Mortensen Th. And Steuer Ad. 1937. The fishery grounds near Alexandria. XIII Echinoderma. Notes and Memoirs No 21. Hydrobiology and Fisheries Directorate, Egypt

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Alternate Identifier: 10.15468/vzj6qv

Alternate Identifier: 0428bd0e-3066-4e48-b65d-52cbbff24b73

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Publication Date: 2020-04-16

Title: Mortensen Th. And Steuer Ad. 1937. The fishery grounds near Alexandria. XIII Echinoderma. Notes and Memoirs No 21. Hydrobiology and Fisheries Directorate, Egypt

Abstract: This is a historical dataset that was published in 1937 by Th. Mortensen and Ad. Steuer and concerns of the faunistic report on the Echinoderma collected during the floristical and faunistical survey of Adolf Steuer on the coasts near Alexandria mainly with the vessel “El Hoot”. In this historical paper, there are no information about exact sampling temporal coverage. This dataset contains occurrence data of Echinoderma in the coasts of Alexandria, Egypt. It also contains information about individual counts, sex and lifestage. The digitization of this dataset was done by LifewatchGreece team.

Dataset Language: ENGLISH

Dataset Creator: University of Crete - Irini Tsikopoulou (Data Manager)

Metadata Provider: University of Crete - Irini Tsikopoulou (Data Manager)

Associated Party: CONTENT_PROVIDER

Hellenic Centre for Marine Research - Institute of Marine Biology, Biotechnology and Aquaculture - Stamatina Nikolopoulou

Dataset Contact: University of Crete - Irini Tsikopoulou (Data Manager)

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Geographic Coverage

Geographic Description: Echinoderma were found in about 80 sampling stations in Alexandria, Egypt, eastern Mediterranean.

Bounding Box

West Bounding Coordinate: 29.659

East Bounding Coordinate: 30.426

North Bounding Coordinate: 31.473

South Bounding Coordinate: 31.054

Taxonomic Coverage

Taxonomic Classification

Taxonomic Rank Name: Phylum

Taxonomic Rank Value: Echinoderma

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Distribution

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Metadata

GBIF Metadata Block

Date Stamp: 2026-04-14T08:23:56Z

Citation: Tsikopoulou Irini and Stamatina Nikolopoulou (2016). Digitization of The fishery grounds near Alexandria. XIII Echinoderma. Notes and Memoirs No 21. Hydrobiology and Fisheries Directorate, Egypt https://doi.org/10.15468/vzj6qv accessed via GBIF.org on 2022-04-18. accessed via GBIF.org on 2022-04-18. accessed via GBIF.org on 2026-04-14.

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Formation Period: 1933

• Project

Title: Digitization of Historical Dataset-Egypt Expedition

Personnel

Individual Name

Given Name: Irini

Surname: Tsikopoulou

Role: ADMINISTRATIVE_POINT_OF_CONTACT

Abstract

Funding: LifewatchGreece

• Method

Method Step

Description

Adolf Steuer.Preliminary report.The Fishery Grounds Near Alexandria. Notes and Memories No 8. http://ipt.medobis.eu/resource?r=egyptexpeditionpreliminaryrepor

http://ipt.medobis.eu/resource?r=egyptexpeditionbottomsampler

Sampling

Study Extent: This digitized historical dataset is based on a faunistic report compiled from the expedition by the Fisheries Research Directorate in fishery grounds near Alexandria at 1933.

Sampling Description: This dataset is only a part from a large faunistical expedition that took place in the coasts near Alexandria. The samples were collected by A. Steuer. For bottom samples almost exclusively a dredge with 20x70 cm opening was used. A single catch was made in a depth of 20 m with a large otter trawl in the eastern part of the Bay of Abukir. In general, the motor-launch of the Marine Laboratory "El Hoot" was used for dredging and a rowing boat in shallow water. All excursions were one-day trips. After the expedition, taxonomic identification of the samples was done by specialists. The results of this expedition were published in separate for each taxonomic group volumes. Thus, sampling methods were only described in a preliminary report by A. Steuer. Echinoderma species that collected in this expedition were identified by Th. Mortensen.