Gari pallida (Deshayes, 1855)

New records.

Israel • 6 spcms; Ashqelon; 31.7002°N, 34.5498°E; depth 21 m; 18 Sep. 2016; sand; grab; HELM project (samples SG20_1F, SG20_3F, SG20_3M).

Remarks.

A single living individual of this species has been recently reported from Palmachim, along the southern Mediterranean coast of Israel, representing the first record from the Mediterranean Sea (Lubinevsky et al. 2018). We here confirm the establishment of this species by reporting six further living individuals, again from southern Israel.