New Alien Mediterranean Biodiversity Records (March 2020)
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nudibranchs, two crustaceans, one stingray and 10 bony fishes. They are grouped by country as follows: Lebanon - first record of
the Striped bass Morone saxatilis, the stingray Himantura leoparda, the Areolate grouper Epinephelus areolatus and the Spot-fin
porcupinefish Diodon hystrix from various parts of the country; Turkey - first record of the invasive red alga Grateloupia turuturu
from the sea of Marmara (region of Bandırma), the sea slug Goniobranchus obsoletus and the crab Arcania brevifrons from the
Gulf of Antalya and the cladoceran Pleopis schmackeri from several locations along the Aegean Sea; Cyprus - first record of the
alien sea slug Berthellina citrina from the region of Cape Greco and an observation of a butterflyfish Heniochus sp. from the northeastern
side of the island; Greece - first record of the alien sea slug Anteaeolidiella lurana from the region of Heraklion in Crete
and the record of the Atlantic spadefish Chaetodipterus faber and the Black surgeonfish Acanthurus cfr gahhm from Salamina
Island; Slovenia - first record of the alien sea slug Thecacera pennigera from Izola; Italy - first record of the hybrid Striped bass
(Morone saxatilis × Morone chrysops) from the northern Tyrrhenian Sea and a first record of the goldfish Carassius auratus from
the region of Apulia; Libya - first record of the Red Sea goatfish Parupeneus forsskali and the African surgeonfish Acanthurus
monroviae, respectively from the eastern (Al-Tamimi area) and the western shore (Al-Khums area).
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BARICHE, M., AL-MABRUK, S. A., ATEŞ, M. A., BÜYÜK, A., CROCETTA, F., DRITSAS, M., EDDE, D., FORTIČ, A., GAVRIIL, E., GEROVASILEIOU, V., GÖKOĞLU, M., HUSEYINOGLU, F. M., KARACHLE, P. K., KLEITOU, P., TERBIYIK KURT, T., LANGENECK, J., LARDICCI, C., LIPEJ, L., PAVLOUDI, C., PINNA, M., RIZGALLA, J., RÜŞTÜ ÖZEN, M., SEDANO, F., TAŞKIN, E., YILDIZ, G., & ZANGARO, F. (2020). New Alien Mediterranean Biodiversity Records (March 2020). Mediterranean Marine Science, 21(1), 129–145. https://doi.org/10.12681/mms.21987
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