A NEW REEF-BUILDING SERPULID GENUS AND SPECIES FROM THE GULF OF ELAT AND THE RED SEA, WITH NOTES ON OTHER GREGARIOUS TUBEWORMS FROM ISRAELI WATERS

M. N. Ben-Eliahu ,J. Dafni

doi:10.1080/00212210.1979.10688481

A NEW REEF-BUILDING SERPULID GENUS AND SPECIES FROM THE GULF OF ELAT AND THE RED SEA, WITH NOTES ON OTHER GREGARIOUS TUBEWORMS FROM ISRAELI WATERS

M. N. Ben-Eliahu , J. Dafni

https://doi.org/10.1080/00212210.1979.10688481

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Journal: Israel Journal of Zoology	Publication Date: Apr 30, 2013
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Affiliation: Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev

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ABSTRACT Fuograneua elatensis, n. gen., n. sp., has built a serpulid reef within a crevice of a coral knoll near Elat port, Gulf of Elat (= Gulf of 'Aqaba). The knoll is in a shallow area subject to thermal and chemical pollution. The species and its habitat are described. Previously undescribed material from the Red Sea coast of Saudi Arabia is referred to this species. Some other gregarious species of Serpulidae in Israeli waters are considered.

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