Global distributions for common UK rocky shore species

Global distributions of common intertidal species found in the UK as ESRI polygon shapefiles (all WGS 84). Each species is represented by a polygon or polygons that bounds the locations reported in the literature for the occurrence of the species. A full list of the sources of data used to produce these files is given in the pdf included (taken from a manuscript in review). The shapefiles were produced to determine thermal affinities and thermal range widths from the range of temperatures found within the geographical range of each species. Filenames indicate species identity, using known outdated synonyms in some cases.本数据集为英国境内发现的常见潮间带物种的全球分布数据，以ESRI多边形形状文件（shapefile）格式存储，所有文件均采用WGS 84（世界大地测量系统1984）坐标系。每个物种由一个或多个多边形表征，这些多边形划定了文献中报道的该物种出现地点的分布范围。制作这些文件所使用的完整数据源清单已收录于随附的PDF文档中（该清单取自一篇正在审稿的手稿）。本形状文件集的制作目的为，基于各物种地理分布范围内的温度区间，计算其热亲和性与热分布范围宽度。文件名用于标识对应物种，部分情况下会使用已公认的过时学名同义词。