On the Radiata of the Eastern Mediterranean. Part I. Ophiuridae, by Edward Forbes
Citation
Zachariou P, Sarafidou G, Gerovasileiou V (2023): On the Radiata of the Eastern Mediterranean. Part I. Ophiuridae, by Edward Forbes. Hellenic Center for Marine Research. . https://marineinfo.org/id/dataset/8200
Contact:
Sarafidou, Georgia ;
Mavraki, Dimitra Availability:
 To the extent possible under law, the person who associated CC0 with this dataset has waived all copyright and related or neighboring rights to this dataset.Description
This is a historical dataset by Edward Forbes regarding species of the family Ophiuridae from the Eastern Mediterranean Sea within the years 1841 and 1843. Species occurrence data is provided while temporal and spatial data is not provided for every record. The datasets regards species of the family Ophiuridae. There are four newly described species. more
Based on extracts of the original publication "I dredged it in various depths" and "This pretty little Starfish was dredged…" it is concluded that the sampling instrument of the cruise was a dredge. Scope Themes: Biology > Benthos Keywords: Marine/Coastal, Digitization, Historical records, EurOBIS calculated BBOX, Eastern Mediterranean and Black Sea, Ophiuridae Müller & Troschel, 1840 Geographical coverage EurOBIS calculated BBOX Stations
Bounding Box Coordinates: MinLong: 25,1369; MinLat: 36,2162 - MaxLong: 26,8434; MaxLat: 40,4004 [WGS84] Eastern Mediterranean and Black Sea [Marine Regions] Temporal coverage
1 January 1841 - 31 December 1843 Taxonomic coverage
Ophiuridae Müller & Troschel, 1840 [WoRMS]
Parameters
Contributors
Hellenic Centre for Marine Research (HCMR), more, data creator
Gerovasileiou, Vasilis, data creator
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Published in: EurOBIS: European Ocean Biodiversity Information System, more Dataset status: Completed
Data type: Data
Data origin: Literature research
Release date: 2023-02-08
Metadatarecord created: 2023-02-08
Information last updated: 2023-02-08
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