Bathymetric distribution of macroinvertebrates in the Northeastern Levantine Sea and the Northeastern Aegean Sea based on bottom-trawl surveys

The Northeastern Aegean					The Northeastern Levantine
Phylum/Species	Depth Stratum (m)				Phylum/Species	Depth Stratum (m)
Phylum/Species	30-100	100-200	200-300	300-410	Phylum/Species	30-100	100-200	200-300	300-410
				PORIFERA
Aplysina aerophoba (Nardo, 1833)	x				Porifera spp.	x		x
Porifera spp.	x	x
				CNIDARIA
Alcyonium sp.	x				Alcyonium sp.	x	x	x
Caryophyllia sp.	x				Alicia mirabilis Johnson, 1861	x	x
Pennatula phosphorea Linnaeus, 1758	x	x			2Funiculina quadrangularis (Pallas, 1766)				x
					2Lytocarpiamyriophyllum (Linnaeus, 1758)	x	x		x
					Phyllorhiza punctata von Lendenfeld, 1884		pelagic
					Pennatula phosphorea Linnaeus, 1758	x	x
				BRYOZOA
Bryozoa spp.	x				Bryozoa spp.	x
				BRANCHIPODA
					2Gryphus vitreus (Born, 1778)	x		x	x
				ANNELIDA
3Hermodice carunculata (Pallas, 1766)	x				Hermodice carunculata (Pallas, 1766)	x	x
Pontobdella muricata (Linnaeus, 1758)	x				2Pontobdella muricata (Linnaeus, 1758)	x
				MOLLUSCA
Acanthocardia sp.	x				Abra sp.			x
Aequipecten opercularis (Linnaeus, 1758)	x				Acanthocardia sp.		x
Calyptraea chinensis (Linnaeus, 1758)	x				Aporrhais pespelecani (Linnaeus, 1758)	x
Diodora sp.	x				Argonauta argo Linnaeus, 1758		pelagic
Cymbulia peronii Blainville, 1818		pelagic			Bolinus brandaris (Linnaeus, 1758)	x	x
Eledone cirrhosa (Lamarck, 1798)	x		x	x	1Conomurex persicus (Swainson, 1821)	x	x
Euspira fusca (Blainville, 1825)				x	Cypraeidae sp.	x
Galeodeaechinophora (Linnaeus, 1758)		x			1Diodora ruppellii (G. B. Sowerby I, 1835)				x
Illex coindetii (Vérany, 1839)	x	x	x	x	Eledone cirrhosa (Lamarck, 1798)	x	x
Loligo vulgaris Lamarck, 1798	x	x			Ensis ensis (Linnaeus, 1758)			x
Nudibranchia spp.	x				Illex coindetii (Vérany, 1839)	x	x	x	x
Octopus salutii Vérany, 1836			x		Loligo vulgaris Lamarck, 1798	x	x	x
Octopus vulgaris Cuvier, 1797		x	x		Muricidae sp.	x
Pleurobranchus testudinarius Cantraine, 1835	x			x	Naticarius stercusmuscarum (Gmelin, 1791)	x		x
Pseudamussium clavatum (Poli, 1795)	x				Nudibranchia spp.	x	x
Rossia macrosoma (Delle Chiaje, 1830)	x	x	x		Callistoctopus macropus (Risso, 1826)	x
Sepia elegans Blainville, 1827	x	x			Octopus vulgaris Cuvier, 1797	x	x	x
Sepia officinalis Linnaeus, 1758	x	x			Semicassis granulata (Born, 1778)	x
Sepia orbignyana Férussac [in d’Orbigny], 1826	x	x			Pleurobranchaea meckeli (Blainville, 1825)	x
Solen marginatus Pulteney, 1799	x				Plocamopherus tilesii Bergh, 1877	x
Todarodes sagittatus (Lamarck, 1798)			x		Rondeletiola minor (Naef, 1912)	x	x	x	x
					Rossia macrosoma (Delle Chiaje, 1830)		x	x
					Sepia elegans Blainville, 1827	x	x	x
					Sepia officinalis Linnaeus, 1758	x	x	x
					Sepia orbignyana Férussac [in d’Orbigny], 1826		x	x
					Tonna galea (Linnaeus, 1758)	x
					Tylodina perversa (Gmelin, 1791)	x
				ARTHROPODA
Aegeon lacazei (Gourret, 1887)	x		x	x	Aegaeon cataphractus	x
Alpheus sp.	x				Aegeon lacazei (Gourret, 1887)	x	x	x
Calappa granulata (Linnaeus, 1758)	x				Anapagurus spp.	x
Chlorotocus crassicornis (A. Costa, 1871)			x		1Atergatis roseus (Rüppell, 1830)			x
Galathea bolivari Zariquiey Álvarez, 1950	x		x		1Carupa tenuipes Dana, 1852	x	x
Inachus communissimus Rizza, 1839	x				1Charybdis longicollis Leene, 1938	x		x
Inachus dorsettensis (Pennant, 1777)	x				1Clorida albolitura Ahyong & Naiyanetr, 2000	x	x
Latreillia elegans Roux, 1830	x	x			1Erugosquilla massavensis (Kossmann, 1880)	x	x
Liocarcinus depurator (Linnaeus, 1758)	x	x			Ethusa mascarone (Herbst, 1785)	x	x
Macropodia linaresi Forest & Zariquiey-Álvarez, 1964	x	x			Goneplax rhomboides (Linnaeus, 1758)	x
Macropodia longirostris (Fabricius, 1775)	x				Homola barbata (Fabricius, 1793)		x	x
Macropodia rostrata (Linnaeus, 1761)	x				Inachus communissimus Rizza, 1839	x	x
Maja squinado (Herbst, 1788)	x				1Ixa monodi Holthuis & Gottlieb, 1956	x	x
Medorippe lanata (Linnaeus, 1767)	x	x			Latreillia elegans Roux, 1830	x	x	x
Munida sp.	x	x	x		Liocarcinus depurator (Linnaeus, 1758)		x
Nephrops norvegicus (Linnaeus, 1758)				x	Macropodia linaresi Forest & Zariquiey-Álvarez, 1964	x	x
Paguristes eremita (Linnaeus, 1767)	x				Macropodia longipes (A. Milne-Edwards & Bouvier, 1899)	x	x
Pagurus prideaux Leach, 1815	x	x			Macropodia longirostris (Fabricius, 1775)	x	x
Pandalina brevirostris (Rathke, 1843)	x				Macropodia rostrata (Linnaeus, 1761)			x
Pasiphaea sivado (Risso, 1816)	x				Macropodia tenuirostris (Leach, 1814)		x
Parapenaeus longirostris (Lucas, 1846)	x	x	x	x	Medorippe lanata (Linnaeus, 1767)	x	x	x
Phrosina semilunata Risso, 1822		pelagic			Metapenaeus monoceros (Fabricius, 1798)	x	x
Pilumnus hirtellus (Linnaeus, 1761)	x				Monodaeus couchii (Couch, 1851)			x	x
Pilumnus minutus De Haan, 1835		x			Munida sp.				x
Pisa armata (Latreille, 1803)	x				Pagurus chevreuxi (Bouvier, 1896)	x
Pisa nodipes Leach, 1815	x				Pagurus prideaux Leach, 1815	x	x
Plesionika edwardsii (Brandt, 1851)	x	x	x	x	Parapenaeus longirostris (Lucas, 1846)	x	x	x	x
Plesionika martia (A. Milne-Edwards, 1883)				x	Pasiphaea sivado (Risso, 1816)			x
Polycheles typhlops Heller, 1862		x	x	x	Penaeus kerathurus (Forskål, 1775)	x
Scalpellum scalpellum (Linnaeus, 1767)	x			x	1Penaeus japonicus Spence Bate, 1888	x
Solenocera membranacea (Risso, 1816)				x	1Penaeussemisulcatus De Haan, 1844	x	x
Squilla mantis (Linnaeus, 1758)	x	x			Pisa armata (Latreille, 1803)	x	x
Xantho poressa (Olivi, 1792)	x				Pisa nodipes Leach, 1815	x
					Plesionika edwardsii (Brandt, 1851)	x	x	x	x
					Pilumnus hirtellus (Linnaeus, 1761)		x
					Polycheles typhlops Heller, 1862				x
					Processa canaliculata Leach, 1815	x
					2Scalpellum scalpellum (Linnaeus, 1767)			x
					Sicyonia carinata (Brünnich, 1768)	x	x
					1Sicyonia lancifer (Olivier, 1811)	x
					Solenocera membranacea (Risso, 1816)				x
					Spinolambrus macrochelos (Herbst, 1790)		x
					Squilla mantis (Linnaeus, 1758)	x
					Synalpheus africanus Crosnier & Forest, 1965	x
					1Thalamita poissonii (Audouin, 1826)			x
				ECHINO	DERMATA
Anseropodaplacenta (Pennant, 1777)	x				Antedon mediterranea (Lamarck, 1816)	x	x	x
Antedon mediterranea (Lamarck, 1816)			x	x	Astropecten irregularis (Pennant, 1777)	x		x
Astropecten aranciacus (Linnaeus, 1758)	x				Astropecten sp.	x	x	x
Astropecten irregularis (Linnaeus, 1758)	x				Brissopsis lyrifera (Forbes, 1841)	x	x
Astropecten jonstoni (Delle Chiaje, 1827)		x			Centrostephanus longispinus (Philippi, 1845)	x
Astropecten sp.	x	x	x		Cidaris cidaris (Linnaeus, 1758)	x		x
Astropecten spinulosus (Philippi, 1837)	x				Echinaster sepositus (Retzius, 1783)	x
Brissopsis lyrifera (Forbes, 1841)			x		Echinus melo Lamarck, 1816				x
Centrostephanus longispinus (Philippi, 1845)	x				2Hymenodiscus coronata (Sars G.O., 1872)				x
Cidaris cidaris (Linnaeus, 1758)	x	x	x	x	Luidia sarsii Düben & Koren in Düben, 1845	x	x
Echinaster sepositus (Retzius, 1783)	x		x		Marthasterias glacialis (Linnaeus, 1758)	x
Echinus melo Lamarck, 1816	x				Ophiothrix fragilis (Abildgaard in O.F. Müller, 1789)		x
Genocidaris maculata A. Agassiz, 1869	x				Paracentrotus lividus (Lamarck, 1816)	x
Holothuria sp.	x
Luidia ciliaris (Philippi, 1837)	x
Luidia sarsii Düben & Koren in Düben, 1845	x		x
Marthasterias glacialis (Linnaeus, 1758)	x	x
Ophiacantha setosa (Bruzelius, 1805)	x
Ophiactis kroeyeri Lütken, 1856	x
Ophiothrix fragilis (Abildgaard in O.F. Müller, 1789)	x
Ophiura ophiura (Linnaeus, 1758)	x	x
Parastichopus regalis (Cuvier, 1817)	x	x	x
Peltaster placenta (Müller & Troschel, 1842)	x
Ova canaliferus (Lamarck, 1816)	x
Sphaerechinus granularis (Lamarck, 1816)	x	x
			CHORDATA (SUBPHYLUM) TUNICATA
Aplidium sp.	x				Ascidiidae spp.	x		x
Ascidiidae spp.	x				Ciona intestinalis (Linnaeus, 1767)	x
Ciona intestinalis (Linnaeus, 1767)	x	x	x		Molgula manhattensis (De Kay, 1843)		x
Halocynthia papillosa (Linnaeus, 1767)	x	x			4Pyrosoma atlanticum Péron, 1804		pelagic
Polyclinella (cf) azemai Harant, 1930	x
Phallusia mammillata (Cuvier, 1815)	x		x
Thalia democratica (Forskål, 1775)		pelagic

2 New records for the Turkish Levantine coast

3 New records for the Turkish Aegean coast

2 New records for the Turkish Levantine coast

1 Alien species

2 New records for the Turkish Levantine coast

1 Alien species

2 New records for the Turkish Levantine coast

4 New records for the Turkish seas

Table 2

Result of SIMPER analysis

Depth (m)	S	N	d	J′	H′	1-Lambda′
The Northeastern Aegean Sea
30-100	46	586	7.061	0.7002	3.868	0.8892
100-200	63	1174	0.772	0.6959	4,16	0.9016
200-300	37	3346	4.436	0.4274	2.226	0.6325
300-410	46	6685	5.109	0.1814	1.002	0.238
The Northeastern Levantine Sea
30-100	36	673	5.375	0.5901	3.051	0.7643
100-200	64	2751	7.955	0.3988	2.393	0.559
200-300	56	7503	6.164	0.2292	1.331	0.3411
300-410	47	4336	5.493	0.3651	2.028	0.5724

Cluster analysis based on presence/absence data from samples collected in the Northeastern Levantine Sea and the Northeastern Aegean Sea

Table 3

Results of the SIMPER routine analyzing the similarity between depth ranges for macroinvertebrate fauna

Group 30-100 m				Group 100-200 m
Average similarity: 14.14				Average similarity: 35.67
Species	Av.Abund	Av.Sim	Contrib%	Species	Av.Abund	Av.Sim	Contrib%
Parapenaeus longirostris	12.67	7.1	50.19	Parapenaeus longirostris	28.81	7.35	20.62
Illex coindetii	3.1	1.55	10.95	Illex coindetii	10.98	5.05	14.16
Porifera sp	2.67	1.55	10.95	Sepia officinalis	8.8	4.21	11.8
Echinaster sepositus	3.05	1.26	8.94
Luidia sarsii	1	0.89	6.32
Group 200-300 m				Group 300-410 m
Average similarity: 45.55				Average similarity: 52.12
Species	Av.Abund	Av.Sim	Contrib%	Species	Av.Abund	Av.Sim	Contrib%
Parapenaeus longirostris	60.37	19.39	42.58	Parapenaeus longirostris	64.3	24.59	47.17
Illex coindetii	22.13	6.99	15.35	Plesionika edwardsii	19.15	8	15.34
Sepia elegans	11.19	4.31	9.47	Illex coindetii	12.39	5.74	11.02
Sepia officinalis	13.64	4.22	9.26

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