Table 1 An overview of the freshwater macroinvertebrate database composition in the Guineo-Congolian region, consisting of 1,104 species.

From: A spatial inventory of freshwater macroinvertebrate occurrences in the Guineo-Congolian biodiversity hotspot

Taxonomic category

Taxa

Phylum (4)

Platyhelminthes, Mollusca, Arthropoda, Annelida

Class (8)

Gastropoda, Insecta, Bivalvia, Malacostraca, Clitellata, Rhabditophora, Arachnida, Polychaeta

Order (32)

Tricladida, Hygrophila, Caenogastropoda, Odonata, Unionida, Trichoptera, Ephemeroptera, Plecoptera, Decapoda, Hemiptera, Coleoptera, Tubificida, Lepidoptera, Diptera, Araneae, Neritoidea, Rhynchobdellida, Arhynchobdellida, Cycloneritida, Littorinimorpha, Sphaeriida, Crassicletallata, Architaenioglossa, Trombidiformes, Hymenoptera, Lumbriculida, Mytilida, Venerida, Opisthopora, Trochida, Arcida, Cerithioidea

Species (1104)

Indicated in ‘GuineoCongolian_presence_subcatchments_coordinates’ file

Sub-catchments (2,890)

Indicated in ‘GuineoCongolian_presence_subcatchments_coordinates’ file