M. Burton (1936). The Fishery grounds near Alexandria IX – Sponges. Notes and Memoirs No.17. Department of Zoology, British Museum. Fisheries Research Directorate. Ministry of Commerce and Industry, Egypt.

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About this resource

Alternate Identifier

10.15468/9rjqln

Alternate Identifier
http://ipt.medobis.eu/resource?r=egypt2
Alternate Identifier

e6a7eff1-f9fa-444e-b3f5-d6f3c4bfe1b2

Publication Date
2020-05-19
Dataset Language

ENGLISH

 
Dataset Creator
Metadata Provider
Associated Party
Dataset Contact
Keywords (GBIF Dataset Type Vocabulary: http://rs.gbif.org/vocabulary/gbif/dataset_type.xml)

  • Metadata

Keywords (none)

  • Eastern Mediterranean

Keywords (none)

  • Historical Dataset

Keywords (none)

  • Spongs

Geographic Coverage

Geographic Description

Eastern, western Alexandria harbour, Mersa Matruh Reef.

Bounding Box

West Bounding Coordinate

26.829

East Bounding Coordinate

32.52

North Bounding Coordinate

32.287

South Bounding Coordinate

30.316

Temporal Coverage

Range of Dates

Begin Date

1933-08-30

End Date

1933-11-16

Taxonomic Coverage

General Taxonomic Coverage

This collection of sponges consists of more than 122 records and 48 species.

Taxonomic Classification

Taxonomic Rank Name

Phylum

Taxonomic Rank Value

Porifera

License Information

Intellectual Rights

To the extent possible under law, the publisher has waived all rights to these data and has dedicated them to the

Public Domain (CC0 1.0)

. Users may copy, modify, distribute and use the work, including for commercial purposes, without restriction.

Resource License

License Name

Creative Commons Zero v1.0 Universal

URL
https://spdx.org/licenses/CC0-1.0.html
Identifier

CC0-1.0

 

Distribution

Online

URL
http://ipt.medobis.eu/archive.do?r=egypt2
 

Additional Metadata

Metadata

GBIF Metadata Block

Date Stamp

2026-04-02T14:10:12Z

Citation

Mavraki Dimitra, Paranou Giota and Nikolopoulou Stamatina (2017). Digitation of The fishery grounds near Alexandria. IX Sponges. Notes and Memoirs No 17. Fisheries Research Directorate, 1936, Egypt https://doi.org/10.15468/9rjqln accessed via GBIF.org on 2022-04-18. accessed via GBIF.org on 2022-04-18. accessed via GBIF.org on 2026-04-02.

Collection

This dataset is only a part from a large faunistical expedition( http://ipt.medobis.eu/resource?r=egyptexpeditionpreliminaryrepor) that took place in the coasts near Alexandria.

 

Methods

• Method

Method Step

Description

Adolf Steuer.Preliminary report.The Fishery Grounds Near Alexandria. Notes and Memories No 8. http://ipt.medobis.eu/resource?r=egyptexpeditionpreliminaryrepor.

Sampling

Study Extent

Mediterranean Sea - Eastern Basin. 54 stations in total.

Sampling Description

Catches with no specific reference to sampling protocol or method.