Distribution records of Tunisian bryozoans reported in Northern Tunisian coasts since 2004

Tunisian bryozoans are poorly studied, their knowledge was based especially on some old works. An updated list counting 201 was conducted by d’Hondt Mascarell (2004) by adding to the previous literature data a total of 22 species. More recently, some studies carried out in northern Tunisia by Ayari et al. (2008; 2012a; 2012b; 2014 and 2022), resulted in the identification of 72 bryozoan species, among which 26 species were newly added to the Tunisian fauna. The dataset of the Tunisian bryozoans reported by Ayari since 2004 groups those signalizations giving information about their distribution and habitats.

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IdentificationAbout this resource

Alternate Identifier

10.25607/w6iwee

Alternate Identifier

10.15468/nkrhsr

Alternate Identifier

002ed027-3cc3-4ed5-8bb3-ab1853a35ebb

Alternate Identifier
http://ipt.medobis.eu/resource?r=tunisian-bryozoans-species-from-2010-to-2022
Publication Date
2025-08-18
Title

Distribution records of Tunisian bryozoans reported in Northern Tunisian coasts since 2004

Abstract

Tunisian bryozoans are poorly studied, their knowledge was based especially on some old works. An updated list counting 201 was conducted by d’Hondt Mascarell (2004) by adding to the previous literature data a total of 22 species. More recently, some studies carried out in northern Tunisia by Ayari et al. (2008; 2012a; 2012b; 2014 and 2022), resulted in the identification of 72 bryozoan species, among which 26 species were newly added to the Tunisian fauna. The dataset of the Tunisian bryozoans reported by Ayari since 2004 groups those signalizations giving information about their distribution and habitats.

Dataset Language

ENGLISH

 
Dataset Creator
Metadata Provider
Associated Party
Associated Party

CUSTODIAN_STEWARD
  HCMR-IMBBC - Dimitra Mavraki (Data manager)

Thalassocosmos, Former American Base

,

Heraklion

,

Crete

,

71003

,

GREECE

https://imbbc.hcmr.gr/
Dataset Contact
Keywords (GBIF Dataset Type Vocabulary: http://rs.gbif.org/vocabulary/gbif/dataset_type_2015-07-10.xml)

  • Samplingevent

Keywords (GBIF Dataset Subtype Vocabulary: http://rs.gbif.org/vocabulary/gbif/dataset_subtype.xml)

  • Specimen

Keywords (https://www.marineregions.org/)

  • Tunis Gulf

Keywords (https://www.marinespecies.org/)

  • Cyclostomatida

  • Bryozoa

  • Cheilostomatida

  • Ctenostomatida

Keywords (n/a)

  • new record

  • taxonomy

Keywords (n/a)

  • Cap Bon Peninsula

  • Cap Negro

Geographic Coverage

Geographic Description

Northern coast of Tunisia

Bounding Box

West Bounding Coordinate

8.745

East Bounding Coordinate

11.294

North Bounding Coordinate

37.44

South Bounding Coordinate

36.721

Temporal Coverage

Range of Dates

Begin Date

2004-08-02

End Date

2004-08-06

Temporal Coverage

Range of Dates

Begin Date

2006-05-01

End Date

2006-05-31

Temporal Coverage

Range of Dates

Begin Date

2014-06-01

End Date

2014-06-30

Taxonomic Coverage

Taxonomic Classification

Taxonomic Rank Name

Phylum

Taxonomic Rank Value

Bryozoa

Common Name

Bryozoans

Taxonomic Classification

Taxonomic Rank Name

Order

Taxonomic Rank Value

Cyclostomatida

Common Name

Cyclostomatida

Taxonomic Classification

Taxonomic Rank Name

Order

Taxonomic Rank Value

Cheilostomatida

Common Name

Cheilostomatida

Taxonomic Classification

Taxonomic Rank Name

Order

Taxonomic Rank Value

Ctenostomatida

Common Name

Ctenostomatida

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Intellectual Rights

This work is licensed under a

Creative Commons Attribution (CC-BY) 4.0 License

.

Resource License

License Name

Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International

URL
https://spdx.org/licenses/CC-BY-4.0.html
Identifier

CC-BY-4.0

 

Distribution

Online

URL
http://ipt.medobis.eu/archive.do?r=tunisian-bryozoans-species-from-2010-to-2022
 

Additional Metadata

Metadata

GBIF Metadata Block

Date Stamp

2026-04-14T08:24:21Z

Citation

AYARI KLITI R (2025). Distribution records of Tunisian bryozoans reported in Northern Tunisian coasts since 2004. Version 2.0. Hellenic Center for Marine Research. Sampling event dataset https://doi.org/10.25607/w6iwee accessed via GBIF.org on 2026-04-14.

Bibliography

Ayari, R., Taylor, P. D., Afli, A., Aissa, P. (2008). A new species of the cheilostome bryozoan Trematooecia Osburn, 1940 from the Mediterranean Sea. Cahiers de Biologie Marine, 49(3), 261.

Ayari, R. (2010). Les peuplements macro-benthiques dans le golfe de Tunis: Systématique inventaire, bionomie, organisation et groupes fonctionnels (Doctoral dissertation).

Ayari-Kliti, R., Afli, A., Aissa, P. (2012). Diversite taxonomique des bryozoaires cheilostomes au large du Golfe de Tunis. Bull Inst Natn Sci Tech Mer Salammbô, 39, 73-116.

Ayari-Kliti, R., Afli, A., Aissa, P. (2012). Diversité taxonomique des bryozoaires ctenostomes et cyclostomes au Large du golfe de Tunis. Bulletin de l’Institut National des Sciences et Technologie de la Mer (Tunisie), 39: 55-71.

Ayari, R., Taylor, P. (2014). Bryozoa from Tunisia, Western Mediterranean Sea. Proceedings of the 16th IBA International Conference, Studi Trent. Sci. Nat., 94 : 11-20.

Ayari-Kliti, R., Taylor, P., Rosso A. (2022). Insights on the biodiversity of coralligenous and dark habitats from northern Tunisia, with focus on bryozoans. In 4 th Mediterranean Symposium on the Conservation of the Coralligenous and other calcareous bio-concretions (p. 17).

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https://i.imgur.com/ls7l2ZM.png
 

Methods

• Method

Method Step

Description

This dataset is related to Tunisian bryozoans reported by Ayari since 2004, grouping those signalizations giving information about their distribution and habitats.

Sampling

Study Extent

Northern coast of Tunisia

Sampling Description

Literature dataset for bryozoan species.