Steinbock (1937) Turbellaria XIV. The fishery grounds near Alexandria. Notes and Memories of the Fisheries Directorate of Egypt, No. 25

Vasilis Gerovasileiou

doi:10.15468/xsavoc

Steinbock (1937) Turbellaria XIV. The fishery grounds near Alexandria. Notes and Memories of the Fisheries Directorate of Egypt, No. 25

Citation

Gerovasileiou V, Mavraki D (2020). Steinbock (1937) Turbellaria XIV. The fishery grounds near Alexandria. Notes and Memories of the Fisheries Directorate of Egypt, No. 25. Hellenic Center for Marine Research. Sampling event dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/xsavoc accessed via GBIF.org on 2020-05-28.

Description

Turbellarians (Phylum Platyhelminthes) collected by Professor Steurer during his stay in Alexandria (1933), including two new species to science.

Sampling Description

Study Extent

Alexandria, Egypt

Sampling

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.

Method steps

No data

Taxonomic Coverages

Six turbellarian taxa (Phylum Platyhelminthes).

Polycladida
rank: order
Stylochidae
rank: family
Planoceridae
rank: family
Prosthiostomidae
rank: family
Platyhelminthes
rank: phylum

Geographic Coverages

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.

Bibliographic Citations

Contacts

Vasilis Gerovasileiou
originator
position: Data Manager
Hellenic Centre for Marine Research
Former U.S. Base of Gournes
Heraklion
71500
Crete
GR
Telephone: +302810337742
email: vgerovas@hcmr.gr

Dimitra Mavraki
metadata author
Hellenic Centre for Marine Research
Former U.S. Base of Gournes
Heraklion
71500
Crete
GR
Telephone: +302810337740
email: dmavraki@hcmr.gr

Vasilis Gerovasileiou
metadata author
position: Data Manager
Hellenic Centre for Marine Research
Former U.S. Base of Gournes
Heraklion
71500
Crete
GR
Telephone: +302810337741
email: vgerovas@hcmr.gr

Stamatina Nikolopoulou
curator
Hellenic Centre for Marine Research - Institute of Marine Biology, Biotechnology and Aquaculture
GR
email: snikolo@hcmr.gr

Vasilis Gerovasileiou
administrative point of contact
position: Data Manager
Hellenic Centre for Marine Research
Former U.S. Base of Gournes
Heraklion
71500
Crete
GR
Telephone: +302810337742
email: vgerovas@hcmr.gr