New Alien Mediterranean Biodiversity Records (March 2020)


MICHEL BARICHE
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6831-4311
SARA A.A. AL-MABRUK
MARIA AYCA ATEŞ
ADNAN BÜYÜK
FABIO CROCETTA
MICHAIL DRITSAS
DIALA EDDE
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5854-5458
ANA FORTIČ
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5715-3572
ELISSAVET GAVRIIL
VASILIS GEROVASILEIOU
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9143-7480
MEHMET GÖKOĞLU
FATIH M. HUSEYINOGLU
PARASKEVI K. KARACHLE
PERIKLIS KLEITOU
TUBA TERBIYIK KURT
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2937-6816
JOACHIM LANGENECK
CLAUDIO LARDICCI
LOVRENC LIPEJ
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7608-1631
CHRISTINA PAVLOUDI
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5106-6067
MAURIZIO PINNA
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8335-4098
JAMILA RIZGALLA
MEHMET RÜŞTÜ ÖZEN
FRANCISCO SEDANO
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2872-1101
ERGUN TAŞKIN
GAMZE YILDIZ
FRANCESCO ZANGARO
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5852-5104
Abstract
The current article presents 18 new records from seven Mediterranean countries. These records include one rhodophyte, four
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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