scholarly journals A molecular and ecological study of Grillotia (Cestoda: Trypanorhyncha) larval infection in small to mid‐sized benthonic sharks in the Gulf of Naples, Mediterranean Sea

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mario Santoro ◽  
Bruno Bellisario ◽  
Fabio Crocetta ◽  
Barbara Degli Uberti ◽  
Marialetizia Palomba
Keyword(s):  
Mediterranean Sea ◽  
Ecological Study ◽  
Gulf Of Naples ◽  
Larval Infection

Anthropogenic noise and biological sounds in a heavily industrialized coastal area (Gulf of Naples, Mediterranean Sea)

2020 ◽  
Vol 159 ◽  
pp. 105002
Author(s):  
N. Pieretti ◽  
M. Lo Martire ◽  
C. Corinaldesi ◽  
L. Musco ◽  
A. Dell’Anno ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mediterranean Sea ◽  
Coastal Area ◽  
Anthropogenic Noise ◽  
Gulf Of Naples

scholarly journals Metagenome-Assembled Genome (MAG) of Oceancaulis alexandrii NP7 isolated from Mediterranean Sea polluted marine sediments and its bioremediation potential

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Filippo Dell’Anno ◽  
Leonardo Joaquim van Zyl ◽  
Marla Trindade ◽  
Christophe Brunet ◽  
Antonio Dell’Anno ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mediterranean Sea ◽  
Marine Sediments ◽  
Heavy Metal Resistance ◽  
Metal Resistance ◽  
Hydrocarbon Degradation ◽  
Coding Sequences ◽  
Gulf Of Naples ◽  
Polycyclic Aromatic ◽  
First Time ◽  
Encoding Genes

Abstract Oceanicaulis alexandrii strain NP7 is a marine bacterium which belongs to the Hyphomonadaceae family and was isolated from sediments highly contaminated with metals and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons released for decades by industrial activities in the Gulf of Naples (Mediterranean Sea). Here, we report the partial genome sequence and annotation of Oceanicaulis alexandrii strain NP7 that contains a chromosome of 2,954,327 bp and encodes for 2914 predicted coding sequences and 44 RNA- encoding genes. Although the presence of some coding sequences for genes involved in hydrocarbon degradation processes (e.g., alkB) have already been described in the literature associated with the Oceanicaulis, this is the first time that more than 100 genes involved in metal detoxification processes and hydrocarbon degradation are reported belonging to this genus. The presence of a heterogeneous set of genes involved in stress response, hydrocarbon degradation, heavy metal resistance and detoxification suggests a possible role for Oceanicaulis alexandrii NP7 in the bioremediation of these highly contaminated marine sediments.

scholarly journals The Portuguese Man-of-war, One of The Most Dangerous Marine Species, Has Always Entered The Mediterranean Sea: Strandings, Sightings And Museum Collections

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rosario Badalamenti ◽  
Francesco Tiralongo ◽  
Vincenzo Arizza ◽  
Sabrina Lo Brutto
Keyword(s):  
Mediterranean Sea ◽  
Grey Literature ◽  
Marine Species ◽  
First Record ◽  
Central Mediterranean ◽  
Gulf Of Naples ◽  
Tourism Sector ◽  
The Mediterranean ◽  
Sea Area ◽  
Physalia Physalis

Abstract A search from different kinds of sources has been carried out to review the incidence of Physalia physalis, the Portuguese man-of-war, in the Mediterranean Sea; scientific and grey literature, social media, zoological museums were accessed. The records of the species were considered validated if documented with images or collected specimens. It was possible to date the putative first record of Physalia physalis in the Mediterranean Sea, thanks to a couple of colonies preserved in a historical collection, originating from the Gulf of Naples in 1914. Some massive strandings occurred in localities of the Alboran Sea, area of entrance from the Atlantic from where the species spread mainly along the Sicilian waters, in the central Mediterranean Sea. The records from the Italian maritime regions were then subdivided into three categories of risk according to the season of occurrence. These categories were created to assign a level of danger for swimmers to the sightings of Physalia physalis. The increasing sightings of such a poisonous organism in coastal waters can represent a risk to human health, and also to all those activities linked to the marine tourism sector. The involvement of citizens and touristic structures for the early detection of Physalia physalis can play a key role in preventing encounters with the species, allowing marine tourist facilities to operate within a range of reasonable security.

Calcareous dinoflagellate cysts in marine sediments of the Gulf of Naples (Mediterranean Sea)

1994 ◽  
Vol 84 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 45-56 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marina Montresor ◽  
Elvira Montesarchio ◽  
Donato Marino ◽  
Adriana Zingone
Keyword(s):  
Mediterranean Sea ◽  
Marine Sediments ◽  
Dinoflagellate Cysts ◽  
Gulf Of Naples ◽  
Calcareous Dinoflagellate Cysts

scholarly journals New Mediterranean Biodiversity Records (July 2016)

2016 ◽  
Vol 17 (2) ◽  
pp. 608 ◽  
Author(s):  
T. DAILIANIS ◽  
O. AKYOL ◽  
N. BABALI ◽  
M. BARICHE ◽  
F. CROCETTA ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mediterranean Sea ◽  
Eastern Mediterranean ◽  
Aegean Sea ◽  
Western Mediterranean ◽  
Gulf Of Naples ◽  
Pterois Miles ◽  
Lutjanus Argentimaculatus ◽  
Lessepsian Species ◽  
The Mediterranean ◽  
New Distribution

This contribution forms part of a series of collective articles published regularly in Mediterranean Marine Science that report on new biodiversity records from the Mediterranean basin. The current article presents 51 geographically distinct records for 21 taxa belonging to 6 Phyla, extending from the western Mediterranean to the Levantine. The new records, per country, are as follows: Spain: the cryptogenic calcareous sponge Paraleucilla magna is reported from a new location in the Alicante region. Algeria: the rare Atlanto-Mediterranean bivalve Cardium indicum is reported from Annaba. Tunisia: new distribution records for the Indo-Pacific lionfish Pterois miles from Zembra Island and Cape Bon. Italy: the ark clam Anadara transversa is reported from mussel cultures in the Gulf of Naples, while the amphipod Caprella scaura and the isopods Paracerceis sculpta and Paranthura japonica are reported as associated to the –also allochthonous–bryozoan Amathia verticillata in the Adriatic Sea; in the latter region, the cosmopolitan Atlantic tripletail Lobotes surinamensisis also reported, a rare finding for the Mediterranean. Slovenia: a new record of the non-indigenous nudibranch Polycera hedgpethi in the Adriatic. Greece: several new reports of the introduced scleractinian Oculina patagonica, the fangtooth moray Enchelycore anatina, the blunthead puffer Sphoeroides pachygaster (all Atlantic), and the lionfish Pterois miles (Indo-Pacific) suggest their ongoing establishment in the Aegean Sea; the deepest bathymetric record of the invasive alga Caulerpa cylindracea in the Mediterranean Sea is also registered in the Kyklades, at depths exceeding 70 m. Turkey: new distribution records for two non indigenous crustaceans, the blue crab Callinectes sapidus (Atlantic origin) and the moon crab Matuta victor (Indo-Pacific origin) from the Bay of Izmir and Antalya, respectively; in the latter region, the Red Sea goatfish Parupeneus forsskali, is also reported. Lebanon: an array of records of 5 alien and one native Mediterranean species is reported by citizen-scientists; the Pacific jellyfish Phyllorhiza punctata and the Indo-Pacific teleosteans Tylerius spinosissimus, Ostracion cubicus, and Lutjanus argentimaculatus are reported from the Lebanese coast, the latter notably being the second record for the species in the Mediterranean Sea since 1977; the native sand snake-eel Ophisurus serpens, rare in the eastern Mediterranean, is reported for the first time from Lebanon, this being its easternmost distribution range; finally, a substantial number of sightings of the lionfish Pterois miles further confirm the current establishment of this lessepsian species in the Levantine.

The Pandora’s box: Morphological diversity within the genus Amphiglena Claparède, 1864 (Sabellidae, Annelida) in the Mediterranean Sea, with description of nine new species

Zootaxa ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 4949 (2) ◽  
pp. 201-239
Author(s):  
ADRIANA GIANGRANDE ◽  
MATTEO PUTIGNANO ◽  
MARGHERITA LICCIANO ◽  
MARIA CRISTINA GAMBI
Keyword(s):  
Mediterranean Sea ◽  
Morphological Diversity ◽  
Mediterranean Area ◽  
Hydrothermal Systems ◽  
Ionian Sea ◽  
Gulf Of Naples ◽  
Points Of View ◽  
The Mediterranean ◽  
The Moment ◽  
High Diversity

We report the description of nine new taxa of sabellid polychaetes belonging to the genus Amphiglena, of which diversity in the Mediterranean Sea has been widely underestimated. Examined material derived from both new collections along the Italian coast, including four CO2 vents/hydrothermal systems, and from a re-examination of older material previously attributed to A. mediterranera (Leydig, 1851) which was so far the only species of the genus reported for the Mediterranean area. The analysis revealed the presence of different taxa also consistent with a previous molecular analysis conducted on material from the Gulf of Naples and the Salento coast (Ionian Sea). This led to an increase in the number of species in the genus and to highlight the occurrence in the Mediterranean Sea of a high diversity within the genus. A key to the Mediterranean Sea species of Amphiglena is also provided. Some taxa, however, remain for the moment undescribed due to the poor preservation of the old material, and the lack of the type material for this taxon. A major revision of all the Mediterranean material previously attributed to A. mediterranea from both morphological and molecular points of view is needed. 

Settlement patterns of two Spirorbidae (Annelida, Polychaeta) species in the harbour of Ischia (Gulf of Naples, Mediterranean Sea)

2000 ◽  
Vol 67 (3) ◽  
pp. 303-306 ◽  
Author(s):  
Antonio Terlizzi ◽  
Ersilia Conte ◽  
Adriana Giangrande
Keyword(s):  
Mediterranean Sea ◽  
Settlement Patterns ◽  
Gulf Of Naples

‘St Martin's Summer’: the case of an autumn phytoplankton bloom in the Gulf of Naples (Mediterranean Sea)

1995 ◽  
Vol 17 (3) ◽  
pp. 575-593 ◽  
Author(s):  
Adriana Zingone ◽  
Raffaella Casotti ◽  
Maurizio Ribera d'Alcalà ◽  
Michele Scardi ◽  
Donato Marino
Keyword(s):  
Mediterranean Sea ◽  
Phytoplankton Bloom ◽  
Gulf Of Naples
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