Abstract
ABSTRACT This paper summarizes taxonomic and biocenotic investigations on Polychaeta carried out in the Gulf of Elat (= Gulf of 'Aqaba) and Gulf of Suez from 1968 to 1973. The material described was gathered by (1) L. Fishelson and coworkers on numerous expeditions around the littoral of Sinai Peninsula, (2) Ch. Lewinsohn by dredging from a trawler in the Gulf of Elat, and (3) Y. Dafni and M. Goren as part of their theses. Altogether, data are given for about 250 species of 135 genera and 26 families. Three species are new: Eupomatus dafni, Iphione reticulata, Sphaerodoridium simplex. Twelve species are new records for the Red Sea: Phyllodoce gravida Gravier, Notopygos megalops McIntosh, Chloeia flava (Pallas), Uncopolynoe corallicola Hartmann-Schroder, Pareulepis wyvillei (McIntosh), Harmothoe lunulata (Delle Chiaje), Podarke agilis Ehlers, Eunice harassii Audouin and Milne-Edwards, Hydroides inornatus Pilai, Spirobranchus lima (Grube), Spriobranchus polytrema (Philippi) and Protis arctica (Hansen). The ...
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