Serpulidae (Annelida: Polychaeta) from the Suez Canal- From a Lessepsian Migration Perspective (a Monograph) 2848 Author Ben-Eliahu, M. Nechama Author Ten Hove, Harry A. text Zootaxa 2011 2011-04-29 2848 1 1 147 https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.2848.1.1 journal article 10.11646/zootaxa.2848.1.1 1175­5334 5287534 Ficopomatus enigmaticus ( Fauvel, 1923 ) Mercierella enigmatica Fauvel, 1923: 424 , fig. 1 [ Type locality: France , Canal de Caen]; Fauvel 1927: 360–361 , figs 123a–o [ France , estuarine]. Ficopomatus enigmaticus : ten Hove & Weerdenburg 1978: 114–116 , figs 2e–i; 3d–e, l–q; 4a–d, s, aa–bb, nn–vv, zz; 5c; synonymy [ Uruguay , Argentina , South Africa , the Netherlands , France , Tunisia , Hawaii, western Australia, New South Wales, California, Texas]; Zenetos et al. 2005: 73 [classified as an “established cryptogenic alien invasive species” in the Mediterranean]. Eastern Mediterranean Mercierella enigmatica : Fauvel 1937: 45 [ Egypt , Lake Mareotis, first Levant record]; Fauvel 1955a: 11 [first Israeli sample, from the Nur pool, an artificially maintained estuarine pool S.E. of Akko (Acre), legit B. Wahrmann IV.1954 , det. P. Fauvel, HUJ-Poly-1582)]; Saad 1974: 53 [ Egypt , 6 lakes, 5 from the Lower Delta and one from Upper Egypt ]; Ghobashy 1984: 39, 44 [ Egypt , Damietta estuary]; Ghobashy & Hamada 1984: 53–63 [ Egypt , Damietta estuary]; El-Komi 1997: 109 [ Egypt , Lake Manzalah]; Ghobashy & Ghobashy 2005: 91 [presence in Damietta estuary citing Hamada (1980) and Abd-Elnaby (2005, for both references see App. Table 4 ) records from Lake Manzalah and in the area of Abu Qir Bay (eastern Alexandria ), all brackish-water areas]. Ficopomatus enigmaticus : Ben-Eliahu & Dafni 1979: 207 [ Israel , Alexander River]; Ben-Eliahu 1991b: 518 [ Israel ]. Material examined. Locations adjacent to the Suez Canal, Mediterranean side: Israel : 10 samples, HUJ , depth ca. 0.3 m. Suez Canal material reported herein: 2 samples, 3 specs. Hebrew University-Smithsonian Expedition , Lake Timsah : SBE 7, 2 specs— Little Bitter Lake : SBE 1, 1 spec. Locations adjacent to the Suez Canal : Landlocked , Egypt : Lake Qârün , legit G.N. El Shabrawy , det. H.A. ten Hove 2000, ZMA V.Pol. 4981, 10 specs . Locations adjacent to the Suez Canal , Red Sea side: None. Suez Canal depth and substrates: 0.3 m, shallow; under rocks; encrustation on tin can. Colouration. Specimens from Lake Timsah with dark brown body; branchia of specimen from Bitter Lake with 6 rows of dark pigment. Distribution. Worldwide in subtropical to temperate regions, northern and southern hemisphere; brackish. Mediterranean: Israel , Egypt . Remarks. A new record for the Suez Canal dating from II.1973 . A mixo-hyperhaline brackish species (ten Hove & Weerdenburg 1978 , ten Hove & van den Hurk 1993 ).