10.15468/9rjqln http://ipt.medobis.eu/resource?r=egypt2 e6a7eff1-f9fa-444e-b3f5-d6f3c4bfe1b2 Dimitra Mavraki Hellenic Centre for Marine Research - Institute of Marine Biology, Biotechnology and Aquaculture Data Manager +302810337740 dmavraki@hcmr.gr Dimitra Mavraki Hellenic Centre for Marine Research - Institute of Marine Biology, Biotechnology and Aquaculture Data Manager +302810337740 dmavraki@hcmr.gr Stamatina Nikolopoulou Hellenic Centre for Marine Research - Institute of Marine Biology, Biotechnology and Aquaculture Data Manager snikolo@hcmr.gr CURATOR 2020-05-19 ENGLISH 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. Metadata GBIF Dataset Type Vocabulary: http://rs.gbif.org/vocabulary/gbif/dataset_type.xml Eastern Mediterranean none Historical Dataset none Spongs none marine, harvested by iOBIS. To the extent possible under law, the publisher has waived all rights to these data and has dedicated them to the Public Domain (CC0 1.0) . Users may copy, modify, distribute and use the work, including for commercial purposes, without restriction. Creative Commons Zero v1.0 Universal https://spdx.org/licenses/CC0-1.0.html CC0-1.0 http://ipt.medobis.eu/archive.do?r=egypt2 Eastern, western Alexandria harbour, Mersa Matruh Reef. 26.829 32.52 32.287 30.316 1933-08-30 1933-11-16 This collection of sponges consists of more than 122 records and 48 species. Phylum Porifera unkown Stamatina Nikolopoulou Hellenic Centre for Marine Research - Institute of Marine Biology, Biotechnology and Aquaculture Data Manager snikolo@hcmr.gr Adolf Steuer.Preliminary report.The Fishery Grounds Near Alexandria. Notes and Memories No 8.http://ipt.medobis.eu/resource?r=egyptexpeditionpreliminaryrepor. Mediterranean Sea - Eastern Basin. 54 stations in total. Catches with no specific reference to sampling protocol or method. 2026-04-14T08:23:08Z 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 accessed via GBIF.org on 2022-04-18. accessed via GBIF.org on 2022-04-18. accessed via GBIF.org on 2026-04-14. This dataset is only a part from a large faunistical expedition(http://ipt.medobis.eu/resource?r=egyptexpeditionpreliminaryrepor) that took place in the coasts near Alexandria.