New records of rare species in the Mediterranean Sea (May 2022)

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Published: May 2, 2022
Updated: 2022-05-02
DOI: https://doi.org/10.12681/mms.28372
VASILIKI KOUSTENI
Fisheries Research Institute, Hellenic Agricultural Organization Dimitra, 64007 Nea Peramos, Kavala, Greece & Institute of Marine Biological Resources and Inland Waters, Hellenic Centre for Marine Research, Vouliagmenis ave. 576, Argyroupoli, Greece
ATHANASIOS ANASTASIADIS*
Department of Animal Production, Fisheries and Aquaculture, University of Patras, 30200 Messolonghi, Greece
MICHEL BARICHE
Department of Biology, Faculty of Arts and Sciences, American University of Beirut, PO Box 11-0236 Beirut, Lebanon
PIETRO BATTAGLIA
Stazione Zoologica Anton Dohrn, Department of Integrated Marine Ecology, Sicily Marine Centre, c/o Villa Pace, Contrada Porticatello 29, 98167 Messina, Italy
ANDREA BONIFAZI
Dipartimento di Biologia, Roma Tor Vergata, 00133 Roma, Italy
ILIJA ĆETKOVIĆ
University of Montenegro, Institute of Marine Biology, Dobrota bb, P Fah 68, 85330 Kotor, Montenegro
GIOVANNI CHIMIENTI
Department of Biology, University of Bari, Bari, Italy & CoNISMa, Rome, Italy
MARCO COLOMBO
Department of Agriculture, University of Sassari, Viale Italia 39, I-07100 Sassari, Italy
COSTAS CONSTANTINOU
13, Iakovou Patatsou str., 2362 Ayios Dometios, Nicosia, Cyprus
MARIA CORSINI-FOKA
Institute of Oceanography, Hellenic Centre for Marine Research, Hydrobiological Station of Rhodes, Cos Street, 85100 Rhodes, Greece
CEM DALYAN
Istanbul University, Department of Biology, Division of Hydrobiology, Vezneciler, 34134 Istanbul, Turkey
AIKATERINI DOGRAMMATZI
Institute of Marine Biological Resources and Inland Waters, Hellenic Centre for Marine Research, Vouliagmenis ave. 576, Argyroupoli, Greece
FILIPPO DOMENICHETTI
National Research Council –Institute for Marine Biological Resources and Biotechnologies (CNR-IRBIM), Largo Fiera della Pesca, 60125 Ancona, Italy
RADHOUAN EL ZRELLI
SADEF, 30 Rue de la Station, 68700 Aspach-Le-Bas, France
ALFREDO FERNÁNDEZ-ALÍAS
Department of Ecology and Hydrology and Campus of International Excellence “Mare Nostrum”, University of Murcia, 30100 Murcia, Spain
THODOROS E. KAMPOURIS
Department of Marine Sciences, University of the Aegean, University Hill, 81100 Mytilene, Greece
NUR BBIKEM KESICI
Istanbul University, Department of Biology, Division of Hydrobiology, Vezneciler, 34134 Istanbul, Turkey
FRITHJOF C. KÜPPER*
School of Biological Sciences, University of Aberdeen, Cruickshank Building, St. Machar Drive, Aberdeen AB24 3UU, Scotland, United Kingdom & Marine Biodiscovery Centre, Department of Chemistry, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen AB24 3UE, Scotland, United Kingdom
LOVRENC LIPEJ
Marine Biology Station, National Institute of Biology, Piran, Fornače 41, 6330 Piran, Slovenia
EMANUELE MANCINI
C.I.R.S.Pe. (Italian Fishery Research and Studies Center), Roma, Italy
BRUNO MANUNZA
Department of Agriculture, University of Sassari, Viale Italia 39, I-07100 Sassari, Italy
CONCEPCION MARCOS
Department of Ecology and Hydrology and Campus of International Excellence “Mare Nostrum”, University of Murcia, 30100 Murcia, Spain
BORUT MAVRIČ
Marine Biology Station, National Institute of Biology, Piran, Fornače 41, 6330 Piran, Slovenia
SINAN MAVRUK
Çukurova University, Fisheries Faculty, TR01330, Balcali, Adana, Turkey
ERHAN MUTLU
Akdeniz University, Fisheries Faculty, Main Campus, Antalya, Turkey
YAŞAR ÖZVAROL
Akdeniz University, Kemer Faculty of Maritime, Main Campus, Antalya, Turkey
EVANGELOS PAPADIMITRIOU*
Department of Marine Sciences, University of the Aegean, University Hill, 81100 Mytilene, Greece & School of Biological Sciences, University of Aberdeen, Cruickshank Building, St. Machar Drive, Aberdeen AB24 3UU, Scotland, United Kingdom
ANA PEŠIĆ
University of Montenegro, Institute of Marine Biology, Dobrota bb, P Fah 68, 85330 Kotor, Montenegro
ANGEL PÉREZ-RUZAFA
Department of Ecology and Hydrology and Campus of International Excellence “Mare Nostrum”, University of Murcia, 30100 Murcia, Spain
ALEXIS PEY
Thalassa Marine research & Environmental awareness, 286 F route d’Aspremont 06690 Tourrette-Levens, France
DIMITRIS POURSANIDIS
terraSolutions marine environment research, Heraklion, Crete, Greece
JAMILA RIZGALLA
Department of Aquaculture, University of Tripoli, Tripoli, Libya
ZIAD SAMAHA
Marine and Coastal Zone Management Programme, International Union for Conservation of Nature, Regional Office for West Asia, IUCN ROWA, Amman, Jordan
MARIA GIULIA STIPA
Stazione Zoologica Anton Dohrn, Department of Integrated Marine Ecology, Sicily Marine Centre, c/o Villa Pace, Contrada Porticatello 29, 98167 Messina, Italy
DOMEN TRKOV
Marine Biology Station, National Institute of Biology, Piran, Fornače 41, 6330 Piran, Slovenia
CANAN TÜRELİ
Çukurova University, Fisheries Faculty, TR01330, Balcali, Adana, Turkey
PATRÍCIA VENTURA
Thalassa Marine research & Environmental awareness, 286 F route d’Aspremont 06690 Tourrette-Levens, France
LAMIA YACOUBI
University of Carthage, Tunisia
LORENZO ZACCHETTI
National Research Council –Institute for Marine Biological Resources and Biotechnologies (CNR-IRBIM), Largo Fiera della Pesca, 60125 Ancona, Italy
BRUNO ZAVA
Wilderness Studi Ambientali, Via Cruillas, 27, 90146 Palermo, Italy & Museo Civico di Storia Naturale, via degli Studi 9, 97013 Comiso (Ragusa), Italy
Abstract

This Collective Article presents new information about the occurrence of 20 taxa that belong to six Phyla: one Cnidaria, one Ctenophora, two Annelida, four Mollusca, two Arthropoda, and ten Chordata. These records were reported from ten countries from the western to the eastern Mediterranean Sea as follows: Spain: early colonization signs of the Mar Menor lagoon by the cigar jellyfish Olindias muelleri; France: second record of the sea chub of the genus Kyphosus in French Mediterranean waters; Italy: first record of the marbled crab Pachygrapsus maurus in Sardinian waters; first records of the polychaetes Malmgrenia polypapillata and Levinsenia tribranchiata in the Tyrrhenian Sea; new record of the deep-sea squid Ancistrocheirus lesueurii in the Tyrrhenian Sea; first record of the pignosed arrowtooth eel Dysomma brevirostre in the Adriatic Sea; Tunisia: first documented record of the blue butterfish Stromateus fiatola and new record of the iconic great white shark Carcharodon carcharias in the Gulf of Gabes; Slovenia: first records of the sea slug Diaphorodoris alba and the sharpnose sevengill shark Heptranchias perlo; Montenegro: new record of the rare tope shark Galeorhinus galeus; Greece: new records of the rabbitfish Chimaera monstrosa and the electric ray Tetronarce nobiliana; first published record of the nuribranch Discodoris rosi; Turkey: first record of the ctenophore Hormiphora plumosa at country level; first records of the anomuran decapod Munida speciosa and the Mediterranean tripodfish, Bathypterois mediterraneus from the Levantine Sea; Cyprus: first documented record of the nuribranch Scyllaea pelagica; Lebanon: first record of the killer whale Orcinus orca from the Levantine Sea.

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  • KOUSTENI, V., ANASTASIADIS, A., BARICHE, M., BATTAGLIA, P. ., BONIFAZI, A. ., ĆETKOVIĆ, I. ., CHIMIENTI, G. ., COLOMBO, M. ., CONSTANTINOU, C. ., MARIA, DALYAN, C. ., DOGRAMMATZI, A., DOMENICHETTI, F., EL ZRELLI, R., FERNÁNDEZ-ALÍAS, A., E. KAMPOURIS, T., KESICI, N. B., C. KÜPPER, F., LIPEJ, L., MANCINI, E., MANUNZA, B., MARCOS, C. ., MAVRIČ, B., MAVRUK, S., MUTLU, E. ., ÖZVAROL, Y. ., PAPADIMITRIOU, E., PEŠIĆ, A., PÉREZ-RUZAFA, A., PEY, A., POURSANIDIS, D., RIZGALLA, . J., SAMAHA, Z., STIPA, M. G., TRKOV, D., TÜRELİ, C., VENTURA, P., YACOUBI, L., ZACCHETTI, L., & ZAVA, B. . (2022). New records of rare species in the Mediterranean Sea (May 2022). Mediterranean Marine Science, 23(3), 417–446. https://doi.org/10.12681/mms.28372
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