OXFORD 9000
📚 adj • entry_id 57791

Lessepsian

/leɪˈsɛp.sɪ.ən/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
lessepsiano
Of or relating to organisms that migrate from the Red Sea to the eastern Mediterranean Sea by means of the Suez Canal.
The Middle East is an area of complex tectonic history through time, and this complexity is reflected in the biogeography of the region. Essentially, six historico-biogeographical…
The Polychaeta Cirriformia semicincta, Branchiosyllis uncinigera and Spirobranchus giganteus, considered by [Lucien] Laubier (1966) to be lessepsian immigrants, are more probably c…
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