Cnidarians of Iran

Abdolvahab Maghsoudlou

doi:10.15468/fzurx3

Cnidarians of Iran

Citation

Maghsoudlou A (2018). Cnidarians of Iran. Version 1.5. Iranian National Institute for Oceanography and Atmospheric Sciences (PEGO-OBIS node). Occurrence dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/fzurx3 accessed via GBIF.org on 2020-02-23.

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

Iran, with 750 km of coastline along the Caspian Sea and around 2250 km of coastline along the Persian Gulf and the Gulf of Oman located in the south west of Asia, is connected to open seas via the Persian Gulf and the Strait of Hormuz which connect it to the Gulf of Oman and the Indian Ocean.The presented occurrence data belong to the Iranian parts of the Persian Gulf and the Gulf of Oman.

Sampling

occurrence data were extracted from the books, reports articles and open access data bases. these data were observed by different researchers through diving and laboratory identification.

Quality Control

the extracted Occurrence data were were quality controlled by h WORMS taxon match system and Darwin core data format.

Method steps

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

Taxonomic Coverages

The presence Cnidarian occurrence data is part of the project entitled"Gathering, standardization/digitization and interpretation of existing biological data of the Persian Gulf and the Gulf of Oman based on Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS)" with Project grant number: 392-011-05

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
Trachymedusae
common name: Hydra rank: order
Anthoathecata
common name: Athecate hydroids rank: order
Siphonophorae
common name: Hydra rank: order

Geographic Coverages

The Iranian cnidarian occurrence data were extracted for the Persian Gulf and the Gulf of Oman from 2003-2006 based on the OBIS data scheme

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. -
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. -
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. -
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. -
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. (2008). Hard Coral of the Iranian Coastal waters of the Persian Gulf. Iranian National Center for Oceanography Publisher, Tehran, ISBN, 978-964. -
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. -
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. -

Contacts

Abdolvahab Maghsoudlou
originator
position: PEGO-OBIS node manager
Iranian National Institute for Oceanography and Atmospheric Science
IR
email: wahabbio@gmail.com
userId: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5167-1328

Abdolvahab Maghsoudlou
metadata author
position: PEGO-OBIS node manager
Iranian National Institute for Oceanography and Atmospheric Science
IR
email: wahabbio@gmail.com
userId: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5167-1328

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

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