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Counts of hyperbenthos of Gazi Bay (Kenya) sampled in October 1994

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Citation

Luhunga B.Y.; Mees J.; Fundamental and Applied Marine Ecology Post Graduate Program (FAME). VUB; Marine Biology Section, Zoology Institute. Ugent: Belgium; (2016): Counts of hyperbenthos of Gazi Bay (Kenya) sampled in October 1994. (http://www.vliz.be/en/imis?module=dataset&dasid=4427) https://dx.doi.org/10.14284/79 accessed via GBIF.org on 2026-06-04.

Description

The spatial community structure of the hyperbenthos of Gazi bay was investigated during one week in October 1994. 38 stations were sampled using a hyperbenthic sledge. The data were digitized by VLIZ from the original report: Luhunga, B.Y. (1997). Spatial community structure of the hyperbenthos of Gazi Bay, Kenya. MSc Thesis. University of Gent, Zoology Institute, Marine Biology Section: Gent. 68 pp.

Additional info

A total of 36 taxa were encountered in this study. The dominant taxa (constituting >4% of the community) were the Amphipoda Gammaridea, Mysidacea, Gastropoda, Isopoda, zoea larvae of Brachyura, Polychaeta, larvae and early post-larvae of Pisces Teleostei and Chaetognatha for the day samples, and Mysidacea and Amphipoda Gammaridea for the night samples, Ostracoda, Copepoda, Cumacea and Natantia being locally dominant. Other important taxa (between 0.1 and 3% of the total community) were Opisthobranchia, Amphipoda Caprellidea, Nematoda, Bivalvia, Tanaidacea, Oligochaeta, juveniles and megalopae of Brachyura, Scyphozoa, juvenile Pisces Teleostei, Ascidiacea, Anthozoa and Plathelminthes. Coleoptera, Anomura, Ophiuroidea, Cephalopoda, Leptostraca, Cephalochordata, Pycnogonida, zoea larvae of shrimp, Hydrozoa, Brachyura Corystidae and unidentified eggs were rare (<0.1c /1 0 of the total community).

Taxonomic Coverages

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  1. Anomura
    rank: infraorder
urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1292
  1. Anthozoa
    rank: subphylum
urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1839
  1. Ascidiacea
    rank: class
urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:105
  1. Bivalvia
    rank: class
urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:106673
  1. Brachyura
    rank: infraorder
urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:101361
  1. Caprellidae
    rank: family
urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:106674
  1. Caridea
    rank: infraorder
urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:2081
  1. Chaetognatha
    rank: phylum
urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:118085
  1. Coleoptera
    rank: order
urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1080
  1. Copepoda
    rank: class
urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1066
  1. Crustacea
    rank: subphylum
urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1137
  1. Cumacea
    rank: order
urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1207
  1. Gammaridea
    rank: suborder
urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1337
  1. Hydrozoa
    rank: class
urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1131
  1. Isopoda
    rank: order
urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:149668
  1. Mysidacea
    rank: order
urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:147028
  1. Nebaliacea
    rank: suborder
urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:799
  1. Nematoda
    rank: phylum
urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:2036
  1. Oligochaeta
    rank: subclass
urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:123084
  1. Ophiuroidea
    rank: class
urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:382226
  1. Opisthobranchia
    rank: infraclass
urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1078
  1. Ostracoda
    rank: class
urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:11676
  1. Pisces
    rank: superclass
urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:883
  1. Polychaeta
    rank: class
urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:102
  1. Prosobranchia
    rank: subclass
urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1302
  1. Pycnogonida
    rank: class
urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:135220
  1. Scyphozoa
    rank: class
urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1133
  1. Tanaidacea
    rank: order
urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:794
  1. Turbellaria
    rank: class

Geographic Coverages

EurOBIS calculated BBOX > station Bounding Box
ISW, Kenya, Maftaha Bay

Bibliographic Citations

Contacts

Luhunga Budeba
originator
Vrije Universiteit Brussel; Fundamental and Applied Marine Ecology Post Graduate Program
Jan Mees
originator
Universiteit Gent; Faculteit Wetenschappen; Vakgroep Biologie; Onderzoeksgroep Mariene Biologie
BE
userId: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5709-3816
Jan Mees
originator
Universiteit Gent; Faculteit Wetenschappen; Vakgroep Biologie; Onderzoeksgroep Mariene Biologie
BE
userId: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5709-3816
Magda Vincx
originator
Universiteit Gent; Faculteit Wetenschappen; Vakgroep Biologie; Onderzoeksgroep Mariene Biologie
BE
email: magda.vincx@ugent.be
originator
Vrije Universiteit Brussel; Fundamental and Applied Marine Ecology Post Graduate Program
originator
Universiteit Gent; Faculteit Wetenschappen; Vakgroep Biologie; Onderzoeksgroep Mariene Biologie
BE
metadata author
Kenya Marine and Fisheries Research Institute Mombasa Centre
custodian steward
Vlaams Instituut voor de Zee
BE
metadata author
Kenya Marine and Fisheries Research Institute
administrative point of contact
Vlaams Instituut voor de Zee
BE
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