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Mobula mobular #187

Open gbif-portal opened 3 years ago

gbif-portal commented 3 years ago

Mobula mobular

Dataset link: http://ejournal-balitbang.kkp.go.id/index.php/ifrj/article/view/7419

Region: Western Mediterranean Oran Bay

Taxon: megafauna

Type: occurrence

Why is this important: This elasmobranch is categorized as endangered on the IUCN Red List (Endangered A2d ver 3.1) and is very rare in that area. its biology and ecology are not well known. occurence map of this species can be enriched by our observation helping to draw migratory trajectiory of this giant elasmobranch

Priority: medium

License: Unspecified

Bibliographic reference: http://ejournal-balitbang.kkp.go.id/index.php/ifrj/article/view/7419

Comments: On 5th September 2017 a specimen of M.mobular (Bonnaterre, 1788) stranded at “la Madrague” beach 35º46’2.54"N, 0º48’48.96"O

kind regards hope this can be useful for the scientific community Dr. Lotfi BENSAHLA-TALET Associate Professor.Department of Biology.Faculty of Natural Sciences and Life Laboratory of Aquaculture and Bioremediation (Aquabior) University Oran1-Ahmed BENBELLA 31000, Oran-Algeria

Dataholders contact information: btlotfi1977@gmail.com

Users contact info: btlotfi1977@gmail.com

CecSve commented 2 years ago

Since this is a single occurrence event, it may be best to report it through e.g. iNaturalist or another observation tool? What do you think in this case @ahahn-gbif ?

ahahn-gbif commented 2 years ago

Thanks, @CecSve - it is late in the game, but I agree with your proposal to refer to iNaturalist