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

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Published: Dec 10, 2025
DOI: https://doi.org/10.12681/mms.43529
MARGHERITA TOMA
Istituto Superiore per la Protezione e la Ricerca Ambientale, 00144 Roma, Italy & Università degli Studi di Genova, Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra, dell’Ambiente e della Vita, Genova, Italy
DARYL AGIUS
Aquatic Resources Malta, Fort San Lucjan, Triq il-Qajjenza, Marsaxlokk, BBG1283, Malta
ERNESTO AZZURRO
National Research Council, Institute for Biological Resources and Marine Biotechnologies, Largo Fiera della Pesca, 2, 60125 Ancona, Italy & NBFC, National Biodiversity Future Center, Palermo, Italy
MARZIA BO
Università degli Studi di Genova, Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra, dell’Ambiente e della Vita, Genova, Italy; NBFC, National Biodiversity Future Center, Palermo, Italy; Consorzio Nazionale Interuniversitario per le Scienze del Mare, Roma, Italy
FABIO CROCETTA
NBFC, National Biodiversity Future Center, Palermo, Italy & Department of Integrative Marine Ecology, Stazione Zoologica Anton Dohrn, Villa Comunale, 80121 Naples, Italy
İSMAIL DAL
Mediterranean Fisheries Research, Production and Training Institute, General Directorate of Agricultural Research and Policies, 07570, Demre, Antalya, Türkiye
TOMMASO DELLI CARRI
Università degli Studi di Genova, Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra, dell’Ambiente e della Vita, Genova, Italy
MEHMET CENGIZ DEVAL
Fisheries Faculty, Akdeniz University, Main Campus, Antalya, Türkiye
LORIS GALLI
Università degli Studi di Genova, Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra, dell’Ambiente e della Vita, Genova, Italy
ANDROMACHI GKOULIA
Cyprus Marine & Maritime Institute, Marine Biotechnology and Aquaculture Centre, Marine and Coastal Ecosystems Centre, Vasileos Pavlou Square 13, 6023 Larnaka, Cyprus
FABIO GRATI
National Research Council, Institute for Biological Resources and Marine Biotechnologies, Largo Fiera della Pesca, 2, 60125 Ancona, Italy
DEMETRIS KOLOKOTRONIS
P.O. Box 25584, 1310 Nicosia, Cyprus
LOVRENC LIPEJ
Marine Biology Station Piran, National Institute of Biology, Fornače 41, SI- 6330 Piran, Slovenia
CHARLIE MATTHEWS
Sharklab-Malta, Fairfields 9, Triq is, Sirti, San Ġwann SGN 1840, Malta
BORUT MAVRIČ
Marine Biology Station Piran, National Institute of Biology, Fornače 41, SI- 6330 Piran, Slovenia
RANDA MEJRI
Laboratory of Marine Biodiversity and Environment, Life Sciences Department, Faculty of Sciences of Sfax, University of Sfax, Tunisia
JAVIER MURCIA
Calle Amapolas 7, 30740 San Pedro del Pinatar, Murcia, Spain
EMINE SUKRAN OKUDAN
Fisheries Faculty, Akdeniz University, Main Campus, Antalya, Türkiye
VÍCTOR ORENES-SALAZAR
Departamento de Ecología e Hidrología, Universidad de Murcia, 30100 Murcia, Spain
JULIEN P. RENOULT
CEFE – Univ Montpellier, CNRS, EPHE, IRD, Montpellier, France
LUCA PISANI
Aquatic Resources Malta, Fort San Lucjan, Triq il-Qajjenza, Marsaxlokk, BBG1283, Malta
JAMILA RIZGALLA
Department of Aquaculture, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Tripoli, Tripoli, Libya
FABIO RUSSO
Ente Fauna Marina Mediterranea, Scientific Organization for Research and Conservation of Marine Biodiversity, Avola, Italy
ALP SALMAN
Department of Marine and Inland Water Science and Technology, Faculty of Fisheries, Ege University, 35100, İzmir, Türkiye
ALEN SOLDO
Department of Marine Studies, University of Split, Croatia
VALENTINA TANDUO
Department of Integrative Marine Ecology, Stazione Zoologica Anton Dohrn, Villa Comunale, 80121 Naples, Italy
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
INCI TUNEY
Ege University, Faculty of Science, Department of Biology, Izmir, Türkiye
AYDIN ÜNLÜOĞLU
Institute of Marine Sciences and Technology, Dokuz Eylül University, 35330, İzmir, Türkiye
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New records of rarely reported species in the Mediterranean Sea (December 2025)

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