First occurrence of egg masses of Loligo forbesi (Cephalopoda: Loliginidae) in deep waters of the Aegean Sea

2002 ◽  
Vol 82 (5) ◽  
pp. 925-926 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. Salman ◽  
V. Laptikhovsky
Keyword(s):  
Mediterranean Sea ◽  
Aegean Sea ◽  
Egg Masses ◽  
Deep Waters ◽  
First Occurrence ◽  
The Mediterranean ◽  
Loligo Forbesi ◽  
First Time

Egg masses of Loligo forbesi were encountered for the first time from a depth of 730 m at Gökova Bay (southern Aegean Sea), extending the known spawning depth in the Mediterranean Sea.

scholarly journals First occurrence of Actaeodes tomentosus (H. Milne Edwards, 1834) (Brachyura: Xanthidae: Actaeinae) in the Mediterranean Sea

2014 ◽  
Vol 16 (1) ◽  
pp. 201 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. CORSINI-FOKA ◽  
G. KONDYLATOS
Keyword(s):  
Pacific Ocean ◽  
Mediterranean Sea ◽  
Red Sea ◽  
Aegean Sea ◽  
Marine Area ◽  
Vectors Of Introduction ◽  
First Occurrence ◽  
The Mediterranean ◽  
Lessepsian Migration ◽  
First Time

The presence of the crab Actaeodes tomentosus, native to the Indo-Pacific Ocean and the Red Sea, is documented for the first time in the Mediterranean Sea, on the basis of two specimens collected from Rhodes Island (Aegean Sea), a marine area particularly vulnerable to warm-water alien invasions. Along with the recent report of Xanthias lamarckii in similar conditions and region, the finding of another non-indigenous xanthid opens many questions regarding their occurrence in the area. Apart from the Lessepsian migration, other possible vectors of introduction are therefore examined.

scholarly journals Hemiasterella aristoteliana n. sp. (Porifera, Hadromerida) from the Aegean Sea with a discussion on the family Hemiasterellidae

1991 ◽  
Vol 61 (1) ◽  
pp. 43-49 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eleni Voultsiadou-Koukoura ◽  
R.W.M. van Soest
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Mediterranean Sea ◽  
Aegean Sea ◽  
Shallow Waters ◽  
The Family ◽  
The Status ◽  
Northern Aegean Sea ◽  
The Mediterranean ◽  
First Time

A representative of the genus Hemiasterella Carter, 1879 was found for the first time in the Mediterranean Sea during sampling in the shallow waters of the northern Aegean Sea. The new species, H. aristoteliana, is compared with Atlantic Hemiasterella elongata Topsent, 1928. The status of the family Hemiasterellidae is discussed.

scholarly journals Diversity and Distribution of the Dinoflagellates Brachidinium, Asterodinium and Microceratium (Brachidiniales, Dinophyceae) in the open Mediterranean Sea

2011 ◽  
Vol 70 (2) ◽  
pp. 209-214 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fernando Gómez
Keyword(s):  
Mediterranean Sea ◽  
Eastern Mediterranean ◽  
Life Stage ◽  
Western Mediterranean ◽  
The South ◽  
Levantine Basin ◽  
First Occurrence ◽  
Local Species ◽  
The Mediterranean ◽  
First Time

Diversity and Distribution of the DinoflagellatesBrachidinium, AsterodiniumandMicroceratium(Brachidiniales, Dinophyceae) in the open Mediterranean SeaBrachidiniacean dinoflagellates have been investigated in the open waters of the Mediterranean Sea, along a transect from the south of France to the south of Cyprus (20 June-18 July 2008).BrachidiniumandKarenia papilionaceaoften co-occurred,B. capitatumpredominating in the surface waters. The highest abundance ofBrachidiniumwere found in the upper 25min the western Mediterranean with amaximum (24 cells L-1) at a depth of 5 m in the Balearic Sea.Asterodinium(up to 4 cells L-1) was recorded below of deep chlorophyll maxima. The genusMicroceratium, only known from the tropical Indo-Pacific region, is reported for the first time in the Mediterranean Sea.Microceratiumwas found below 100min the eastern Mediterranean Sea, with the highest abundance of 8 cells L-1at 125 m depth, in the Levantine Basin. This study also illustrates for the first time specimens under the division ofBrachidiniumandMicroceratium. This first occurrence ofMicroceratiumin the Mediterranean Sea should be considered an indicator of climate warming. However, it should not be considered a non-indigenous taxon.Microceratiumis the ‘tropical morphotype’, the adaptation of a local species (a life stage ofKarenia - Brachidinium - Asterodinium) to the tropical environmental conditions that prevail in summer in the open Mediterranean Sea.

scholarly journals Serpulid communities from two marine caves in the Aegean Sea, eastern Mediterranean

2017 ◽  
Vol 97 (5) ◽  
pp. 1059-1068 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rossana Sanfilippo ◽  
Antonietta Rosso ◽  
Adriano Guido ◽  
Vasilis Gerovasileiou
Keyword(s):  
Species Diversity ◽  
Mediterranean Sea ◽  
Deep Sea ◽  
Eastern Mediterranean ◽  
Aegean Sea ◽  
Clear Trend ◽  
Eastern Mediterranean Sea ◽  
Marine Caves ◽  
The Mediterranean ◽  
First Time

This paper is a first detailed contribution to the knowledge of serpulid diversity from marine caves of the eastern Mediterranean Sea. A total of 27 taxa were recorded in two submerged caves of Lesvos Island, in the Aegean Sea. A clear trend of variability was observed with serpulid abundance, specifically that of sciaphilic and deep-sea species, increasing inwards while the number of taxa and species diversity did not change significantly across the two caves. In the innermost sectors of the studied caves two types of bioconstructions were observed: (a) ‘coiled doughnuts’ ofProtula, recorded for the first time in Mediterranean caves; and (b) ‘biostalactites’ mainly consisting of skeletal metazoans recorded for the first time from the eastern Mediterranean. The results of the present study revealed new faunal elements and type of bioconstructions for the Mediterranean marine caves, showing that several aspects of their communities are still poorly known and deserve to be further investigated.

scholarly journals The occurrence of Ammothella longioculata (Faraggiana, 1940) (Arthropoda, Pycnogonida) in İzmir Bay (Aegean Sea, Turkey) and reported species from the bay

2020 ◽  
Vol 37 (4) ◽  
pp. 373-378
Author(s):  
Cengiz Koçak
Keyword(s):  
Mediterranean Sea ◽  
Rare Species ◽  
Aegean Sea ◽  
Depth Range ◽  
Distribution Map ◽  
Izmir Bay ◽  
Sampling Studies ◽  
Line Drawings ◽  
The Mediterranean ◽  
First Time

Sampling studies in İzmir Bay revealed the occurrence of a pycnogonid species, Ammothella longioculata (Faraggiana, 1940). A. longioculata is reported only one time from the Turkish waters, up to now. The presence of this rare species is reported herein for the first time from the İzmir Bay, and also second time from the Turkish waters. The distribution map of the species in the Mediterranean Sea is provided, together with photographs and line drawings of the species. Moreover, all of the early studies were reviewed on the pycnogonid fauna of İzmir Bay, distribution of each species, depth range, and type of substrate are given.

scholarly journals First occurrence of knight rock shrimp, Sicyonia lancifer (Olivier, 1811) (Decapoda: Sicyoniidae) in the Mediterranean Sea.

2015 ◽  
Vol 17 (1) ◽  
pp. 144 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. PATANIA ◽  
E. MUTLU
Keyword(s):  
Mediterranean Sea ◽  
Native Species ◽  
First Occurrence ◽  
The Mediterranean ◽  
First Time ◽  
Distinguishing Features

The occurrence of the non-native species Sicyonia lancifer  (Olivier, 1811) belonging to Sicyoniidae family is reported for the first time in the Mediterranean Sea. In the following  paper  the distinguishing features of the species are provided. 

Range extension of three lessepsian migrant fish (Fistularia commersoni, Sphyraena flavicauda, Lagocephalus suezensis) in the Mediterranean Sea

2002 ◽  
Vol 82 (3) ◽  
pp. 525-526 ◽  
Author(s):  
Murat Bilecenoglu ◽  
Ertan Taşkavak ◽  
K. Bogaç Kunt
Keyword(s):  
Mediterranean Sea ◽  
Red Sea ◽  
Fish Species ◽  
New Record ◽  
Aegean Sea ◽  
Range Extension ◽  
The Mediterranean ◽  
First Time

Two Red Sea immigrant fish species, Fistularia commersoni (Fistularidae) and Sphyraena flavicauda (Sphyraenidae), are reported for the first time from the Anatolian coast (Turkey) and for the second time from the Mediterranean Sea. Occurrence of Lagocephalus suezensis (Tetraodontidae) at the southern Turkish coast is substantiated and a new record of this species in the Aegean Sea is presented.

Bio- and lithostratigraphy of lower Pleistocene marine successions in western Emilia (Italy) and their implications for the first occurrence of Arctica islandica in the Mediterranean Sea

2019 ◽  
Vol 92 (2) ◽  
pp. 549-569 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gaia Crippa ◽  
Michele Azzarone ◽  
Cinzia Bottini ◽  
Stefania Crespi ◽  
Fabrizio Felletti ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mediterranean Sea ◽  
Depositional Environment ◽  
Early Pleistocene ◽  
Calcareous Nannofossil ◽  
Arctica Islandica ◽  
Ecological Requirements ◽  
Lower Pleistocene ◽  
First Occurrence ◽  
The Mediterranean ◽  
First Time

AbstractThe Arda and Stirone marine successions (Italy) represent key sections for the early Pleistocene; they were deposited continuously within a frame of climate change, recording the Calabrian cooling as testified by the occurrence of the “northern guests,” such as the bivalve Arctica islandica. In addition, although the first occurrence of A. islandica in the Mediterranean Sea was used as the main criterion to mark the former Pliocene-Pleistocene boundary, the age of this bioevent was never well constrained. Here, we describe the Stirone depositional environment and constrain for the first time the section age using calcareous nannofossil and foraminifera biostratigraphy. We also correlate the Arda and Stirone sections using complementary biostratigraphic and magnetostratigraphic data. Our results indicate that A. islandica first occurred in both the successions slightly below the top of the CNPL7 biozone (dated at 1.71 Ma). Comparisons with other lower Pleistocene Mediterranean marine successions indicate that the stratigraphically lowest level where A. islandica first occurred in the Mediterranean Sea is in the Arda and Stirone sections; these environments satisfied the ecological requirements for the establishment and the proliferation of the species, which only subsequently (late Calabrian) has been retrieved in southern Italy and other areas of the Mediterranean Sea.

scholarly journals First occurrence of the Indo-Pacific polychaete species Glycinde bonhourei Gravier, 1904 in the Hellenic seas (Northern Evvoikos Gulf)

2008 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 173 ◽  
Author(s):  
N. SIMBOURA
Keyword(s):  
Mediterranean Sea ◽  
Eastern Mediterranean ◽  
Aegean Sea ◽  
Polychaete Species ◽  
First Finding ◽  
New Information ◽  
Levantine Basin ◽  
First Occurrence ◽  
The Mediterranean ◽  
Pacific Species

A specimen of Glycinde bonhourei Gravier, 1904, an Indo-Pacific species, was found at a station near the metalliferous waste disposal in the Northern Evvoikos Gulf (Aegean Sea, eastern Mediterranean). This is the second report of this species in the Mediterranean Sea after its first finding in the Levantine basin (Israel and Egypt). This paper provides new information on its distributional range in the Mediterranean Sea.

Rare sponge (Porifera: Demospongiae) species from the Mediterranean Sea

2004 ◽  
Vol 84 (3) ◽  
pp. 593-598 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eleni Voultsiadou ◽  
Dimitris Vafidis
Keyword(s):  
Mediterranean Sea ◽  
New Records ◽  
Eastern Mediterranean ◽  
Aegean Sea ◽  
Sponge Species ◽  
The Mediterranean ◽  
First Time ◽  
Bathymetrical Distribution

Fourteen rare or poorly known sponge species have been found in the Aegean Sea. The species Pachastrissa pathologica, Calthropella stelligera, Weberella verrucosa, Aaptos papillatus, Timea geministellata, Spiroxya heteroclita, Clathria translata, Hymedesmia simillima, Mycale serrulata, Myrmekioderma spelaea, Callyspongia septimaniensis and Ircinia pipetta are new records for the eastern Mediterranean while the species Geodia barretti and Petrosia vansoesti are reported for the first time from the Mediterranean Sea. Information on their morphology, geographical and bathymetrical distribution is given and discussed.

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