New Mediterranean Biodiversity Records (November 2018)


Published: Dec 31, 2018
MEHMET BAKİ YOKEŞ
VASILIS ANDREOU
RIGERS BAKIU
SARA BONANOMI
JUDITH CAMPS
GEORGE CHRISTIDIS
FABIO CROCETTA
IOANNIS GIOVOS
ANDREA GORI
TEA JURETIĆ
SELAHATTİN ÜNSAL KARHAN
STELIOS KATSANEVAKIS
ELENI KYTINOU
JOACHIM LANGENECK
LOVRENC LIPEJ
MARIA MAXIMIADI
NIKOLAS MICHAILIDIS
ELENI MITSOU
ARTEMIS NICOLAIDOU
SLAVICA PETOVIĆ
PATRICIA PRADO
ANDREU SANTÍN
KONSTANTINOS TENEKETZIS
IOANNIS THASITIS
VALENTINA TIRELLI
DOMEN TRKOV
ERION TROPLINI
KONSTANTINOS TSIAMIS
ANDREA VANNUCCI
Abstract

In the present article, new records are given for 18 species (6 native, 9 alien and 3 cryptogenic), belonging to 5 Phyla (i.e. Chlorophyta, Cnidaria, Annelida, Mollusca and Chordata), from 8 Mediterranean countries: Spain: A large population of Polycerella
emertoni reported from the Ebro Delta, the presence of Spinimuricea klavereni is confirmed for the first time in the Catalan coast; Italy: the new record of Cryptonome turcica extends its distribution to the western Mediterranean Sea, the findings of Mawia benovici constitute the southernmost record of this species in the Adriatic Sea; Slovenia: second record of the alien seaslug Cuthona perca in the Mediterranean Sea; Montenegro: Styela plicata communities were recorded in Boka Kotorska Bay; Albania: the native great torpedo ray Tetronarce nobiliana recorded for the first time in Albanian waters; Greece: first record of Lagocephalus sceleratus in the Greek side of the Adriatic, the records of Cassiopea andromeda and Pterois miles are first records of these species from the Ionian Sea, the colonial ascidians Aplidium coeruleum and Didemnum protectum are recorded for the first time in the Eastern Mediterranean, an extremely abundant population of Melibe viridis is found in Messolonghi lagoon, the record of Synchiropus sechellensis is the range expansion of this species in Greek Seas, Acetabularia caliculus is recorded for the first time from Greece; Cyprus: first records of Callionymus filamentosus and Haminoea cyanomarginata from the island; Turkey: the presence of Berthellina citrina in the Mediterranean is confirmed.

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