sustaining
populations of opportunistic, eurybathic
species that have settled there following the last
sapropelic event.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
The author is grateful to Prof. F. Sardà for the
invitation to contribute to the special issue. Special
thanks to C. Bogi, J. Corbera, J.P. Sorbe, and M.
Goren, for their longstanding cooperation in the
study of the Levantine bathybenthos.
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PPENDIX
1. – List of species collected in the course of the IOLR deep Levantine campaigns 1988-1999 (*, New record for the eastern
Mediterranean; **, New record for the Levantine Sea; ***, New record for the Israeli coast).
Fishes
Chondrichthyes
Hexanchidae
Hexanchus griseus (Bonnaterre, 1788)
Scyliorhinidae
Galeus melastomus Rafinesque, 1810
Centrophoridae
Centrophorus granulosus (Schneider, 1801)
Dalatiidae
Etmopterus spinax (Linnaeus, 1758) *
Squalidae
Squalus acanthias Linnaeus, 1758
Squalus blainvillei (Risso, 1826)
Somniosus rostratus (Risso, 1826)
Chimaeridae
Chimaera monstrosa Linnaeus, 1758 **
Osteichthyes
Gonostomatidae
Cyclothone pygmaea Jespersen and Tåning, 1926 ***
Sternoptychidae
Argyropelecus hemigymnus Cocco, 1829
Phosichthyidae
Vinciguerria poweriae (Cocco, 1838)
Stomiidae
Chauliodes sloani Schneider, 1801
Stomias boa (Risso, 1810)
Ipnopidae
Bathypterois mediterraneus Bauchot, 1962 ***
Myctophidae
Diaphus holti Tåning, 1918 ***
Diaphus rafinesquei (Cocco, 1838)
Electrona rissoi (Cocco, 1829) ***
Hygophum hygomii (Lütken, 1892) ***
Lampanyctus crocodilus (Risso, 1810)
Paralepididae
Paralepis speciosa Bellotti, 1878
Heterenchelyidae
Panturichthys fowleri (Ben Tuvia, 1953)
Nettastomatidae
Nettastoma melanurum Rafinesque, 1810
Notacanthidae
Notacanthus bonapartei Risso, 1840 **
Polyacanthonotus rissoanus (Filippi and Vérany, 1859)*
Macrouridae
Caelorinchus caelorinchus (Risso, 1810)
Caelorinchus mediterraneus (Iwamoto and Ungaro, 2002) as
Coelorhynchus labiatus (Koehler, 1896) *
Coryphaenoides guentheri (Vaillant, 1888)**
Nezumia sclerorhynchus (Valenciennes, 1838) **
Phycidae
Phycis blennoides (Brünnich, 1768)
Trachichthyidae
Hoplostethus mediterraneus Cuvier, 1829
Bythitidae
Cataetyx laticeps Koefoed, 1927 *
Ophidiidae
Ophidion barbatum Linnaeus, 1758
Crustacea
Decapoda
Aristeidae
Aristeus antennatus (Risso, 1816)
Benthesicymidae
Gennadas elegans (Smith, 1882)***
Sergestidae
Sergia robusta (Smith, 1882)
Sergestes arachnipodus (Cocco, 1832)***
Sergestes sargassi Ortmann, 1893***
Pasiphaeidae
Pasiphaea multidentata Esmark, 1866***
Pasiphaea sivado (Risso, 1816) ***
Oplophoridae
Acanthephyra eximia Smith, 1884
Acanthephyra pelagica (Risso, 1816)
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