First occurrence of the invasive alien species Polydora cornuta Bosc, 1802 (Polychaeta: Spionidae) on the coast of Greece (Elefsis Bay; Aegean Sea)

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Published: Dec 1, 2008
DOI: https://doi.org/10.12681/mms.138
N. SIMBOURA
Hellenic Centre for Marine Research, Institute of Oceanography, P.O. Box 712, P.C. 19013, Anavyssos, Attiki
K. SIGALA
University of Crete, Department of Biology, P.O. Box 2208, 71409, Heraklion, Crete
E. VOUTSINAS
Hellenic Centre for Marine Research, Institute of Oceanography, P.O. Box 712, P.C. 19013, Anavyssos, Attiki
E. KALKAN
Department of Environmental Science, Institute of Environmental Sciences, Bogazici University, Hisar Campus,TR-34342 Bebek, Istanbul
Abstract
The present study reports on the occurrence of two specimens of the alien species Polydora cornuta
Bosc, 1802, in Elefsis Bay, the Saronikos Gulf (Aegean Sea, eastern Mediterranean). This is the first
record of this invasive alien species on the coast of Greece and the second report in the eastern Mediterranean
Sea after its first finding in Izmir Bay (on the Turkish Aegean coast). This finding enhances its distributional
pattern within the Mediterranean
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