Epiphytic meiofauna and nematode community from seagrasses in Gazi and Nyali (Kenya) sampled in August 1989

Magda Vincx; Philip Van Avermaet; August Coomans; August Coomans

doi:10.14284/115

Epiphytic meiofauna and nematode community from seagrasses in Gazi and Nyali (Kenya) sampled in August 1989

Citation

Van Avermaet P.; Coomans A.; Laboratoria voor Morfologie en Systematiek; Museum voor Dierkunde. RUG: Belgium; (2016): Epiphytic meiofauna and nematode community from seagrasses in Gazi and Nyali (Kenya) sampled in August 1989. (http://www.vliz.be/en/imis?module=dataset&dasid=4426) https://dx.doi.org/10.14284/115 accessed via GBIF.org on 2024-12-12.

Description

Dataset contains the counts and abundance of epiphytic meiofauna (and in particular nematods) on seagrasses sampled at two sites along the Kenyan Coast (Nyali Beach and Gazi Bay) in August 1989. The data were digitized by VLIZ from the original report: Van Avermaet, P. (1990). Bijdrage tot de kennis van de ecologie van epifytische meiofauna in Keniase kustbiotopen; Contribution to the knowledge of the ecology of epiphytic meiofauna in Kenyan coast habitats. BSc Thesis. University of Gent, Zoology Institute, Marine Biology Section: Gent. 67 pp.

Taxonomic Coverages

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Bryozoa
rank: phylum

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Caprellidae
rank: family

urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:155670

Cladocera
rank: superorder

urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1080

Copepoda
rank: class

urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1066

Crustacea
rank: subphylum

urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1137

Cumacea
rank: order

urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:208921

Cymodocea rotundata
rank: species

urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:208932

Enhalus acoroides
rank: species

urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:101

Gastropoda
rank: class

urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:2078

Gastrotricha
rank: phylum

urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:292685

Halacaroidea
rank: superfamily

urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1131

Isopoda
rank: order

urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:101060

Kinorhyncha
rank: phylum

urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:799

Nematoda
rank: phylum

urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:2036

Oligochaeta
rank: subclass

urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1078

Ostracoda
rank: class

urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1358

Pantopoda
rank: order

urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:883

Polychaeta
rank: class

urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:14260

Rotifera
rank: phylum

urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1276

Tardigrada
rank: phylum

urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:220228

Thalassodendron ciliatum
rank: species

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Turbellaria
rank: class

Geographic Coverages

EurOBIS calculated BBOX > station Bounding Box

ISW, Kenya, Coast, Nyali

ISW, Kenya, Gazi Bay

Bibliographic Citations

Contacts

Magda Vincx
originator
Universiteit Gent; Faculteit Wetenschappen; Vakgroep Biologie; Onderzoeksgroep Mariene Biologie
BE
email: magda.vincx@ugent.be

Philip Van Avermaet
originator
Universiteit Gent; Faculteit Wetenschappen

August Coomans
originator
Universiteit Gent; Faculteit Wetenschappen

originator
Universiteit Gent; Faculteit Wetenschappen

metadata author
Kenya Marine and Fisheries Research Institute Mombasa Centre

custodian steward
Vlaams Instituut voor de Zee
BE
email: info@vliz.be

metadata author
Kenya Marine and Fisheries Research Institute

administrative point of contact
Vlaams Instituut voor de Zee
BE
email: info@vliz.be