Eastern Mediterranean Syllidae from three locations, in Crete and Israel.
Citation
Faulwetter S, Chatzigeorgiou G, Galil BS, Arvanitidis C. (2011). Eastern Mediterranean Syllidae from three locations in Crete and Israel. https://doi.org/10.15468/pgxkg8 accessed via GBIF.org on 2024-12-14.Description
This is a combined dataset originating from two projects: NaGISA (Natural Geography in Shore Areas, a long term monitoring project following a global protocol) and a study on the Benthos of Haifa Bay. Specimens from Israel were collected on 31.5.2009 and 11.10.2009 in Haifa Bay, (Israel, Eastern Mediterranean Sea) from soft sediments of mixed grain sizes in shallow waters. Sediment samples were taken with a Van-Veen grab (KAHLSICO, model WA265/SS214) 32x35cm, volume 20 l, penetration 20 cm. The sediment was preserved in buffered formalin 10% for 3–7 days, then sieved through a 250 µm mesh sieve and subsequently stored in 70% ethanol. Specimens from Crete were collected in September 2007 and June 2008 from two sites in northern Crete characterized by a continuous hard bottom habitat with dense algal coverage and a moderate wave exposure. At each site, two vertical transects with sampling depths at 1 m, 5 m, 10 m, 15 m and 20 m were defined and five replicates were taken from each transect and depth.Samples were collected by means of SCUBA diving according to the NaGISA protocol (Iken and Konar 2003). A plexiglas frame (25 x 25 cm) with a net of 0.5 mm mesh size attached to its top opening was placed onto the rock and the surface within the frame was scraped off. The sample was collected by a manually operated suction device, supplied by air from an extra scuba tank. Large particles (>2 cm) were collected manually after suction. The samples were subsequently washed through a 0.5 mm mesh sieve, fixed and preserved in 99% ethanol. Specimens were examined under an Olympus SZx12 stereomicroscope and an Olympus BX50 microscope and identified by employing the most recent literature on Syllidae (e.g. Nygren 2004, San Martín 2003, 2005, San Martín and Hutchings 2006).Sampling Description
Study Extent
35x35cm and 25x25cmSampling
Van-Veen grab (KAHLSICO, model WA265/SS214) 32x35cm, volume 20 l, penetration 20 cm; plexiglas frame 25x25cm and suction deviceMethod steps
- 11 sampling stations 5 replicates from each depth and transect in Crete, 1 per station in Israel
Additional info
marine, harvested by iOBIS. The intertidal polychaete data from the NaGISA dataset are part of the dataset “MidMedPol: Polychaetes from midlittoral rocky shores in Greece and Italy (Mediterranean Sea)”,doi: 10.3897/BDJ.1.e961 (http://ipt.vliz.be/eurobis/resource.do?r=mediterraneanpolychaetaintertidal)Taxonomic Coverages
Syllidae (Annelida, Polychaeta)
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Syllidae
Geographic Coverages
Alykes-Agia Pelagia-Heraklion-Crete-Levantine Basin (Eastern Mediterranean Sea)
Elounda-Agios Nikolaos-Crete-Levantine Basin (Eastern Mediterranean Sea)
Haifa Bay-Israel
Bibliographic Citations
- Faulwetter, S, Chatzigeorgiou G, Galil BS, Nicolaidou A, Arvanitidis C. 2011. Sphaerosyllis levantina sp. n. (Annelida: Polychaeta) from the eastern Mediterranean, with notes on character variation in Sphaerosyllis hystrix Claparède, 1963. Zookeys. 150:327-345. -
- Faulwetter, S, Chatzigeorgiou G, Galil BS, Arvanitidis C. 2011. An account on the taxonomy and distribution of Syllidae (Annelida: Polychaetes) in the Eastern Mediterranean, with notes on the genus Prosphaerosyllis San Martín, 1984 in the Mediterranean. Zookeys. 150:281–326. -
- Chatzigeorgiou, G, Faulwetter S, López E, Sardá R, Arvanitidis C. 2012. Can coastal biodiversity measured in four Mediterranean sites be representative of the region? A test for the robustness of the NaGISA protocol based on syllid (Annelida, Polychaeta) taxocommunities Hydrobiologia. 691:147-156. -
Contacts
Sarah Faulwetteroriginator
position: PostDoc
Hellenic Centre for Marine Research - Institute of Marine Biology, Biotechnology and Aquaculture
email: sarifa@hcmr.gr
Sarah Faulwetter
metadata author
position: PostDoc
Hellenic Centre for Marine Research - Institute of Marine Biology, Biotechnology and Aquaculture
email: sarifa@hcmr.gr
Christos Arvanitidis
principal investigator
position: Senior Researcher
Hellenic Centre for Marine Research - Institute of Marine Biology, Biotechnology and Aquaculture
Telephone: +302810337748
email: arvanitidis@hcmr.gr
Bella Galil
principal investigator
position: Senior Reserarcher
Israel Oceanographic and Limnological Research (IOLR)
31080
IL
Telephone: +972048565272
email: bella@ocean.org.il
Georgios Chatzigeorgiou
administrative point of contact
position: PostDoc
Hellenic Centre for Marine Research - Institute of Marine Biology, Biotechnology and Aquaculture
Telephone: +302810337740
email: chatzigeorgiou@hcmr.gr
Stamatina Nikolopoulou
curator
position: Research Technician
Hellenic Centre for Marine Research - Institute of Marine Biology, Biotechnology and Aquaculture
email: snikolo@hcmr.gr
Sarah Faulwetter
administrative point of contact
position: PostDoc
Hellenic Centre for Marine Research - Institute of Marine Biology, Biotechnology and Aquaculture
email: sarifa@hcmr.gr