Cnidarian of the Iranian parts of the Persian Gulf and the Gulf of Oman

Abdolvahab Maghsoudlou

doi:10.15468/us4ba8

Cnidarian of the Iranian parts of the Persian Gulf and the Gulf of Oman

Citation

Maghsoudlou A (2020). Cnidarian of the Iranian parts of the Persian Gulf and the Gulf of Oman. Iranian National Institute for Oceanography and Atmospheric Sciences (PEGO-OBIS node). Occurrence dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/us4ba8 accessed via GBIF.org on 2020-06-20. accessed via GBIF.org on 2024-12-13.

Description

The growth rate of marine biodiversity knowledge among Indian Ocean countries is not uniform, which is due to the lack and asymmetric growth of human, institutional, and technical capabilities. Biodiversity data in the Middle East marine environments (the Red Sea, the Gulf of Aden, the Arabian Sea, the Gulf of Oman, and the Persian Gulf) are scarce and are generally focused on larger taxa, while groups like sponges, ctenophores, octocorals, polychaetes, and tunicates are poorly known. On the other hand, most of the species diversity information of the region came from coral reef ecosystems, especially from the Red Sea. High maritime activities in the Persian Gulf and the Gulf of Oman as the major waterways for oil and gas transport and the lack of a documented database on total taxa diversity require greater attention for the biodiversity of these environments. Therefore, there is an urgent need to extract, standardize, and evaluate these biodiversity data. To fill a part of the gap, the Iranian National Institute for Oceanography and Atmospheric Science (INIOAS) was officially selected as a regional OBIS node in the Persian Gulf and the Gulf of Oman (PEGO-OBIS) Then, a project (project grant number: 392-011-05) was conducted entitled Gathering, standardization/digitization and interpretation of existing biological data of the Persian Gulf and the Gulf of Oman based on OBIS scheme. the presence Cnidarian occurrence data is part of the above project

Purpose

To participate in OBIS data sharing objectives and to provide and infrastructure for marine biota biogeography study in Iran

Sampling Description

Study Extent

The occurrence data belong to the Iranian parts of the Persian Gulf and the Gulf of Oman.

Sampling

Direct observation of the library documents were undertaken to record manually biodiversity data from non-database information sources (books, thesis, research reports,and articles). Library documents of the ten universities,two research institutes, and other relevant executive marine authorities including Department of Environment of Iran (DOE), Iranian Fisheries Research Organizations (IFRO), Ports and Maritime Organization (PMO), and Regional Organization for the Protection of the Marine Environment (ROPME), were also directly inspected. Articles published in foreign journals were also purchased.

Quality Control

Occurrence data were matched with WORMS taxon match system. Darwin core format is the standard format for the Cnidarian occurrence data.

Method steps

1- Data extraction through Internet search and library visiting 2-Data digitization in Excel software 3- WORMS taxon match 4- Quality control:data format and standardization based on and based on Darwin core data format with eight mandatory OBIS terms.

Additional info

The growth rate of marine biodiversity knowledge among Indian Ocean countries is not uniform, which is due to the lack and asymmetric growth of human, institutional, and technical capabilities. Biodiversity data in the Middle East marine environments (the Red Sea, the Gulf of Aden, the Arabian Sea, the Gulf of Oman, and the Persian Gulf) are scarce and are generally focused on larger taxa, while groups like sponges, ctenophores, octocorals, polychaetes, and tunicates are poorly known. On the other hand, most of the species diversity information of the region came from coral reef ecosystems, especially from the Red Sea. High maritime activities in the Persian Gulf and the Gulf of Oman as the major waterways for oil and gas transport and the lack of a documented database on total taxa diversity require greater attention for the biodiversity of these environments. Therefore, there is an urgent need to extract, standardize, and evaluate these biodiversity data. To fill a part of the gap, the Iranian National Institute for Oceanography and Atmospheric Science (INIOAS) was officially selected as a regional OBIS node in the Persian Gulf and the Gulf of Oman (PEGO-OBIS) Then, a project (project grant number: 392-011-05) was conducted entitled Gathering, standardization/digitization and interpretation of existing biological data of the Persian Gulf and the Gulf of Oman based on OBIS scheme.

Taxonomic Coverages

the presented occurrence data include representative of Cnidarian phylum for the Iranian sides of the Persian Gulf and the Gulf of Oman. the data contain 165 cnidarian taxa that mostly identified up to species level. Of them more than 80 species are hard corals.

Cnidaria
rank: phylum
Scleractinia
common name: Hard corals rank: order
Alcyonacea
common name: Soft corals rank: order
Pennatulacea
common name: Sea pens rank: order
Leptothecata
common name: Hydra rank: order
Zoantharia
common name: colonial anemones rank: order
Actiniaria
common name: Sea Anemones rank: order
Anthoathecata
common name: Athecate hydroids rank: order
Siphonophorae
common name: Hydra rank: order
Trachymedusae
common name: Hydra rank: order
Narcomedusae
rank: order

Geographic Coverages

The Cnidarian Occurrence data belong to the Iranian parts of the Persian Gulf and the Gulf of Oman. Available occurrence data were extracted from relevant/ formal and published information sources up to early of 2014.

Bibliographic Citations

Kavousi, J., Seyfabadi, J., Rezai, H., & Fenner, D. (2011). Coral reefs and communities of Qeshm Island, the Persian Gulf. Zool Stud, 50(3), 276-283. -
Namin, K. S., & Van Ofwegen, L. P. (2009). Some shallow water octocorals (Coelenterata: Anthozoa) of the Persian Gulf. Zootaxa, 2058, 1-52 -
Benayahu, Y., & McFadden, C. S. (2011). A new genus of soft coral of the family Alcyoniidae (Cnidaria, Octocorallia) with re-description of a new combination and description of a new species. ZooKeys, (84), 1. -
A. Nouri Koupaei & et al. 2013. Preliminary survey of zoanthids diversity along the Iranian coastline of ROPME Sea Area. International Conference on Environmental Challenges in the Ropme Sea Area. Kish Island, I. R. Iran. 3_6 March, 2013. -
Samiei, Jahangir Vajed, Koosha Dab, Parviz Ghezellou, and Arash Shirvani. "Some scleractinian corals (Scleractinia: Anthozoa) of Larak Island, Persian Gulf." Zootaxa 3636, no. 1 (2013): 101-143. -
Maghsoudlou, A. (2008). Hard Coral of the Iranian Coastal waters of the Persian Gulf. Iranian National Center for Oceanography Publisher, Tehran, ISBN, 978-964. -
Namin, K. S., Rezai, H., Kabiri, K., & Zohari, Z. (2009). Unique coral community in the Persian Gulf. Coral Reefs, 28(1), 27-27. -
Maghsoudlou, A., Araghi, P. E., Wilson, S., Taylor, O., & Medio, D. (2008). Status of coral reefs in the ROPME sea area (The Persian Gulf, Gulf of Oman and Arabian Sea). Status of coral reefs of the world, 79-90. -
Maghsoudlou, A., Momtazi, F., Nasiri, K., Pazooki, S., Molavi-Arabshahi, M., Sepahvand, V., ... & Khaledi, H. A review on the state of the biodiversity knowledge on Iran’s southern seas: introducing a methodology to evaluate the validity of the reported cases. Marine Biodiversity, 1-19. -

Contacts

Abdolvahab Maghsoudlou
originator
position: Project manager; PEGO-OBIS node manager
Iranian National Institute for Oceanography and Atmospheric Science (INIOAS)
IR
userId: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5167-1328

Abdolvahab Maghsoudlou
metadata author
position: Project manager; PEGO-OBIS node manager
Iranian National Institute for Oceanography and Atmospheric Science (INIOAS)
IR
userId: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5167-1328

Abdolvahab Maghsoudlou
user
position: Project manager; PEGO-OBIS node manager
Iranian National Institute for Oceanography and Atmospheric Science (INIOAS)
IR
userId: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5167-1328

Abdolvahab Maghsoudlou
administrative point of contact
position: Project manager; PEGO-OBIS node manager
Iranian National Institute for Oceanography and Atmospheric Science (INIOAS)
IR
userId: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5167-1328

abdolvahab maghsoudlou
technical point of contact
email: wahabbio@gmail.com