Neogene vertical movements and constraints on extension in the Catalan Coastal Ranges, Iberian Peninsula, and the Valencia trough (western Mediterranean)

1992 ◽  
Vol 203 (1-4) ◽  
pp. 185-201 ◽  
Author(s):  
Paul Morgan ◽  
Manel Fernàndez
2009 ◽  
Vol 90 (5) ◽  
pp. 1051-1054 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eduardo López

During an investigation devoted to characterize all the Orbiniidae polychaete species present in the Iberian Peninsula, several individuals previously identified as Scoloplos armiger showed to actually belong to Scoloplos haasi, a species to date considered endemic from Israel. The comparison with the holotype deposited in the British Museum of Natural History confirmed the identification. This record of S. haasi is not only a new one for the western Mediterranean but also the first one out of its original locality, extending largely westwards the geographical range of the species.


2019 ◽  
Vol 51 (1) ◽  
pp. 51-54
Author(s):  
Ignacio Ribera ◽  
Carles Hernando

Ochthebius (Ochthebius) lobiccoastal habitatsollis Rey, 1885 is recorded for the first time from the Iberian Peninsula (Girona) and the island of Corsica; new records are also given for the islands of Menorca and Sardinia. The species is known only from coastal habitats through the Gulf of Lion and the Ligurian and Balearic seas, typically living in rockpools of different salinity or small trickles or freshwater runoffs. Genetic data of the cytochrome oxidase 1 gene from Iberian, Menorcan and Sardinian specimens shows less than 1% divergence, suggesting lack of isolation between populations.


Author(s):  
Felix Arnold

This chapter describes how Islamic architecture developed more sober and abstract tendencies during the religious reforms of 1100-1250 CE as two successive Berber dynasties, first the Almoravids, then the Almohads, consolidated power and united Islamic rule in the western Mediterranean. During the reign of the Almoravids the palaces at Bin Yūniš, Onda, and Murcia show a steady transition from the styles of the tā’ifa-period to the distinctive architeture of the Almohads. Meanwhile, the palace of Monteagudo, constructed at the collapse of the Almoravids during the “second tā’ifa-period” fully introduced the Abbasid concept of space to the Iberian Peninsula and culminated the merger of fortified castles and residential palaces. Reflecting their interest in the governed community, the Almohads constructed their qasabas adjoined to cities, as may be seen in Marrakesh and Seville. An affinity for geometric symmetry and order, likely arising from Abbasid spatial conceptions, dictated the Almohads’ unadorned architectual style.


Zootaxa ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 4671 (4) ◽  
pp. 541-550
Author(s):  
MARCO A. BOLOGNA ◽  
RICCARDO POLONI ◽  
XAVIER A. VÁZQUEZ

A new Ischnomera from northern Sicily is described. Besides this species, in the western Mediterranean I. xanthoderes complex were distinct one species from the Iberian peninsula and southern France (I. xanthoderes), and one from northwestern Africa (I. tenietensis). All species are figured and a key to the species is published. 


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