The records in this dataset were and will be derived from past and ongoing infauna monitoring efforts in the Israeli waters at depths from 5-2000 m performed by the Israel Oceanographic and Limnological Research (IOLR), a governmental marine research institute.

The records in this dataset were and will be derived from past and ongoing infauna monitoring efforts in the Israeli continental shelf at depths from 5-100 m performed by the Israel Oceanographic and Limnological Research (IOLR), a governmental marine research institute.

This dataset was the result of a collection expedition in the Suez canal and its adjacent Mediterranean and Red seas. The expedition was organized by the Cambridge University and was held between September amd December 1924.

This dataset contains observations extracted from a variety of scientific articles and reports regarding the faunistics of sponges inhabiting rocky substrates along the shelf of Israeli waters between 1967-2020.

The records in this dataset were and will be derived from past and ongoing infauna monitoring efforts in the Israeli waters at depths from 31-2000 m performed by the Israel Oceanographic and Limnological Research (IOLR), a governmental marine research institute.

The records in this dataset were derived from an MSc thesis (in Hebraw) cited: Tom M 1976. the Benthic associations of Haifa Bay, submitted to the University of Tel Aviv, 117 pp., available from the University libraray and described also in: Tom M and Galil BS 1991. The faunal associations of Haifa Bay, Mediterranean coast of Israel. P.S.Z.N.I. Mar Ecol 12: 75-86, https://doi.org/10.11111/j.1439-0485.1991.tb00085.x

This is a combined dataset on Syllidae (Annelida, Polychaeta) originated from two projects: NaGISA (Natural Geography in Shore Areas, a long term monitoring project following a global protocol) and a study on the Benthos of Haifa Bay.