Counts of hyperbenthos of Gazi Bay (Kenya) sampled in October 1994

Luhunga Budeba; Jan Mees; Jan Mees; Magda Vincx

doi:10.14284/79

Counts of hyperbenthos of Gazi Bay (Kenya) sampled in October 1994

Citation

Luhunga B.Y.; Mees J.; Fundamental and Applied Marine Ecology Post Graduate Program (FAME). VUB; Marine Biology Section, Zoology Institute. Ugent: Belgium; (2016): Counts of hyperbenthos of Gazi Bay (Kenya) sampled in October 1994. (http://www.vliz.be/en/imis?module=dataset&dasid=4427) https://dx.doi.org/10.14284/79 accessed via GBIF.org on 2024-11-03.

Description

The spatial community structure of the hyperbenthos of Gazi bay was investigated during one week in October 1994. 38 stations were sampled using a hyperbenthic sledge. The data were digitized by VLIZ from the original report: Luhunga, B.Y. (1997). Spatial community structure of the hyperbenthos of Gazi Bay, Kenya. MSc Thesis. University of Gent, Zoology Institute, Marine Biology Section: Gent. 68 pp.

Additional info

A total of 36 taxa were encountered in this study. The dominant taxa (constituting >4% of the community) were the Amphipoda Gammaridea, Mysidacea, Gastropoda, Isopoda, zoea larvae of Brachyura, Polychaeta, larvae and early post-larvae of Pisces Teleostei and Chaetognatha for the day samples, and Mysidacea and Amphipoda Gammaridea for the night samples, Ostracoda, Copepoda, Cumacea and Natantia being locally dominant. Other important taxa (between 0.1 and 3% of the total community) were Opisthobranchia, Amphipoda Caprellidea, Nematoda, Bivalvia, Tanaidacea, Oligochaeta, juveniles and megalopae of Brachyura, Scyphozoa, juvenile Pisces Teleostei, Ascidiacea, Anthozoa and Plathelminthes. Coleoptera, Anomura, Ophiuroidea, Cephalopoda, Leptostraca, Cephalochordata, Pycnogonida, zoea larvae of shrimp, Hydrozoa, Brachyura Corystidae and unidentified eggs were rare (<0.1c /1 0 of the total community).

Taxonomic Coverages

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Anomura
rank: infraorder

urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1292

Anthozoa
rank: subphylum

urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1839

Ascidiacea
rank: class

urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:105

Bivalvia
rank: class

urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:106673

Brachyura
rank: infraorder

urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:101361

Caprellidae
rank: family

urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:106674

Caridea
rank: infraorder

urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:2081

Chaetognatha
rank: phylum

urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:118085

Coleoptera
rank: order

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:1207

Gammaridea
rank: suborder

urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1337

Hydrozoa
rank: class

urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1131

Isopoda
rank: order

urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:149668

Mysidacea
rank: order

urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:147028

Nebaliacea
rank: suborder

urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:799

Nematoda
rank: phylum

urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:2036

Oligochaeta
rank: subclass

urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:123084

Ophiuroidea
rank: class

urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:382226

Opisthobranchia
rank: infraclass

urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1078

Ostracoda
rank: class

urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:11676

Pisces
rank: superclass

urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:883

Polychaeta
rank: class

urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:102

Prosobranchia
rank: subclass

urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1302

Pycnogonida
rank: class

urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:135220

Scyphozoa
rank: class

urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1133

Tanaidacea
rank: order

urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:794

Turbellaria
rank: class

Geographic Coverages

EurOBIS calculated BBOX > station Bounding Box

ISW, Kenya, Gazi Bay

Bibliographic Citations

Contacts

Luhunga Budeba
originator
Vrije Universiteit Brussel; Fundamental and Applied Marine Ecology Post Graduate Program

Jan Mees
originator
Universiteit Gent; Faculteit Wetenschappen; Vakgroep Biologie; Onderzoeksgroep Mariene Biologie
BE
email: isolde.degrem@ugent.be
userId: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5709-3816

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

originator
Vrije Universiteit Brussel; Fundamental and Applied Marine Ecology Post Graduate Program

originator
Universiteit Gent; Faculteit Wetenschappen; Vakgroep Biologie Onderzoeksgroep Mariene Biologie
BE
email: isolde.degrem@ugent.be

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