Sponges of the Israeli Mediterranean waters
Citation
Tom M (2025). Sponges of the Israeli Mediterranean waters. Israel Oceanographic and Limnological research. . https://marineinfo.org/doc/dataset/8813
Contact:
Tom, Moshe ;
Availability:
 This dataset is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.Description
This dataset contains observations extracted from a variety of scientific articles and reports regarding the faunistics of sponges inhabiting rocky substrates along the shelf of Israeli waters between 1967-2020.
Lineage
Prior to publication data undergo quality control checked which are described in https://github.com/EMODnet/EMODnetBiocheck?tab=readme-ov-file#understanding-the-output Scope Themes: Biology > Invertebrates Keywords: Marine/Coastal · Bio-geographical regions · Biota · Environment · Geoscientific Information · Habitats and biotopes · Metadata non conformant · Metadata not evaluated · No limitations to public access · Oceans · propelled unmanned submersible [EurOBIS harvested data] · Regional · Sea regions · WGS84 (EPSG:4326) · XYZ ASCII · EurOBIS calculated BBOX · Israeli Exclusive Economic Zone · Agelasidae Verrill, 1907 · Animalia · Axinellida · Axinellidae Carter, 1875 · Calcarea · Chalinidae Bowerbank, 1862 · Chondrillida · Clathrinida · Clathrinidae Minchin, 1900 · Clionaidae d'Orbigny, 1851 · Crellidae Dendy, 1922 · Darwinellidae Merejkowsky, 1879 · Demospongiae · Dendroceratida · Dictyoceratida · Dysideidae Gray, 1867 · Geodiidae Gray, 1867 · Halichondriidae Gray, 1867 · Haplosclerida · Homoscleromorpha · Homosclerophorida · Hymedesmiidae Topsent, 1928 · Irciniidae Gray, 1867 · Leucosolenida · Leucosoleniidae Minchin, 1900 · Microcionidae Carter, 1875 · Mycalidae Lundbeck, 1905 · Myxillidae Dendy, 1922 · Niphatidae van Soest, 1980 · Oscarellidae Lendenfeld, 1887 · Petrosiidae van Soest, 1980 · Phloeodictyidae Carter, 1882 · Plakinidae Schulze, 1880 · Poecilosclerida · Porifera · Raspailiidae Nardo, 1833 · Suberitida · Suberitidae Schmidt, 1870 · Tethyidae Gray, 1848 · Tetillidae Sollas, 1886 · Tetractinellida · Timeidae Topsent, 1928 · Verongiida Geographical coverage EurOBIS calculated BBOX Stations
Bounding Box Coordinates: MinLong: 34,551; MinLat: 31,6955 - MaxLong: 35,1044; MaxLat: 33,0927 [WGS84] Israeli Exclusive Economic Zone [Marine Regions] Temporal coverage
1 January 1962 - 1 March 2018 24 November 1962 - 28 February 2020 (EurOBIS harvested data) Taxonomic coverage
Agelasidae Verrill, 1907 [WoRMS]
Animalia [WoRMS]
Axinellida [WoRMS]
Axinellidae Carter, 1875 [WoRMS]
Calcarea [WoRMS]
Chalinidae Bowerbank, 1862 [WoRMS]
Chondrillida [WoRMS]
Clathrinida [WoRMS]
Clathrinidae Minchin, 1900 [WoRMS]
Clionaidae d'Orbigny, 1851 [WoRMS]
Crellidae Dendy, 1922 [WoRMS]
Darwinellidae Merejkowsky, 1879 [WoRMS]
Demospongiae [WoRMS]
Dendroceratida [WoRMS]
Dictyoceratida [WoRMS]
Dysideidae Gray, 1867 [WoRMS]
Geodiidae Gray, 1867 [WoRMS]
Halichondriidae Gray, 1867 [WoRMS]
Haplosclerida [WoRMS]
Homoscleromorpha [WoRMS]
Homosclerophorida [WoRMS]
Hymedesmiidae Topsent, 1928 [WoRMS]
Irciniidae Gray, 1867 [WoRMS]
Leucosolenida [WoRMS]
Leucosoleniidae Minchin, 1900 [WoRMS]
Microcionidae Carter, 1875 [WoRMS]
Mycalidae Lundbeck, 1905 [WoRMS]
Myxillidae Dendy, 1922 [WoRMS]
Niphatidae van Soest, 1980 [WoRMS]
Oscarellidae Lendenfeld, 1887 [WoRMS]
Petrosiidae van Soest, 1980 [WoRMS]
Phloeodictyidae Carter, 1882 [WoRMS]
Plakinidae Schulze, 1880 [WoRMS]
Poecilosclerida [WoRMS]
Porifera [WoRMS]
Raspailiidae Nardo, 1833 [WoRMS]
Suberitida [WoRMS]
Suberitidae Schmidt, 1870 [WoRMS]
Tethyidae Gray, 1848 [WoRMS]
Tetillidae Sollas, 1886 [WoRMS]
Tetractinellida [WoRMS]
Timeidae Topsent, 1928 [WoRMS]
Verongiida [WoRMS]
Parameter
Count (in assayed sample) of biological entity specified elsewhere [BODC] (EurOBIS harvested data) Contributors
Israel Oceanographic and Limnological Research Ltd. (IOLR), more, data creator
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Published in: EurOBIS: European Ocean Biodiversity Information System, more Project
DTO - BioFlow: Integration of biodiversity monitoring data into the Digital Twin Ocean, more
Funding Horizon Europe
Grant agreement ID 101112823
URLs
Dataset information: Other: Data type: Data
Release date: 2025-03-21
Metadatarecord created: 2025-04-03
Information last updated: 2026-01-26
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