title: ReefMedMol: Mollusca from the infralittoral rocky shores - the biocoenosis of photophilic algae - in the Mediterranean Sea.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  This paper describes two datasets on the molluscan fauna from the Mediterranean infralittoral reef ecosystem - the biocoenosis of photophilic algae. The ﬁrst dataset is taken from the East Mediterranean node of the NAGISA project. The second one is a compilation based on the available published material in peer - reviewed journals as well as from the accessible grey literature. These datasets cover a time period of 43 years from 1969 to 2012 from several locations spanning the Mediterranean Sea.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  This dataset is the only one available from this important Mediterranean Habitat, coded as 1170 in the Habitats Directive (92/43/EEC) and can provide valuable information on the needs of ecosystems functions and services assessment, habitat and species conservation as well as marine spatial planning.
authors.affiliation: University of the Aegean, Dept. of Marine Science, Mytiline, Lesvos, Greece; Foundation of Research and Technology - Hellas, Heraklion, Crete, Greece.
authors.forename: Dimitris
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Poursanidis
authors.affiliation: University of the Aegean, Dept. of Marine Science, Mytiline, Lesvos, Greece.
authors.forename: Drosos
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Koutsoubas
authors.affiliation: Hellenic Centre for Marine Research, Heraklion, Crete, Greece.
authors.forename: Christos
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Arvanitidis
authors.affiliation: Hellenic Centre for Marine Research, Heraklion, Crete, Greece.
authors.forename: Giorgos
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Chatzigeorgiou
keywords:  Mollusca ; 1170; 1969–2014; Biodiversity; Infralittoral zone; Mediterranean Sea; Photophilic algae; Reefs