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M. Burton (1936). The Fishery grounds near Alexandria IX – Sponges. Notes and Memoirs No.17. Department of Zoology, British Museum. Fisheries Research Directorate. Ministry of Commerce and Industry, Egypt

Citation

Mavraki Dimitra, Paranou Giota and Nikolopoulou Stamatina (2017). Digitation of The fishery grounds near Alexandria. IX Sponges. Notes and Memoirs No 17. Fisheries Research Directorate, 1936, Egypt https://doi.org/10.15468/9rjqln

Contact: Nikolopoulou, Stamatina

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Description

This historical collection consists of 150 specimens and it is of particular interest since it is the first to be taken from the waters of the Eastern Mediterranean. The main point of importance brought out by the present investigations is that there are definite signs of an immigration of sponges from the Red Sea and Indian Ocean.

Scope

Themes:

Biology > Invertebrates

Keywords:

Marine, Data, Eastern mediterranean sea, Historical datasets, Marine Genomics, Marine sponges, MED, Eastern Mediterranean, Porifera

Geographical coverage

MED, Eastern Mediterranean [Marine Regions]

Temporal coverage

3 August 1933 - 16 November 1933

Taxonomic coverage

Porifera [WoRMS]

Parameter

Collected biological specimens

Contributors

Hellenic Centre for Marine Research (HCMR), more, data creator

Mavraki, Dimitra
Nikolopoulou, Stamatina

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EurOBIS: European Ocean Biodiversity Information System, more

Dataset status: Completed

Data type: Data

Data origin: Research: field survey

Metadatarecord created: 2018-07-26

Information last updated: 2018-07-30

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