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    <title>On the Radiata of the Eastern Mediterranean. Part I. Ophiuridae, by Edward Forbes</title>
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        <givenName>Panagiotis</givenName>
        <surName>Zachariou</surName>
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      <organizationName>Department of Environment, Ionian University</organizationName>
      <positionName>BSc Student</positionName>
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        <deliveryPoint>M. Minotou-Giannopoulou str. Panagoula</deliveryPoint>
        <city>Zakynthos</city>
        <administrativeArea>Ionian Islands</administrativeArea>
        <postalCode>29100</postalCode>
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        <givenName>Georgia</givenName>
        <surName>Sarafidou</surName>
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      <organizationName>Hellenic Centre for Marine Research</organizationName>
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        <deliveryPoint>Former U.S. Base of Gournes</deliveryPoint>
        <city>Heraklion</city>
        <administrativeArea>Crete</administrativeArea>
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        <givenName>Vasilis</givenName>
        <surName>Gerovasileiou</surName>
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      <organizationName>Department of Environment, Ionian University</organizationName>
      <positionName>Assistant Professor</positionName>
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        <deliveryPoint>M. Minotou-Giannopoulou str. Panagoula</deliveryPoint>
        <city>Zakynthos</city>
        <administrativeArea>Ionian Islands</administrativeArea>
        <postalCode>29100</postalCode>
        <country>GREECE</country>
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        <givenName>Georgia</givenName>
        <surName>Sarafidou</surName>
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        <deliveryPoint>Former U.S. Base of Gournes</deliveryPoint>
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    <pubDate>2023-01-31</pubDate>
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      <para>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.</para>
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        To the extent possible under law, the publisher has waived all rights to these data and has dedicated them to the
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          <citetitle>Public Domain (CC0 1.0)</citetitle>
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        <url function="download">http://ipt.medobis.eu/archive.do?r=forbes_ophiuridae</url>
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        <geographicDescription>The dataset regards coastal regions of the Eastern Mediterranean. Verbatim locations are provided in the original publication and coordinates were generated with the use of marineregions.org/gazetteer.</geographicDescription>
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          <westBoundingCoordinate>17.93</westBoundingCoordinate>
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          <northBoundingCoordinate>42.098</northBoundingCoordinate>
          <southBoundingCoordinate>30.069</southBoundingCoordinate>
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            <calendarDate>1841-01-01</calendarDate>
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            <calendarDate>1843-12-31</calendarDate>
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        <generalTaxonomicCoverage>The datasets regards species of the family Ophiuridae. There are four newly described species.</generalTaxonomicCoverage>
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        <para />
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        <givenName>Georgia</givenName>
        <surName>Sarafidou</surName>
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      <organizationName>Hellenic Centre for Marine Research</organizationName>
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        <deliveryPoint>Former U.S. Base of Gournes</deliveryPoint>
        <city>Heraklion</city>
        <administrativeArea>Crete</administrativeArea>
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      <phone>+302810337741</phone>
      <electronicMailAddress>g.sarafidou@hcmr.gr</electronicMailAddress>
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        <givenName>Dimitra</givenName>
        <surName>Mavraki</surName>
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      <organizationName>Hellenic Centre for Marine Research</organizationName>
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        <deliveryPoint>Former U.S. Base of Gournes</deliveryPoint>
        <city>Heraklion</city>
        <administrativeArea>Crete</administrativeArea>
        <postalCode>71500</postalCode>
        <country>GREECE</country>
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      <phone>+302810337740</phone>
      <electronicMailAddress>dmavraki@hcmr.gr</electronicMailAddress>
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          <para>-</para>
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          <description>
            <para>The dataset regards coastal regions of the Eastern Mediterranean. Verbatim locations are provided in the original publication and coordinates were generated with the use of marineregions.org/gazetteer.</para>
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          <para>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.</para>
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      <title>On the Radiata of the Eastern Mediterranean. Part I. Ophiuridae, by Edward Forbes</title>
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          <givenName>Georgia</givenName>
          <surName>Sarafidou</surName>
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        <para />
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        <para />
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        <dateStamp>2026-04-14T08:24:10Z</dateStamp>
        <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. Sampling event dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/akxn5j accessed via GBIF.org on 2026-04-14.</citation>
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