Edward Forbes. Report on the Mollusca and Radiata of the Aegean Sea, and on their distribution, considered as bearing on Geology.
13th Meeting of the British Association for the Advancement of Science, London, 1844.
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IdentificationAbout this resource
- Alternate Identifier
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10.25607/dppswx
- Alternate Identifier
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10.15468/hvmrxb
- Alternate Identifier
- http://ipt.medobis.eu/resource?r=mollusca_forbes
- Alternate Identifier
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ee1aece5-a34a-4722-8849-961558f1ccf0
- Publication Date
- 2023-03-22
- Title
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Edward Forbes. Report on the Mollusca and Radiata of the Aegean Sea, and on their distribution, considered as bearing on Geology. 13th Meeting of the British Association for the Advancement of Science, London, 1844.
- Abstract
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A historical dataset, by Edward Forbes, Professor of Botany in King#39;s College, London. This digitised report, requested by the British Association, refers to the Mollusca and Radiata inhabiting the Aegean and the Red Sea. The data upon which this report is founded have been entirely derived from a voyage of 18 months to the Aegean. The calculations have been based upon more than 100 fully recorded dredging operations in various depths and in many localities. The digitization process concerns the Appendix of the Report, which refers to the Examples of Dredging Papers, selected in order to show the associations of species in several regions. The numerous dredging operations on which this Report is founded were all registered in a similar manner.
- purpose
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This historical dataset was digitized in the framework of EMODnet Biology project, under Work Package 3 "Data archaeology and rescue". This work has been financially supported by the EC DG-MARE (EMODnet Observation and Data network - Lot5 – Biology) and partly by the Greek Government under the GSRT and the National Strategic Reference Framework (LifeWatchGreece Research Infrastructure (ESFRI) project - MIS 384676).
- Dataset Language
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ENGLISH
- Dataset Creator
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Hellenic Centre for Marine Research - Dimitra Mavraki
Former U.S. Base of Gournes
,Heraklion
,Crete
,71500
,GREECE
- Dataset Creator
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Hellenic Centre for Marine Research - Georgia Sarafidou
Former U.S. Base of Gournes
,Heraklion
,Crete
,71500
,GREECE
- Metadata Provider
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Hellenic Centre for Marine Research - Dimitra Mavraki (Data Manager)
Former U.S. Base of Gournes
,Heraklion
,Crete
,71500
,GREECE
- Associated Party
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PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
Hellenic Centre for Marine Research - Vasilis Gerovasileiou
Former U.S. Base of Gournes
,Heraklion
,Crete
,71500
,GREECE
- Dataset Contact
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Hellenic Centre for Marine Research - Dimitra Mavraki
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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Sampling event
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Historical Dataset
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- Keywords (WoRMS)
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Mollusca
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Geographic Coverage
- Geographic Description
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Mediterranean Sea, Aegean Sea. Sampling Marine Stations are from both Greece and Turkey.
Bounding Box
- West Bounding Coordinate
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23.643
- East Bounding Coordinate
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28.125
- North Bounding Coordinate
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41.03
- South Bounding Coordinate
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35.532
Temporal Coverage
Range of Dates
- Begin Date
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1841-05-29
- End Date
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1843-12-23
Taxonomic Coverage
- General Taxonomic Coverage
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Mollusca and Radiata by Forbes. It is worth mentioning that the taxonomic evaluation was difficult and thus time-consuming. HCMR team asked taxonomic specialists for specific species in order to match the species with a WoRMS ID and in particular for two species: Pleurobranchus calyptraeoides and Pleurobranchus sordidus new entries in Molluscabase ( https://www.molluscabase.org/) were created.
Taxonomic Classification
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Phylum
- Taxonomic Rank Value
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Mollusca
Taxonomic Classification
- Taxonomic Rank Name
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Phylum
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Echinodermata
Taxonomic Classification
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Phylum
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Cnidaria
Taxonomic Classification
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Phylum
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Arthropoda
Taxonomic Classification
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Phylum
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Foraminifera
Taxonomic Classification
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Phylum
- Taxonomic Rank Value
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Annelida
Taxonomic Classification
- Taxonomic Rank Name
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Phylum
- Taxonomic Rank Value
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Brachiopoda
Taxonomic Classification
- Taxonomic Rank Name
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Phylum
- Taxonomic Rank Value
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Bryozoa
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
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Creative Commons Zero v1.0 Universal
- Identifier
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CC0-1.0
Distribution
Distribution
Additional Metadata
Metadata
GBIF Metadata Block
- Date Stamp
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2026-04-14T08:23:13Z
- Citation
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Mavraki D., Sarafidou G., Legaki A., Nikolopoulou S., and V. Gerovasileiou (2021). Digitization of the dredging papers included in the Report on the Mollusca and Radiata of the Aegean Sea, and on their distribution, considered as bearing on Geology by Edward Forbes, 13th Meeting of the British Association for the Advancement of Science, London, 1844. https://doi.org/10.25607/dppswx accessed via GBIF.org on 2026-04-14.
Methods
• Method
Method Step
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Information on species, abundance, stations, and dates were extracted from the dredging papers.
Sampling
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Several locations were sampled in both Greece and Turkey.
- Sampling Description
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The digitised information is a list of examples of Dredging Papers, selected in order to show the associations of species in the several examined regions. The numerous dredging operations on which the original Report is founded were all registered in a similar manner.
qualityControl
- Description
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Marine Regions is used as controlled vocabulary for marine locations, while for taxonomy WoRMS was used.
