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Faunal species composition of brackish water crabs at Gazi, Kanamai, Bamburi and Mkomani (Kenya)
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Ruwa R.K.; Kenya Marine and Fisheries Research Institute: Kenya; (2016): Faunal species composition of brackish water crabs at Gazi, Kanamai, Bamburi and Mkomani (Kenya). https://doi.org/10.14284/168
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 This dataset is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.Description
Occurrence (presence/absence) of the crabs at Kanamai Beach, Bamburi, Mkomani and the Gazi mangrove forest, and salinity measurements at various seepage points in Gazi, Nyali, Bamburi, Kanamai, Mkomani, Shelly and Tiwi measured during the months of June, July and August 1985. The data were digitized by VLIZ from the original report: Polk, P. (Ed.) (1986). Kenya report. VUB: Brussel. 358 pp. 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 > Benthos, Biology > Ecology - biodiversity, Biology > Invertebrates Keywords: Brackish water, Bio-geographical regions, Biota, Brackishwater crab, Environment, Geoscientific Information, Habitats and biotopes, ISW, Kenya, coast, Bamburi, ISW, Kenya, coast, Kanamai, ISW, Kenya, coast, Mkomani, ISW, Kenya, Coast, Shelly, ISW, Kenya, Coast, Tiwi, Mangrove forests, Metadata non conformant, Metadata not evaluated, No limitations to public access, Oceans, Sea regions, Seepage, Species diversity, WGS84 (EPSG:4326), XYZ ASCII, EurOBIS calculated BBOX, ISW, Kenya, Coast, Nyali, ISW, Kenya, Gazi, Brachyura, Cardisoma carnifex (Herbst, 1796), Eurycarcinus natalensis (Krauss, 1843), Macrophthalmus (Chaenostoma) boscii Audouin, 1826, Macrophthalmus (Macrophthalmus) milloti Crosnier, 1965, Scylla serrata (Forskål, 1775), Sesarma elongatum A. Milne-Edwards, 1869, Sesarma guttatum A. Milne-Edwards, 1869, Sesarma meinerti De Man, 1887, Thalamita crenata Rüppell, 1830, Uca (Austruca) annulipes (H. Milne Edwards, 1837), Uca (Paraleptuca) chlorophthalmus (H. Milne Edwards, 1837), Uca (Gelasimus) vocans (Linnaeus, 1758), Xanthidae MacLeay, 1838 Geographical coverage EurOBIS calculated BBOX Stations
Bounding Box Coordinates: MinLong: 39,5; MinLat: -4,41 - MaxLong: 39,8; MaxLat: -3,75 [WGS84] ISW, Kenya, Coast, Nyali [Marine Regions] ISW, Kenya, Gazi Temporal coverage
2 June 1985 - 18 June 1986 Taxonomic coverage
Brachyura [WoRMS]
Cardisoma carnifex (Herbst, 1796) [WoRMS]
Eurycarcinus natalensis (Krauss, 1843) [WoRMS]
Macrophthalmus (Chaenostoma) boscii Audouin, 1826 [WoRMS]
Macrophthalmus (Macrophthalmus) milloti Crosnier, 1965 [WoRMS]
Scylla serrata (Forskål, 1775) [WoRMS]
Sesarma elongatum A. Milne-Edwards, 1869 [WoRMS]
Sesarma guttatum A. Milne-Edwards, 1869 [WoRMS]
Sesarma meinerti De Man, 1887 [WoRMS]
Thalamita crenata Rüppell, 1830 [WoRMS]
Uca (Austruca) annulipes (H. Milne Edwards, 1837) [WoRMS]
Uca (Paraleptuca) chlorophthalmus (H. Milne Edwards, 1837) [WoRMS]
Uca (Gelasimus) vocans (Linnaeus, 1758) [WoRMS]
Xanthidae MacLeay, 1838 [WoRMS]
Parameters
Occurrence of biota Presence/absence of biota Salinity Contributors
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Polk, P. (Ed.) (1986). Kenya report. VUB: Brussel. 358 pp., more
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Dataset information: Other: Dataset status: Completed
Data type: Data
Data origin: Research: field survey
Release date: 2017-01-13
Metadatarecord created: 2016-07-05
Information last updated: 2025-03-26
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