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Not so poor—more deep-sea records from the Levant Sea, eastern Mediterranean

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 February 2009

M. Goren ,
H.K. Mienis  and
B.S. Galil
M. Goren*
Affiliation:
Department of Zoology, George S. Wise Faculty of Life Sciences, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv 69978, Israel
H.K. Mienis
Affiliation:
Department of Zoology, George S. Wise Faculty of Life Sciences, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv 69978, Israel
B.S. Galil
Affiliation:
National Institute of Oceanography, Israel Oceanographic and Limnological Research, POB 8030, Haifa 31080, Israel
*
Correspondence should be addressed to: M. Goren, Department of Zoology, George S. Wise Faculty of Life Sciences, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv 69978, Israel email: [email protected]
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Abstract

Among the biota collected during two surveys of deep-water dumping sites off the Israeli coast, four species of interest were identified: the bobtail squid, Neorossia caroli caroli, the deep-sea asteroid, Brisingella coronata, and the tonguesole, Symphurus ligulatus, are new for the Levant Sea, while the four-horned octopus, Pteroctopus tetracirrhus, is a new record for the Israeli coast. The growing list of bathybenthic species, resulting from expanding research efforts, challenges the conventional view of the Levant deep-sea biodiversity.

Keywords

deep seaLevant SeaCephalopodaEchinodermataOsteichthyes
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Research Article
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Marine Biodiversity Records , Volume 1 , January 2008 , e43
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Copyright © Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 2006

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