Kimberley marine biota. Historical data: additional phyla (Brachiopoda, Bryozoa, Annelida, Platyhelminthes, Sipuncula, Cnidaria and Chordata)

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This is the final paper in this series on historical marine biodiversity records of the Kimberley, north-western Australia from the Woodside Collection Project (Kimberley) 2009–2015. Here
we document the historical records of seven additional phyla extracted from collection data from three Australian museums participating in the project. Although these data were not included as targeted project taxa and are too few for meaningful statistical analyses or comparison, they are of interest for their historical value (oldest specimens and presence data), the baseline information the data contain, and for highlighting the significant knowledge gap they represent. Within the seven phyla, 121 species are recorded from 44 locations in the Project Area, with 48.6% of the original records excluded for reasons explained in Sampey et al. (2014).