Marine caves are biodiversity reservoirs and refuge habitats, harbouring rare species and
living fossils. The Mediterranean Sea hosts more than 3000 caves, which are among the …

Despite their small individual size, marine prokaryotic and eukaryotic microbes can form
large 3D structures and complex habitats. These habitats contribute to seafloor …

Metazoan/microbial bioconstructions, or biostalactites (BSTs), discovered in submarine
caves of Apulia c. 20 years ago—and later found in several shallow‐water Mediterranean …

The dark and confined conditions of submarine caves allow the development of cryptic
bioconstructions. They have been named “biostalactites” due to their distinctive growth from …

We present previously unknown stacked bowl-shaped bioherms reaching a size of 45 cm in
diameter and 40 cm in height from weakly solidified peloidal sand from the upper Sarmatian …

Although bryozoans are one of the dominant sessile phyla in Mediterranean marine caves,
little information is available on the bryozoan diversity of this habitat in the eastern basin. In …

Although more than 600 marine caves have been recorded so far along the Greek coasts of
the Aegean Sea (Eastern Mediterranean), only a few have been systematically studied for …

The diversity and distribution of polychaetes in the coastal area and the EEZ of the Republic
of Cyprus is presented based on both the literature records and new data acquired in a wide …

Four cribrilinid bryozoans associated with deep-water corals (578–682 m depth) from the
Great Bahama Bank slope, are described, two of them are new. The generic allocation of …

Biogenic habitats often form hot spots of biodiversity. However, the role of epibiosis and the
'habitat cascades' phenomenon in enhancing structural heterogeneity and biodiversity in …