Table S12. Checklist of the phylum Magnoliophyta and comments to the checklist

Table S12. Checklist of the phylum Magnoliophyta and comments to the checklist

This list is based in the previous knowledge on seagrass distribution (e.g. Phillips & Meñez 1988; Green & Short 2003). Two other species thriving in brackish waters that can be occasionally found in extremely sheltered and shallow bays and lagoons have also been listed. Black Sea is not included.

Taxonomy follows Flora Europaea (Tutin et al. 1964). Endemic species (found only in the Mediterranean basin) are preceded by the symbol *. Introduced species are preceded by the symbol #. Some of the commonest synonyms found in Mediterranean literature (if any) are sometimes placed after the currently accepted name.

Phylum Magnoliophyta

Class Angiospermae

Order Potamogetonales

Family Cymodoceae

Cymodocea nodosa (Ucria) Ascherson

Family Posidoniaceae

*Posidonia oceanica (Linnaeus) Delile

Family Ruppiaceae

Ruppia cirrhosa (Petagna) Grande

Ruppia maritima Linnaeus

Family Zosteraceae

Zostera marina Linnaeus

Zostera noltii Hornemann [=Nanozostera noltii (Hornemann) Tomlinson & Posluzny]

Order Hydrocharitales

Family Hydrocharitaceae

#Halophila stipulacea (Forsskal) Ascherson

References

Green EP, Short FT. 2003. World atlas of seagrasses. University of California, Berkeley, Los Angeles & London. 298 pp.

Phillips RC, Meñez EG. 1998. Seagrasses. Smithsonian Contributions to the Marine Sciences 34: 1-104.

Tutin TG, Heywood VH, Burges NA, Valentine DH, Walters SM, Webb DA (eds). 1964. Flora Europaea, volume 5. Cambridge University, Cambridge, 452 pp.

Sponges (by Eleni Voultsiadou & Thanos Dailianis)

Figure S1. Mediterranean percentages of the world sponge families and genera for each demosponge order

Figure S2. Distribution of the recorded demosponge species (outer circle) and genera (inner circle) richness in distinct zoogeographic areas of the Mediterranean

1. Por FD, Dimentman C (2006) Mare Nostrum: Neogene and anthropic natural history of the Mediterranean basin, with emphasis on the Levant. Bulgaria: Pensof Publishers.

2. Spalding MD, Fox HE, Halpern BS, McManus MA, Molnar J, et al. (2007) Marine ecoregions of the world: A bioregionalization of coastal and shelf areas. Bioscience 57: 573-583.

3. Voultsiadou E (2009) Reevaluating sponge diversity and distribution in the Mediterranean Sea. Hydrobiologia 628: 1-12.

Anthozoans (by Dimitris Vafidis)

Table S13. Checklist of the Class Anthozoa (Phylum Cnidaria)