Collection (1879-2012). 66 records from Senckenberg - CeDAMar Resource. 2720 records from Texas A&M University Insect Collection. 5 records from UAZ Mammals. 532 records from DUKE Bryophyte Collection. 1 records from MGC Herbarium of University of Malaga (Spain): MGC-Cormof dataset. 259 records from Ifremer BIOCEAN database (Deep Sea Benthic Fauna). 888 records from Biological observations from the Discovery Investigations 1925-1952. 12 records from Botany Division, Yale Peabody Museum. 671 records from Entomology Division, Yale Peabody Museum. 8 records from Vertebrate Zoology Division - Ichthyology, Yale Peabody Museum. 3 records from Paleobotany Division, Yale Peabody Museum. 87 records from Vertebrate Paleontology Division, Yale Peabody Museum. 33 records from DBL_Life. 91 records from BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES DATA. 34 records from KU Museum of Invertebrate Paleontology. 1 records from KTP Ring Data. 31 records from Collection Pisces SMF. 1882 records from Collection Arachnology SMF. 91 records from Collection Mollusca SMF. 4 records from Collection Polychaeta SMF. 212 records from Collection Aves (spirit preserved) SMF. 9 records from Collection Cnidaria SMF. 133 records from Collection Herpetology SMF. 637 records from Herbarium Senckenbergianum (FR). 103 records from Collection Aves (bird skeletons) SMF. 313 records from Collection Mammalia SMF. 342 records from Collection Aves (bird skins) SMF. 69 records from Collection Crustacea SMF. 13 records from Collection Coleoptera SMF. 5 records from Collection Paläobotanik SMB. 475 records from Collection Thysanoptera SMF. 9 records from Collection Brachiopoda fossil SMF. 13 records from Collection Tunicata SMF. 3 records from Collection Echinodermata SMF. 138 records from SINGER Coordinator. 1 records from MEXU/Agavaceae. 236 records from Ohio State Acarology Laboratory (OSAL), Ohio State University. 3838 records from AMNH Bird Collection. 1743 records from AMNH Mammal Collections. 6 records from Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales, Madrid: MNCN_Herpeto. 251 records from University of Ghana - Ghana Herbarium. 11 records from Ophiuroidea collections of the Zoological Institute Russian Academy of Sciences. 15 records from CIRM-Levures. 673 records from Zoological Museum Amsterdam, University of Amsterdam (NL) – Herpetology. 18 records from University of Florida Invertebrate Paleontology. 297 records from Entomological Collections (NHRS), Swedish Museum of Natural History (NRM). 1 records from Redescription of Squalus acutipinnis Regan, 1908, a Valid Species of Spiny Dogfish from Southern Africa (Chondrichthyes: Squaliformes: Squalidae). 3 records from UAM Earth Sciences Collection (Arctos). 68333 records from Ditsong National Museum of Natural History Collection: 1805-2008. 35 records from A taxonomic revision of the catshark genus Holohalaelurus Fowler 1934 (Chondrichthyes: Carcharhiniformes: Scyliorhinidae), with descriptions of two new species.. 1 records from Deep sea Syllidae (Annelida, Phyllodocida) from Southwestern Atlantic. 7 records from Entomology Collection at the Natural History Museum of Utah. 75 records from SMNS Herpetologie. 176 records from MVZ Egg and Nest Collection (Arctos). 418918 records from Precis Plant Data. 19 records from The reptiles, amphibians and fishes collection (ZA) in the Comparative Anatomy Collection of the Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle (MNHN - Paris). 13 records from (Table 5) Distribution of calcareous nannofossil species at DSDP Hole 40-361. 67 records from Biological observations from the Dana Expedition Reports. 2 records from Revision of the genus Euthalenessa Darboux (Polychaeta: Sigalionidae). 16 records from A new species of Anacaena Thomson, 1859 from South Africa (Coleoptera: Hydrophilidae). 217 records from Naturalis Biodiversity Center (NL) - Porifera. 9 records from Collection ornithologique A. Maës. 110 records from condoncollection. 891 records from Queensland Museum provider for OZCAM. 10389 records from ARC-PPRI: Collection of Southern African bees (1800-2007). 2 records from Description of a new species of the fish genus Acanthoplesiops Regan (Teleostei: Plesiopidae: Acanthoclininae) from Tonga.. 68 records from CM Birds Collection. 1 records from CUMV Amphibian Collection (Arctos). 25387 records from NMSA: Arthropod Collections (1900-2012). 10049 records from Lund Botanical Museum (LD). 9884 records from Snow Entomological Museum Collection. 1 records from Zoological Museum Amsterdam, University of Amsterdam (NL) - Diptera_Types. 2903 records from The Vascular Plant Collection at the Herbarium Tubingense. 15 records from Spider Mites Collection of Jean Gutierrez. 1 records from A new Apiocera from South Africa. 13 records from Reptile Specimens. 3 records from Genebank, National Institute of Agrobiological Sciences. 9695 records from Geographically tagged INSDC sequences. 9 records from Description of a new species of Neoromicia (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae) from southern Africa: A name for “ N. cf. melckorum ”. 4 records from SMNS Palaeontological collection - Amphibians, reptiles (Palaeozoic, Mesozoic). 50 records from Field Museum of Natural History (Botany) Lichen Collection. 1 records from On a new species of the rare syllid genus Exogonoides (Annelida, Phyllodocida, Syllidae). 27 records from USF Herbarium. 343 records from The Arthropoda Varia Collection at the Zoologische Staatssammlung München. 95 records from Field Museum of Natural History (Zoology) Fish Collection. 4 records from Coleoptera collection of National Museum of Nature and Science. 13 records from Coleção de Entomologia do Museu Nacional / UFRJ. 67 records from MSB Mammal Collection (Arctos). 1 records from Two new Afrotropical genera of Scatopsidae (Diptera). 19 records from MSB Host Collection (Arctos). 21 records from Ghent university - Zoology Museum - Nematod Collection. 3 records from William Nylander lichen collection. 17 records from The fossil collection (F) of the Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle (MNHN - Paris). 3462 records from Royal Museum of Central Africa - True Fruit Flies (Diptera, Tephritidae) of the Afrotropical Region (ENBI wp13). 345 records from Geographic distribution of dinoflagellate cysts in surface sediments. 2052 records from SANBI: Rare and Threatened Plants (Cape Floristic Region, 1864-2008). 8821 records from ARC-PPRI: Chalcidoidea Collection (1900-2010). 78 records from LGM, planktic foraminifera (EPILOG version). 2 records from Colección de Herbario. 699 records from Naturalis Biodiversity Center (NL) - Chelicerata and Myriapoda. 3133654 records from SAFRING: Historical Bird Ringing Records (2005-2009). 2 records from Philinidae, Laonidae and Philinorbidae (Gastropoda: Cephalaspidea: Philinoidea) from the northeastern Pacific Ocean and the Beaufort Sea (Arctic Ocean). 9 records from The echinoderm collection (IE) of the Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle (MNHN - Paris). 42 records from The cnidarians collection (IK) of the Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle (MNHN - Paris). 27750 records from The vascular plants collection (P) at the Herbarium of the Muséum national d'Histoire Naturelle (MNHN - Paris). 279 records from Biodiversity Research and Teaching Collections - TCWC Vertebrates. 2 records from University of Tennessee at Chattanooga. 1 records from Catálogo de los equinodermos recientes de México (Fase II). 16 records from Zoological Museum Amsterdam, University of Amsterdam (NL) - Bryozoa. 2271 records from NU: KwaZulu-Natal Invasive Alien Species (1821-2011). 35 records from Animal Sound Archive. 17 records from Chilocoris capensis n. sp., the first species of the genus Chilocoris Mayr, 1865 (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Cydnidae) recorded in the Republic of South Africa with an annotated checklist of South African burrower bugs. 13 records from University of Florida Herbarium (FLAS). 138 records from Bernice P. Bishop Museum. 94743 records from DNSM: Durban Natural Science Museum Insect Collection (1900-2011). 21 records from CUMV Reptile Collection (Arctos). 25855 records from EWT: African Crane Conservation Programme Sightings. 393 records from The birds collection (ZO) of the Muséum national d'Histoire Naturelle (MNHN - Paris). 504 records from Cowan Tetrapod Collection - Birds. 17 records from Carnet en Ligne. 28 records from A revision of the South African riffle beetle genus Leielmis Delève, 1964 (Coleoptera: Elmidae). 91 records from ECatSym: Electronic World Catalog of Symphyta. 494 records from Condon Fossil Collection. 2 records from Description of a new species of Capederces (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae: Cerambycinae) from South Africa. 760 records from UMMZ Birds Collection. 4 records from NCSM Invertebrate Paleontology Collection. 25 records from Australian National Insect Collection. 8289 records from Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh Herbarium (E). 676 records from Colección de Mastozoología. 7769 records from Botany (UPS). 34 records from Aves Collection of Institute of Systematics and Evolution of Animals. 55 records from Zoological Museum Amsterdam, University of Amsterdam (NL) - Platyhelminthes. 318 records from DMNH Birds. 102 records from Fish Collection NRM. 1 records from Anaphothrips genus-group: key to world genera, with two new species and three new records from Japan (Thysanoptera, Thripidae). 3 records from Museu de Ciències Naturals de Barcelona: BGJBB. 132 records from Type herbarium, Göttingen (GOET). 6046 records from ARC-PPRI: National Collection Of Fungi(1817-2009). 421 records from Mammalogy Collection - Royal Ontario Museum. 1 records from Hemiptera (Homoptera) collection of National Museum of Nature and Science. 668 records from NMNH Paleobiology Specimen Records. 488 records from MSB Bird Collection (Arctos). 15734 records from UCT: Southern African Reptile Conservation Assessment (1910-2009). 10 records from University of British Columbia Herbarium (UBC) - Fungi Collection. 1 records from African Spilogona Schnabl: morphology of the male terminalia and description of a new species (Diptera: Muscidae). 1048 records from Platynotina (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae) collections on the World. 2 records from Fourteen new species of Heterospilus Haliday (Hymenoptera, Braconidae: Doryctinae) from Brazil. 246 records from Amphibians and Reptiles collection at the Natural History Museum of Denmark (SNM). 12 records from Coleção Ictiológica (MNRJ), Museu Nacional (MN), Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro(UFRJ). 424 records from Herbarium specimens of Université de Montpellier 2, Institut de Botanique (MPU)). 8462 records from University Of