Description
Tunisian bryozoans are poorly studied, their knowledge was based especially on some old works. An updated list counting 201 was conducted by d’Hondt & Mascarell (2004) by adding to the previous literature data a total of 22 species. More recently, some studies carried out in northern Tunisia by Ayari et al. (2008; 2012a; 2012b; 2014 and 2022), resulted in the identification of 72 bryozoan species, among which 26 species were newly added to the Tunisian fauna. The dataset of the Tunisian bryozoans reported by Ayari since 2004 groups those signalizations giving information about their distribution and habitats.
Data Records
The data in this sampling event resource has been published as a Darwin Core Archive (DwC-A), which is a standardized format for sharing biodiversity data as a set of one or more data tables. The core data table contains 28 records.
2 extension data tables also exist. An extension record supplies extra information about a core record. The number of records in each extension data table is illustrated below.
This IPT archives the data and thus serves as the data repository. The data and resource metadata are available for download in the downloads section. The versions table lists other versions of the resource that have been made publicly available and allows tracking changes made to the resource over time.
Versions
The table below shows only published versions of the resource that are publicly accessible.
How to cite
Researchers should cite this work as follows:
Ayari Kliti R. (2025). Distribution records of Tunisian bryozoans reported in Northern Tunisian coasts since 2004. Version 1.0. Institut National des Sciences et Technoligies de la mer (INSTM). Sampling event dataset by Ayari.
Rights
Researchers should respect the following rights statement:
The publisher and rights holder of this work is Hellenic Center for Marine Research. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution (CC-BY 4.0) License.
GBIF Registration
This resource has been registered with GBIF, and assigned the following GBIF UUID: 002ed027-3cc3-4ed5-8bb3-ab1853a35ebb. Hellenic Center for Marine Research publishes this resource, and is itself registered in GBIF as a data publisher endorsed by Ocean Biodiversity Information System.
Keywords
Samplingevent; Specimen; Tunis Gulf; Bryozoa; Cheilostomatida; Ctenostomatida; Cyclostomatida; new record; taxonomy; Cap Negro; Cap Bon Peninsula
Contacts
- Metadata Provider ●
- Originator ●
- Point Of Contact
- Custodian Steward
- Custodian Steward
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Geographic Coverage
Northern coast of Tunisia
| Bounding Coordinates | South West [36.721, 8.745], North East [37.44, 11.294] |
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Taxonomic Coverage
No Description available
| Phylum | Bryozoa (Bryozoans) |
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| Order | Cyclostomatida (Cyclostomatida), Cheilostomatida (Cheilostomatida), Ctenostomatida (Ctenostomatida) |
Temporal Coverage
| Start Date / End Date | 2004-08-02 / 2004-08-06 |
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| Start Date / End Date | 2006-05-01 / 2006-05-31 |
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| Start Date / End Date | 2014-06-01 / 2014-06-30 |
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Sampling Methods
Literature dataset for bryozoan species.
| Study Extent | Northern coast of Tunisia |
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Method step description:
- This dataset is related to Tunisian bryozoans reported by Ayari since 2004, grouping those signalizations giving information about their distribution and habitats.
Bibliographic Citations
- Ayari, R., Taylor, P. D., Afli, A., & Aissa, P. (2008). A new species of the cheilostome bryozoan Trematooecia Osburn, 1940 from the Mediterranean Sea. Cahiers de Biologie Marine, 49(3), 261.
- Ayari, R. (2010). Les peuplements macro-benthiques dans le golfe de Tunis: Systématique inventaire, bionomie, organisation et groupes fonctionnels (Doctoral dissertation).
- Ayari-Kliti, R., Afli, A., & Aissa, P. (2012). Diversite taxonomique des bryozoaires cheilostomes au large du Golfe de Tunis. Bull Inst Natn Sci Tech Mer Salammbô, 39, 73-116.
- Ayari-Kliti, R., Afli, A., & Aissa, P. (2012). Diversité taxonomique des bryozoaires ctenostomes et cyclostomes au Large du golfe de Tunis. Bulletin de l’Institut National des Sciences et Technologie de la Mer (Tunisie), 39: 55-71.
- Ayari, R., & Taylor, P. (2014). Bryozoa from Tunisia, Western Mediterranean Sea. Proceedings of the 16th IBA International Conference, Studi Trent. Sci. Nat., 94 : 11-20.
- Ayari-Kliti, R., Taylor, P., Rosso A. (2022). Insights on the biodiversity of coralligenous and dark habitats from northern Tunisia, with focus on bryozoans. In 4 th Mediterranean Symposium on the Conservation of the Coralligenous and other calcareous bio-concretions (p. 17).
Additional Metadata
| Alternative Identifiers | 10.25607/w6iwee |
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| 002ed027-3cc3-4ed5-8bb3-ab1853a35ebb | |
| http://ipt.medobis.eu/resource?r=tunisian-bryozoans-species-from-2010-to-2022 |