Biogeoinformatics of Hexacorallia (Corals, Sea Anemones, and Their Allies): Interfacing Geospatial, Taxonomic, and Environmental Data for a Group of Marine Invertebrates

作为海洋生物普查的一部分，我们将建立一个海葵分类学数据库，以增加福丁（biocomplexity.nhm.ukans.edu/anemones/images/ Version.html）汇编的海葵目录，所有种类的Ceriantharia（管海葵；由Molodtsova）， sccleractinia（“石质”或“真”珊瑚；由Cairns和Veron）和Zoantharia （zoanthids；由Ryland）。标本?在此基础上，它将包含三维分布数据（包括每条记录的地理空间精度）和每个物种描述的书目参考。除了现有的功能，Ardelean的一个应用程序将允许通过一个物种的所有同义词检索数据，标记分类学和命名学问题。与该数据库交互的将是对海洋生物地理学重要的物理、化学和生态数据库。核心数据库将是作为新环境政策/全球环境融资的一部分汇编和连接的数据库。LOICZ （IGBP）类型学工作中的资助项目（www.nioz.ni/loicz）。我们将开发和调整工具，以允许对生物和环境数据进行交互式分析，包括在地图上显示可视化。该项目将：连接空间尺度；极大地增加了大多数底栖海洋无脊椎动物可用的最小生物地理数据；允许制定和测试生物地理学和生物多样性模型；并支持因环境变化而引起的分布变化的预测和预测。

As part of the Census of Marine Life, we will create a taxonomic database to the Hexacorallia (phylum Cnidaria) that adds to the inventory of sea anemones compiled by Fautin (biocomplexity.nhm.ukans.edu/anemones/images/ Version.html), all species of orders Ceriantharia (tube anemones; by Molodtsova), Scleractinia ("stony" or "true" corals; by Cairns and Veron), and Zoantharia (zoanthids; by Ryland). Specimen?based, it will contain three-dimensional distribution data (including geospatial precision of each record) and bibliographic reference to description of each species. In addition to current features, an application by Ardelean will permit retrieval of data by all synonyms of a species, flagging taxonomic and nomenclatural problems. Interacting with this database will be physicochemical and ecological databases important to marine biogeography. The core databases will be those assembled and linked as part of the LJNEP/GEF?funded program within the LOICZ (IGBP) Typology effort (www.nioz.ni/loicz). We will develop and adapt tools to allow interactive analyses of the biological and environmental data, including by visualization on map displays. This project will: link across spatial scales; greatly augment the minimal biogeographic data available for most benthic marine invertebrates; permit formulation and testing of biogeography and biodiversity models; and support forecasting and hindcasting of distribution changes due to environmental change.