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Prawn Typhlocaris galilee, an isopod crustacean Typhlocirolana (or Turcolana)
steinitzi, the Wadi Araba huntsman spider Cerbalus aravensis, the Palestinian
jumping spider Salticus amitaii, a jumping spider Phlegra amitaii, the Israeli
scorpion Birulatus israelensis, a pseudoscorpion Ayyalonia dimentmani, the land
snails Trochoidea pseudojacosta and Cecilioides genezarethensis, the Jerusalem or
Judean Hills centipede Cryptops pori, and the Jaffa marine amphipod (Ampelisca
jaffaensis Bellan-Santini & Kaim-Malka, 1977) from Jaffa, Palestine (Living
National Treasures; Khalaf-von Jaffa, July 2005, 2012).

Inhabitants of the Ayyalon Cave near Ramla, Occupied Palestine. (a) Tethysbaena
ophelicola (Photo N. Ben Eliahu); (b) Typhlocaris ayyaloni (Photo D. Darom); (c)
Ayyalonia dimentmani (Photo I. Naaman); (d) Akrav israchanani (Photo I. Naaman).
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References and Internet Websites:
Abd Rabou, Abdel Fattah N. (2005). An Ecological Survey and Assessment of
Wadi Gaza Nature Reserve, Gaza Strip – Palestine, with particular emphasis on
Wildlife. Unpublished Ph.D. Thesis, Department of Environmental Studies,

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