Steinbock (1937) Turbellaria XIV. The fishery grounds near Alexandria. Notes and Memories of the Fisheries Directorate of
Egypt, No. 25
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IdentificationAbout this resource
- Alternate Identifier
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10.15468/xsavoc
- Alternate Identifier
- http://ipt.medobis.eu/resource?r=egyptexpeditionturbellaria
- Publication Date
- 2020-04-03
- Title
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Steinbock (1937) Turbellaria XIV. The fishery grounds near Alexandria. Notes and Memories of the Fisheries Directorate of Egypt, No. 25
- Abstract
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Turbellarians (Phylum Platyhelminthes) collected by Professor Steurer during his stay in Alexandria (1933), including two new species to science.
- Dataset Language
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ENGLISH
- Dataset Creator
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Hellenic Centre for Marine Research - Vasilis Gerovasileiou (Data Manager)
Former U.S. Base of Gournes
,Heraklion
,Crete
,71500
,GREECE
- Metadata Provider
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Hellenic Centre for Marine Research - Dimitra Mavraki
Former U.S. Base of Gournes
,Heraklion
,Crete
,71500
,GREECE
- Metadata Provider
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Hellenic Centre for Marine Research - Vasilis Gerovasileiou (Data Manager)
Former U.S. Base of Gournes
,Heraklion
,Crete
,71500
,GREECE
- Associated Party
- Dataset Contact
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Hellenic Centre for Marine Research - Vasilis Gerovasileiou (Data Manager)
Former U.S. Base of Gournes
,Heraklion
,Crete
,71500
,GREECE
- Keywords (GBIF Dataset Type Vocabulary: http://rs.gbif.org/vocabulary/gbif/dataset_type.xml)
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Metadata
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- Keywords (none)
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Historical dataset
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- Keywords (none)
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Egypt Expedition
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- Keywords (none)
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Turbellaria
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- Keywords (none)
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Platyhelminthes
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Geographic Coverage
- Geographic Description
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This dataset constitutes a small part of an expedition that took place on the coast of Alexandria, Egypt in 1933. Therefore, only 6 sampling stations from a total of almost 170 were included in this dataset.
Bounding Box
- West Bounding Coordinate
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29.726
- East Bounding Coordinate
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29.977
- North Bounding Coordinate
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31.387
- South Bounding Coordinate
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31.1
Temporal Coverage
Range of Dates
- Begin Date
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1933-08-30
- End Date
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1933-11-13
Taxonomic Coverage
- General Taxonomic Coverage
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Six turbellarian taxa (Phylum Platyhelminthes).
Taxonomic Classification
- Taxonomic Rank Name
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Order
- Taxonomic Rank Value
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Polycladida
Taxonomic Classification
- Taxonomic Rank Name
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Family
- Taxonomic Rank Value
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Stylochidae
Taxonomic Classification
- Taxonomic Rank Name
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Family
- Taxonomic Rank Value
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Planoceridae
Taxonomic Classification
- Taxonomic Rank Name
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Family
- Taxonomic Rank Value
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Prosthiostomidae
Taxonomic Classification
- Taxonomic Rank Name
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Phylum
- Taxonomic Rank Value
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Platyhelminthes
resourceLicensesLicense Information
- Intellectual Rights
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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
Public Domain (CC0 1.0)
. Users may copy, modify, distribute and use the work, including for commercial purposes, without restriction.
Resource License
- License Name
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Creative Commons Zero v1.0 Universal
- Identifier
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CC0-1.0
Distribution
Additional Metadata
Metadata
GBIF Metadata Block
- Date Stamp
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2026-04-14T08:24:24Z
- Citation
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Gerovasileiou Vasilis, Dimitra Mavraki, Nikolopoulou Stamatina (2020). Digitization of The fishery grounds near Alexandria. Turbellaria XIV. Notes and Memories of the Fisheries Directorate of Egypt, No. 25. https://doi.org/10.15468/xsavoc accessed via GBIF.org on 2022-04-18. accessed via GBIF.org on 2022-04-18. accessed via GBIF.org on 2026-04-14.
Project
• Project
- Title
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Digitization of Historical Dataset-Egypt Expedition
Personnel
Individual Name
- Given Name
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Vasilis
- Surname
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Gerovasileiou
- Role
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CURATOR
- Abstract
- Funding
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EMODnet
Methods
• Method
Method Step
- Description
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No data
Sampling
- Study Extent
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Alexandria, Egypt
- Sampling Description
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There is no specific information about the sampling method used. From the Preliminary Report of the Expedition (Steuer 1935) it seems that samples were collected with a dredge with an opening of 20x70 cm (1400 cm2).
References: Steuer A. 1935. The fishery grounds near Alexandria. 1. Preliminary Report, Notes and Memoirs No 8. Fisheries Research Directorate, Egypt.
