Maputo Bay: Marine Macroinvertebrates

A portion of a database (DB) provided by the COBIONET Project team (e.g. Niza <em>et al.</em>, 2021). Data sources included biodiversity repositories such as the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF), museum collections and scientific literature. The DB was already georeferenced (with every entry associated with a latitude and longitude), standardized according to a Darwin Core format, and validated. The original DB was cut for only accounting entries lying between the physical/ geomorphological boundaries of Maputo Bay (MB). The latitudes considered were between -26.10083 and -25.86053, whereas the longitudes ranged between 32.48915 and -25.86053. These resulting DB encompasses the following information for each occurrence: taxonomic level to genus or species; local (name and georeferences) and date of sampling; ecosystem type (e.g. mangrove, seagrass, etc.); habitat occupation; and trophic guild.