Eastern Mediterranean Syllidae

Sarah Faulwetter1, Christos Arvanitidis1, Giorgos Chatzigeorgiou1, Bella S. Galil2

1 Hellenic Centre for Marine Research, Thalassocosmos, Former American Base, Gournes, 71003, Heraklion, Greece; 2 Israel Oceanographic and Limnological Research Ltd, P.O.B. 8030, 31080, Haifa, Israel

Corresponding author(s): Sarah Faulwetter (sarifa@hcmr.gr)

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Resource Citation

Faulwetter S, Chatzigeorgiou G, Galil BS, Arvanitidis C. (2011). Eastern Mediterranean Syllidae from three locations in Crete and Israel.

Abstract

Occurence records of Syllidae (Annelida:Polychaeta) from three locations in the Eastern Mediterranean Sea (Crete (Greece) and Israel).

Keywords: Annelida, Polychaeta, Syllidae, Eastern Mediterranean, Israel, Crete, hard substrate, soft substrate, Checklist

General description

Purpose: Faunistic / Ecological studies. The NaGISA dataset is part of a long-term monitoring of a hardbottom, nearshore environment.
Additional information: Identifications of the Israeli material are ongoing, the dataset will be updated in the future.

Project details

Project title: ViBRANT
Personnel: Sarah Faulwetter
Funding: This is a combined dataset originating from two projects: NaGISA (Natural Geography in Shore Areas) and a study on the Benthos of Haifa Bay
Study area descriptions/descriptor: Eastern Mediterranean, two sites in northern Crete (Alykes, Elounda), rocky substrate with algal cover, sampling depths 1m 5m, 10m, 15m, 20m; one site in Haifa Bay, Israel, soft substrate, sampling depth 7–13m.
Design description: 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.

Data published through GBIF: http://ipt.pensoft.net/resource?r=easternmedsyllids

Taxonomic coverage

General taxonomic coverage description: Syllidae (Annelida, Polychaetes)
Taxonomic ranks
Family: Syllidae

Spatial coverage

General spatial coverage: Three locations in the Levantine Basin (Eastern Mediterranean Sea): two in Crete(Alykes, Elounda), one in Israel (Haifa Bay)
Coordinates: 32°51'28.8''N and 35°24'50.4''N Latitude; 24°59'27.6''E and 35°4'15.6''E Longitude 

Temporal coverage: September 20, 2007 - October 11, 2009

Natural collections description

Parent collection identifier: IMBG biodiversity collection
Collection name: NaGISA / Haifa Bay
Collection identifier: NaGISA / Haifa Bay
Specimen preservation method: Alcohol

Datasets

Dataset description
Object name: Darwin Core Archive Eastern Mediterranean Syllidae
Character encoding: UTF-8
Format name: Darwin Core Archive format
Format version: 1.0
Distribution: http://ipt.pensoft.net/archive.do?r=easternmedsyllids
Publication date of data: 2021-08-31
Language: English
Licences of use: Creative Commons Attribution (CC-BY) 4.0 License

Metadata language: English
Date of metadata creation: 2011-07-05
Hierarchy level: Dataset