New records of introduced species in the Mediterranean Sea (December 2025)

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Published: Dec 11, 2025
DOI: https://doi.org/10.12681/mms.43526
MICHEL BARICHE
Department of Biology, American University of Beirut, PO Box 11-0236, Beirut 1107 2020, Lebanon
SHAHENAZ M. ABD ELLAH
Department of Biological & Geological Science, Faculty of Education, Alexandria University, Egypt
OKAN AKYOL
Ege University Faculty of Fisheries, 35100 Bornova, Izmir, Türkiye
EMAN SALEM ALFERGANI
Department of marine biology, Faculty of Science, Omar Al-Mukhtar University, El-beida, Libya
ANDREA ALVITO
IMC - International Marine Centre, Loc. Sa Mardini, Torregrande - 09170 Oristano, Italy
FIRAS ALSHAWY
Faculty of Veterinary medicine, AlFurat University, Syria
IZDIHAR ALI AMMAR
Department of Marine Biology, High Institute of Marine Research, Latakia University, Latakia, Syria
ÉRICA CAROLINE BECKER
Istituto Nazionale di Oceanografia e di Geofisica Sperimentale - OGS, Via A. Piccard 54, Trieste 34151, Italy
GIAMBATTISTA BELLO
Via Pesce 14, 70042 Mola di Bari, Italy
DAMLA BETON
Society for the Protection of Turtles, Nicosia, Cyprus
SENEM ÇAĞLAR
Istanbul University, Faculty of Science, Department of Biology, 34134, Vezneciler Istanbul, Türkiye
GIOVANNI CANDUCI
National Research Council - Institute for Marine Biological Resources and Biotechnology, Ancona, 60125, Italy
JAKOV DULČIĆ
Institute of Oceanography and Fisheries, Split, Šetalište Ivana Meštrovića 63, 21000 Split, Croatia
AMANI FITORI
Department of Marine Resources, Faculty of Natural Resources, Tobruk University, Libya
GEORGIOS GASTOUNIOTIS
Department of Crop Science, Agricultural University of Athens, 11855 Athens, Greece
PANAGIOTIS GASTOUNIOTIS
Department of Crop Science, Agricultural University of Athens, 11855 Athens, Greece
CONSTANTINOS GEORGIADES
Department of Fisheries and Marine Research, Cyprus
SERGE GOFAS
Universidad de Malaga, Departamento de Biologia Animal, Facultad de Ciencias, E-29071 Malaga, Spain
ALENKA GORUPPI
Istituto Nazionale di Oceanografia e di Geofisica Sperimentale - OGS, Via A. Piccard 54, Trieste 34151, Italy
DANIELE GRECH
IMC - International Marine Centre, Loc. Sa Mardini, Torregrande - 09170 Oristano, Italy
MEHMET FATIH HUSEYINOGLU
University of Kyrenia, Kyrenia, Cyprus
NEVEN IVEŠA
Juraj Dobrila University of Pula, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Zagrebačka 30, 52100 Pula, Croatia
URŠKA KAJTNA
Marine Biology Station Piran, National Institute of Biology, Fornače 41, 6330 Piran, Slovenia
GERASIMOS KONDYLATOS
Hellenic Centre for Marine Research, Institute of Marine Biological Resources and Inland Waters, Hydrobiological Station of Rhodes, Aquarium Square, 85131 Rhodes, Greece
CLAUDIO LARDICCI
Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra, Università di Pisa, Via Santa Maria, 53 - 56126 Pisa, Italy
RAZAN MAAROOF
Faculty of Veterinary medicine, AlFurat University, Syria
DAVID MARĐOKIĆ
University of Montenegro, Institute of Marine Biology, Put I Bokeljske brigade 68, 85 330 Kotor, Montenegro
OLIVERA MARKOVIĆ
University of Montenegro, Institute of Marine Biology, Put I Bokeljske brigade 68, 85 330 Kotor, Montenegro
BORUT MAVRIČ
Marine Biology Station Piran, National Institute of Biology, Fornače 41, 6330 Piran, Slovenia
DAVIDE MOCCIA
Dipartimento di Scienze della Vita e dell’Ambiente, Università degli Studi di Cagliari, 09126, Cagliari, Italy
ALESSANDRO NOTA
Department of Veterinary Sciences, University of Turin, Grugliasco, Italy & Ente Fauna Marina Mediterranea, Scientific Organization for Research and Conservation of Marine Biodiversity, Avola, Italy
ELENI PASCHALI
Department of Fisheries and Marine Research, Cyprus
JAMILA RIZGALLA
Department of Aquaculture, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Tripoli, Tripoli, Libya
ERGÜN TAŞKIN
Department of Biology, Faculty of Engineering and Natural Sciences, Manisa Celal Bayar University, Manisa, Türkiye
JONATHAN TEMPESTI
Dipartimento di Biologia, Università di Pisa, Via Derna, 1-56126 Pisa, Italy
KONSTANTINOS TENEKETZIS
Environmental researcher, Skoutari, 23200 Gythion, Greece
FRANCESCO TIRALONGO
Ente Fauna Marina Mediterranea, Scientific Organization for Research and Conservation of Marine Biodiversity, Avola, Italy; Department of Biological, Geological, and Environmental Sciences, University of Catania, Catania, Italy; National Research Council, Institute of Marine Biological Resources and Biotechnology, Messina, Italy
ZAFER TOSUNOĞLU
Ege University Faculty of Fisheries, 35100 Bornova, Izmir, Türkiye & Mediterranean Conservation Society, 35100 Bornova, Izmir, Türkiye
ÖZNUR YAZILAN
Department of Biology, Faculty of Engineering and Natural Sciences, Manisa Celal Bayar University, Manisa, Türkiye
LORENZO ZACCHETTI
National Research Council - Institute for Marine Biological Resources and Biotechnology, Ancona, 60125, Italy& Department of Biological, Geological, and Environmental Sciences, Alma Mater Studiorum, University of Bologna, Bologna 40126, Italy
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New records of introduced species in the Mediterranean Sea (December 2025)

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  • BARICHE, M., ABD ELLAH, S. M., AKYOL, O., ALFERGANI, E. S., ALVITO, A., ALSHAWY, F., AMMAR, I. A., BECKER, ÉRICA C., BELLO, G., BETON, D., ÇAĞLAR, S., CANDUCI, G., DULČIĆ, J., FITORI, A., GASTOUNIOTIS, G., GASTOUNIOTIS, P., GEORGIADES, C., GOFAS, S., GORUPPI, A., GRECH, D., HUSEYINOGLU, M. F., IVEŠA, N., KAJTNA, U., KONDYLATOS, G., LARDICCI, C., MAAROOF, R., MARĐOKIĆ , D., MARKOVIĆ, O., MAVRIČ, B., MOCCIA, D., NOTA, A., PASCHALI , E., RIZGALLA, J., TAŞKIN, E., TEMPESTI, J., TENEKETZIS, K., TIRALONGO , F., TOSUNOĞLU, Z., YAZILAN , ÖZNUR, & ZACCHETTI , L. (2025). New records of introduced species in the Mediterranean Sea (December 2025). Mediterranean Marine Science, 26(4), 941–971. https://doi.org/10.12681/mms.43526
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