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. 2016 May 30;(4):e8210. doi: 10.3897/BDJ.4.e8210

Table 2.

Taxa identified to the lowest taxonomic level possible and included in the dataset. *: non-indigenous species (ÖZTOPRAK et al. 2014, Pancucci-Papadopoulou et al. 2005). **: identification questionable for individuals from Cyprus (may be in fact Phascolosoma (Phascolosoma) stephensoni) (Açik 2014).

Phylum Class Scientific Name New record for the Levantine Basin
Mollusca Polyplacophora Acanthochitona fascicularis
Arthropoda Malacostraca Alpheus dentipes
Annelida Polychaeta Amphitrite rubra
Annelida Polychaeta Amphitrite variabilis
Annelida Polychaeta Arabella iricolor
Sipuncula Phascolosomatidea Aspidosiphon (Aspidosiphon) muelleri muelleri
Arthropoda Malacostraca Athanas nitescens
Mollusca Gastropoda Bittium reticulatum
Annelida Polychaeta Branchiomma bombyx
Annelida Polychaeta Branchiosyllis exilis
Porifera Calcarea Calcarea
Mollusca Polyplacophora Callochiton septemvalvis
Annelida Polychaeta Capitella capitata
Arthropoda Malacostraca Ceradocus (Ceradocus) orchestiipes +
Annelida Polychaeta Ceratonereis (Composetia) costae
Annelida Polychaeta Ceratonereis (Composetia) hircinicola
Arthropoda Malacostraca Cestopagurus timidus
Arthropoda Malacostraca Colomastix pusilla
Mollusca Gastropoda Columbella rustica
Arthropoda Malacostraca Cymodoce spinosa +
Arthropoda Malacostraca Dexamine spinosa
Annelida Polychaeta Dipolydora armata +
Annelida Polychaeta Dorvillea rubrovittata
Arthropoda Malacostraca Elasmopus pocillimanus
Annelida Polychaeta Eunice vittata
Arthropoda Malacostraca Eurydice affinis +
Arthropoda Malacostraca Galathea intermedia
Arthropoda Malacostraca Gammaropsis crenulata
Annelida Polychaeta Glycera tesselata
Chordata Actinopteri Gobius geniporus
Annelida Polychaeta Harmothoe spinifera
Mollusca Bivalvia Hiatella arctica
Arthropoda Malacostraca Hippolyte leptocerus
Annelida Polychaeta Hydroides niger
Annelida Polychaeta Hydroides pseudouncinatus
Arthropoda Malacostraca Janira maculosa +
Annelida Polychaeta Lepidasthenia elegans
Arthropoda Malacostraca Leucothoe spinicarpa
Arthropoda Malacostraca Liljeborgia dellavallei
Mollusca Bivalvia Lima lima
Mollusca Bivalvia Lithophaga lithophaga
Annelida Polychaeta Lumbrineris coccinea
Annelida Polychaeta Lumbrineris latreilli
Annelida Polychaeta Lysidice collaris
Annelida Polychaeta Lysidice ninetta
Arthropoda Malacostraca Lysmata seticaudata
Annelida Polychaeta Marphysa sanguinea
Arthropoda Malacostraca Microdeutopus bifidus
Mollusca Gastropoda Mitra cornicula
Nemertea Nemertea Nemertea spp.
Annelida Polychaeta Nereis pelagica
Mollusca Gastropoda Ocinebrina aciculata
Echinodermata Ophiuroidea Ophiactis savignyi*
Arthropoda Malacostraca Pagurus anachoretus
Annelida Polychaeta Palola siciliensis
Arthropoda Malacostraca Paractaea monodi
Arthropoda Malacostraca Paradoxapseudes intermedius +
Annelida Polychaeta Perinereis cultrifera
Sipuncula Phascolosomatidea Phascolosoma (Phascolosoma) granulatum**
Annelida Polychaeta Pholoe minuta +
Arthropoda Malacostraca Pilumnus spinifer
Annelida Polychaeta Platynereis dumerilii
Annelida Polychaeta Pontogenia chrysocoma
Annelida Polychaeta Psamathe fusca
Annelida Polychaeta Pseudopotamilla reniformis
Arthropoda Malacostraca Quadrimaera inaequipes
Annelida Polychaeta Serpula concharum
Annelida Polychaeta Serpula vermicularis
Annelida Polychaeta Spirobranchus polytrema
Annelida Polychaeta Spirobranchus triqueter
Mollusca Bivalvia Striarca lactea
Annelida Polychaeta Subadyte pellucida
Annelida Polychaeta Syllis armillaris
Annelida Polychaeta Syllis columbretensis
Annelida Polychaeta Syllis gerlachi
Annelida Polychaeta Syllis gracilis
Annelida Polychaeta Syllis hyalina
Annelida Polychaeta Syllis krohni
Annelida Polychaeta Syllis variegata
Arthropoda Malacostraca Synalpheus gambarelloides
Arthropoda Malacostraca Tanais dulongii +
Annelida Polychaeta Trypanosyllis zebra
Annelida Polychaeta Vermiliopsis infundibulum
Annelida Polychaeta Vermiliopsis monodiscus
Annelida Polychaeta Vermiliopsis striaticeps