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Lubinevsky H., Tom M., Bird G. (2022). Tanaidacea (Crustacea: Malacostraca: Peracarida) from soft-sediment shelf habitats off the Mediterranean coast of Israel (Levant Sea) –taxonomy, faunistics and ecological aspects. Mediterranean Marine Science.
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Lubinevsky H., Tom M., Bird G.
2022
Tanaidacea (Crustacea: Malacostraca: Peracarida) from soft-sediment shelf habitats off the Mediterranean coast of Israel (Levant Sea) –taxonomy, faunistics and ecological aspects
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A 74-year zoogeographic and faunistic description of the shelf soft substrate peracaridan Tanaidacea along the Israeli coast,
the eastern-most part of the Mediterranean, is provided here. The presence of three apseudomorphan and ten tanaidomorphan
families, with 28 species, is recorded, of which four are reported from the region for the first time, and five are new species in
the genera Araphura, Nippognathiopsis, Paratyphlotanais, and Typhlotanais. In addition, a new genus is established for Akanthophoreus
nanopsenos, Leptochelia tanykeraia is redescribed, and the presence of Chondrochelia savignyi is demonstrated. The
tanaid shelf community essentially belongs to the Mediterranean zoogeographic province but has several Mediterranean-Atlantic
species. Lessepsian (Erythrean) migration is currently indicated by the presence of one species, the Indo-Pacific kalliapseudid
Cristapseudes omercooperi, which has established a population in the studied area. Its settlement strategy is demonstrated and
discussed. The poor Indo-Pacific representation is possibly due to the lack of planktonic larvae in this peracarid group, reducing
the chance of dispersion or transport from the Indo-Pacific realm via the Suez Canal.
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Akanthophoreus nanopsenos Bamber & Bird, 2009 accepted as Pseudakanthophoreus nanopsenos (Bamber & Bird, 2009) (source of synonymy)
Araphura hyphalus Bird, 2022 (original description)
Nippognathiopsis levantae Bird, 2022 (original description)
Parakanthophoreus nanopsenos (Bamber & Bird, 2009) accepted as Pseudakanthophoreus nanopsenos (Bamber & Bird, 2009) (source of synonymy)
Paratyphlotanais lilliputi Bird, 2022 (original description)
Pseudakanthophoreus Lubinevsky, Tom & Bird, 2022 (original description)
Pseudakanthophoreus nanopsenos (Bamber & Bird, 2009) (new combination reference)
Typhlotanais bisetosus Bird, 2022 (original description)
Typhlotanais scalenus Bird, 2022 (original description)
Araphura hyphalus Bird, 2022 (original description)
Nippognathiopsis levantae Bird, 2022 (original description)
Parakanthophoreus nanopsenos (Bamber & Bird, 2009) accepted as Pseudakanthophoreus nanopsenos (Bamber & Bird, 2009) (source of synonymy)
Paratyphlotanais lilliputi Bird, 2022 (original description)
Pseudakanthophoreus Lubinevsky, Tom & Bird, 2022 (original description)
Pseudakanthophoreus nanopsenos (Bamber & Bird, 2009) (new combination reference)
Typhlotanais bisetosus Bird, 2022 (original description)
Typhlotanais scalenus Bird, 2022 (original description)