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
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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
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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
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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
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Zootaxa
2023
2023-03-01
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http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5249.2.3
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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
).