Vol. 26 No. 4 (2025): Mediterranean Marine Science
Research Article
Winning in the era of global change: new findings on the invasive fireworm Hermodice carunculata (Annelida) along the Italian coasts obtained using Citizen Science
ELENA CENNI, CRISTINA GIOIA DI CAMILLO, SARA RIGHI, ROBERTO FERMO, CECILIA BOZZOLI, DANIELA PREVEDELLI, ROBERTO SIMONINI
Ask the audience: Characterization of diving pressure on marine caves using diving operators’ knowledge
CARLA QUILES-PONS, FRANCESCO MARESCA, NURIA R. DE LA BALLINA, ENRIC REAL, IGNACIO BAENA-VEGA, ANABEL MUÑOZ MUÑOZ, MERCÈ MORATÓ, SUSANA DÍEZ, SANDRA MALLOL, DAVID DÍAZ
Experimental evaluation of Haplosporidium pinnae DNA detection and degradation under semi-controlled conditions
ŽELJKO PAVLINEC, GAETANO CATANESE, MILENA MIČIĆ
Marine megafauna bycatch in the Pelagie Archipelago fisheries (Strait of Sicily, central Mediterranean)
SARA BONANOMI, ANTONELLA DI GANGI, ANTONIO VULCANO, CLAUDIO CELADA, GIORGIA GAIBANI
First record of a remarkable Cladocora caespitosa bank in Aristotle’s Lagoon (N Aegean Sea): Structure and health status
NAGORE QUINTANO, MARIA SINI, KONSTANTINOS TOPOUZELIS, KONSTANTINOS TSIRINTANIS, STELIOS KATSANEVAKIS
DNA sequencing reveal presence of the Lessepsian true limpet Cellana rota in the Syrian coasts of the Mediterranean
ALA’A ALO, IZDIHAR ALI AMMAR, HADISE KASHIRI
First record of the ascidian Ecteinascidia turbinata from Cyprus and its comparative morphology and genetics with Ecteinascidia thurstoni
CHRISTINA MICHAIL, ANDREAS C. DIMITRIOU, DOROTHÉE HUCHON, PERIKLIS KLEITOU, NOA SHENKAR
The spread of Aoroides longimerus Ren & Zheng, 1996 across the Mediterranean and the Atlantic: genetic diversity, anthropogenic transport, and ecological implications
JOSÉ MANUEL GUERRA-GARCÍA, ANDREA DESIDERATO, SERENA MUCCIOLO, CARLOS NAVARRO-BARRANCO , MACARENA ROS, JASMINE FERRARIO, PAULA MORETTI, AGNESE MARCHINI, NAWFEL MOSBAHI, SOFÍA RUIZ-VELASCO, IGNACIO GESTOSO, PATRÍCIO RAMALHOSA, JOÃO CANNING-CLODE, CELIA OLABARRIA, EVA CACABELOS, JESÚS S. TRONCOSO, JEAN-PHILIPPE PEZY, AURORE RAOUX, JEAN-CLAUDE DAUVIN, MATHILDE CHARBONNELLE, FERDINAND SCHLICKLIN, HIROYUKI ARIYAMA, EMANUELE MANCINI, ANDREA BONIFAZI , VINCENT LE GARREC, THOMAS BUREL, BENOIT GOUILLIEUX, CRISTINA ESPÍRITO SANTO, PAULA CHAINHO, ROMEU S. RIBEIRO, INÊS AFONSO , YANRONG WANG, JEAN-CHARLES LECLERC, MARINE MOAL, CÉLINE HOUBIN, FRÉDÉRIQUE VIARD, ERIC THIÉBAUT, VICTORIA FERNANDEZ-GONZALEZ, SANDRA NAVARRO-MAYORAL, SONIA DÍAZ-VERGARA, ARJAN GITTENBERGER, LAUREN ELIZABETH HUGHES , MARIA LAMPA, GIORGOS CHATZIGEORGIOU , WANDA PLAITIS, FRANCESCO TIRALONGO, GEMMA MARTÍNEZ-LAIZ, M. PILAR CABEZAS, SOFIA DUARTE , JOÃO P.R. PINHEIRO, GIOVANNA O. REIS, TRIANA REVANALES, SEMPERE-VALVERDE JUAN , EVA AYLAGAS, ANGELO POLISENO , SAHAR CHEBAANE, SUSANA CARVALHO, VASILIS GEROVASILEIOU, INMACULADA FRUTOS, PABLO SAENZ-ARIAS
Highly diverse epifaunal bryozoans on the invasive alien species Rugulopteryx okamurae (Ochrophyta) in the Strait of Gibraltar area, with the description of a new species
JOSÉ ANTONIO CABALLERO-HERRERA, LAÍS V. RAMALHO, PABLO MARINA, ALEJANDRO MARTÍN-ARJONA, MANUEL M. GONZÁLEZ-DUARTE, BEATRIZ RINCÓN RINCÓN, ÁNGEL MATEO-RAMÍREZ, SANDRA MALLOL, JAVIER URRA
Not only summer matters: spring warming shapes the gorgonian condition when facing marine heatwaves
AINA DEL ALCÁZAR-JULIÀ, NÚRIA VILADRICH, ANDREA GORI, CRISTINA LINARES
Thriving in the dark: a new record and new species of Annelida (Lamarck, 1802) from a Balearic anchialine cave (Western Mediterranean Sea)
MARÍA CAPA , ALEJANDRO MARTÍNEZ , JOAN PONS , JOÃO GIL , DANIEL MARTIN
Think FAST: Applying citizen science to survey the ecological status of fish assemblages in the Côte d’Azur
ISAAC BEBER, FLORENCE LACROSSE, PATRICE FRANCOUR, DAMIEN ELOIRE, SAMUEL JEGLOT
The prevalence of two known pathogens of Atlantic Blue Crab Callinectes sapidus (Rathbun, 1896) in coastal Adriatic, Aegean Sea, and Atlantic Iberian coast
ERIC SCHOTT, MARINA BRAILO ŠĆEPANOVIĆ, JASNA MARŠIĆ-LUČIĆ, OLIVIA PARES, MINGLI ZHAO, JERKO HRABAR, LUKA GLAMUZINA, MARIJANA PEĆAREVIĆ, SANJA GRĐAN, JOÃO PEDRO DA SILVA ENCARNAÇÃO, PEDRO MORAIS, ANA PEŠIĆ, ILIJA ĆETKOVIĆ, BRANKO GLAMUZINA
Distribution, population structure and life cycle of the Mediterranean endemic Laminaria rodriguezii (Laminariales, Phaeophyceae)
THIBAUT THIERRY , AURÉLIE BLANFUNÉ, BASTIEN THOUROUDE, LAURIC REYNES, LAURENT BALLESTA, FLORIAN HOLON, JULIE DETER, CHARLES-FRANÇOIS BOUDOURESQUE, KLAUS-ULRICH VALENTIN, ANDREAS WAGNER, INKA BARTSCH
Short Communication
Westernmost record of Caulerpa taxifolia var. distichophylla (Chlorophyta, Caulerpaceae) in the Mediterranean: a 20-year journey
JOSE MARTÍNEZ-GARRIDO, DIEGO MORENO, IRENE ROJO, MANUEL MANCHADO, AGUSTÍN BARRAJÓN, JAIME BERNARDEAU-ESTELLER
Collective Article A
New records of introduced species in the Mediterranean Sea (December 2025)
MICHEL BARICHE, SHAHENAZ M. ABD ELLAH, OKAN AKYOL, EMAN SALEM ALFERGANI, ANDREA ALVITO, FIRAS ALSHAWY, IZDIHAR ALI AMMAR, ÉRICA CAROLINE BECKER, GIAMBATTISTA BELLO, DAMLA BETON, SENEM ÇAĞLAR, GIOVANNI CANDUCI, JAKOV DULČIĆ, AMANI FITORI, GEORGIOS GASTOUNIOTIS, PANAGIOTIS GASTOUNIOTIS, CONSTANTINOS GEORGIADES, SERGE GOFAS, ALENKA GORUPPI, DANIELE GRECH, MEHMET FATIH HUSEYINOGLU, NEVEN IVEŠA, URŠKA KAJTNA, GERASIMOS KONDYLATOS, CLAUDIO LARDICCI, RAZAN MAAROOF, DAVID MARĐOKIĆ , OLIVERA MARKOVIĆ, BORUT MAVRIČ, DAVIDE MOCCIA, ALESSANDRO NOTA, ELENI PASCHALI , JAMILA RIZGALLA, ERGÜN TAŞKIN, JONATHAN TEMPESTI, KONSTANTINOS TENEKETZIS, FRANCESCO TIRALONGO , ZAFER TOSUNOĞLU, ÖZNUR YAZILAN , LORENZO ZACCHETTI
Collective Article B
New records of rarely reported species in the Mediterranean Sea (December 2025)
MARGHERITA TOMA, DARYL AGIUS, ERNESTO AZZURRO , MARZIA BO, FABIO CROCETTA, İSMAIL DAL, TOMMASO DELLI CARRI, MEHMET CENGIZ DEVAL, LORIS GALLI, ANDROMACHI GKOULIA, FABIO GRATI , DEMETRIS KOLOKOTRONIS , LOVRENC LIPEJ , CHARLIE MATTHEWS, BORUT MAVRIČ, RANDA MEJRI, JAVIER MURCIA, EMINE SUKRAN OKUDAN , VÍCTOR ORENES-SALAZAR, JULIEN P. RENOULT, LUCA PISANI , JAMILA RIZGALLA , FABIO RUSSO , ALP SALMAN , ALEN SOLDO, VALENTINA TANDUO , FRANCESCO TIRALONGO , INCI TUNEY , AYDIN ÜNLÜOĞLU

