The Station Marine d’Endoume, Marseille: 150 years of natural history Author Boury-Esnault, Nicole 0000-0003-1728-6749 IMBE, CNRS, Aix Marseille Université, IRD, Avignon Université, Station Marine d’Endoume, Rue de la Batterie des Lions, 13007 Marseille, France & nicole. boury-esnault @ orange. fr; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0003 - 1728 - 6749 nicole.boury-esnault@orange.fr Author Bellan, Gerard 0000-0002-8483-6993 IMBE, CNRS, Aix Marseille Université, IRD, Avignon Université, Station Marine d’Endoume, Rue de la Batterie des Lions, 13007 Marseille, France & gerard. bellan @ imbe. fr; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 8483 - 6993 gerard.bellan@imbe.fr Author Bellan-Santini, Denise 0000-0002-4814-1430 IMBE, CNRS, Aix Marseille Université, IRD, Avignon Université, Station Marine d’Endoume, Rue de la Batterie des Lions, 13007 Marseille, France & denise. bellan @ imbe. fr; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 4814 - 1430 denise.bellan@imbe.fr Author Boudouresque, Charles-Francois 0000-0001-8206-7169 Aix Marseille Université, Université de Toulon, CNRS, IRD, MIO, Campus de Luminy, 13288 Marseille cedex 09, France TELEMME, Aix Marseille Université, CNRS, Maison Méditerranéenne des Sciences de l’Homme (MMSH), 5 rue du Château de l’horloge, BP 647, 13094 Aix-en-Provence, France & charles. boudouresque @ mio. osupytheas. fr; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0001 - 8206 - 7169 charles.boudouresque@mio.osupytheas.fr Author Chevaldonné, Pierre 0000-0003-0507-7747 IMBE, CNRS, Aix Marseille Université, IRD, Avignon Université, Station Marine d’Endoume, Rue de la Batterie des Lions, 13007 Marseille, France & pierre. chevaldonne @ imbe. fr; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0003 - 0507 - 7747 pierre.chevaldonne@imbe.fr Author Dias, Alrick 0000-0002-2088-278X IMBE, CNRS, Aix Marseille Université, IRD, Avignon Université, Station Marine d’Endoume, Rue de la Batterie des Lions, 13007 Marseille, France & alrick. dias @ imbe. fr; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 2088 - 278 X alrick.dias@imbe.fr Author Faget, Daniel 0000-0001-7122-7446 daniel. faget @ univ-amu. fr; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0001 - 7122 - 7446 daniel.faget@univ-amu.fr Author Harmelin, Jean-Georges 0000-0003-4499-9023 GIS Posidonie, MIO, CNRS, Aix Marseille Université, Université de Toulon, IRD, Station Marine d’Endoume, Rue de la Batterie des Lions, 13007 Marseille, France. & jean-georges. harmelin @ mio. osupytheas. fr; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0003 - 4499 - 9023 jean-georges.harmelin@mio.osupytheas.fr Author Harmelin-Vivien, Mireille 0000-0003-3085-2899 Aix Marseille Université, Université de Toulon, CNRS, IRD, MIO, Campus de Luminy, 13288 Marseille cedex 09, France TELEMME, Aix Marseille Université, CNRS, Maison Méditerranéenne des Sciences de l’Homme (MMSH), 5 rue du Château de l’horloge, BP 647, 13094 Aix-en-Provence, France & mireille. harmelin. vivien @ gmail. com; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0003 - 3085 - 2899 mireille.harmelin.vivien@gmail.com Author Lejeusne, Christophe 0000-0002-8821-3849 IMBE, CNRS, Aix Marseille Université, IRD, Avignon Université, Station Marine d’Endoume, Rue de la Batterie des Lions, 13007 Marseille, France & christophe. lejeusne @ imbe. fr; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 8821 - 3849 christophe.lejeusne@imbe.fr Author Perez, Thierry 0000-0003-1826-9318 IMBE, CNRS, Aix Marseille Université, IRD, Avignon Université, Station Marine d’Endoume, Rue de la Batterie des Lions, 13007 Marseille, France & thierry. perez @ imbe. fr; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0003 - 1826 - 9318 thierry.perez@imbe.fr Author Vacelet, Jean 0000-0001-6035-2372 IMBE, CNRS, Aix Marseille Université, IRD, Avignon Université, Station Marine d’Endoume, Rue de la Batterie des Lions, 13007 Marseille, France & jean. vacelet @ imbe. fr; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0001 - 6035 - 2372 jean.vacelet@imbe.fr Author Verlaque, Marc 0000-0001-6644-805X Aix Marseille Université, Université de Toulon, CNRS, IRD, MIO, Campus de Luminy, 13288 Marseille cedex 09, France TELEMME, Aix Marseille Université, CNRS, Maison Méditerranéenne des Sciences de l’Homme (MMSH), 5 rue du Château de l’horloge, BP 647, 13094 Aix-en-Provence, France & marc. verlaque @ mio. osupytheas. fr; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0001 - 6644 - 805 X marc.verlaque@mio.osupytheas.fr text Zootaxa 2023 2023-03-01 5249 2 213 252 http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5249.2.3 journal article 10.11646/zootaxa.5249.2.3 1175-5326 7687250 DEF7E5DA-ABC9-4501-B155-5C9BCE075D08 Glandiceps talaboti ( Marion, 1876 ) ( Fig. 7 ): a deep-sea worm with affinities to echinoderms and chordates (Hemichordata, Enteropneusta , Spengelidae ) In July–October of 1875, Antoine-Fortuné Marion had undertaken a dredging inventory of the deep-sea bottom to the south-east of the Bay of Marseille , to complete his previous studies of the littoral zone ( Marion 1873 ). These dredging efforts were realized thanks to the financial support of a group of his friends (Talabot, Benet, Renouard, Meilhac, Mazel, Gallas and Martin). Among the most interesting discoveries he made was a new enteropneust species from yellowish sticky mud at 350 m depth in the area then called “Plateau Marsilli”. First Enteropneusta from Provence at this time, it was shortly described by Marion in 1876 as Balanoglossus talaboti , to honour one of his friends and sponsors. Later, he gave a very complete description of the species, pink-coloured, cylindrical and composed of a short anterior and conical proboscis, a collar where the mouth opens, and a trunk ( Marion, 1885 , 1886 ). Marion could observe the animal alive, crawling on the sediment surface of an aquarium for several weeks and noticed the emission of thick mucus with iodine smell when the animal was disturbed. Later, Spengel (1893) studied the enteropneusts of the Bay of Naples and subdivided the genus Balanoglossus in four genera, assigning Marion’s species to the genus Glandiceps , even becoming its type-species. The Enteropneusta , although not speciesrich, are part of the Hemichordata and as such have a major evolutionary interest due to their close relationships with both Echinodermata and Chordata. Glandiceps talaboti is a Mediterranean endemic species. It was later collected in bathyal mud of the Cassidaigne and Lacaze-Duthiers canyons (DPR096 cruise, see photo, Zibrowius personal communication), possibly along Egyptian coasts near Alexandria, and also recently off Turkey ( Çevik & Erguden 2005 ).