Alien polychaete species (Annelida: Polychaeta) on the southern coast of Turkey (Levantine Sea, eastern Mediterranean), with 13 new records for the Mediterranean Sea

The Terebellidae polychaete Polycirrus twisti Potts, 1928 had been confused in several previous records the Eastern Mediterranean with the co-generic species Polycirrus plumosusWollebaeck, 1912, because of incomplete specimens or unclear descriptions; therefore its presence in Greek seas had been overlooked. Specimens of Polycirrus twisti were currently identified from the Korinthiakos Gulf (Greece, Eastern Mediterranean), while older records from the Hellenic marine area, erroneously assigned toPolycirrus plumosus and recorded since 1983 (Rhodos island, Dodekanesse) were emended. Polycirrus twisti is an alien species, most likely introduced to the Mediterranean from the Suez Canal, while it was recently reported from the Southern coasts of Turkey (Levantine Sea). Its identification and report in Greek Seas increases the number of alien polychaete species in this area to 37 and offers a further evidence and link of its introduction and dispersion dynamics from the Suez Canal to the Levantine and Aegean Sea. The presence of the previously reported species Polycirrus plumosus in the Mediterranean Sea is therefore strongly questionable.

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Presence of Marphysa disjuncta (Polychaeta: Eunicidae) in the Mediterranean Sea

Mediterranean Marine Science ◽

10.12681/mms.116 ◽

2009 ◽

Vol 10 (2) ◽

pp. 145 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

G. KURT SAHIN ◽

M.E. CINAR

Keyword(s):

Pacific Ocean ◽

Mediterranean Sea ◽

Native Species ◽

Eastern Mediterranean ◽

Western Pacific ◽

Western Pacific Ocean ◽

Polychaete Species ◽

Ballast Waters ◽

Levantine Sea ◽

The Mediterranean

An individual belonging to the eunicid polychaete species Marphysa disjuncta Hartman, 1961 was collected on muddy substratum at 100 m deep in Fethiye Bay (Levantine Sea, eastern Mediterranean). This species is new to the Mediterranean fauna. It closely resembles to Marphysa bellii, a native species, but it lacks compound falcigers and has unidentate subacicular hooks. This species was only reported from the eastern and western Pacific Ocean and could have been introduced to the Mediterranean Sea via ballast waters of vessels.

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First report of Evelineus mcintoshii (Langerhans, 1880) (Heteronemertea, Lineidae) from the Mediterranean Sea

Mediterranean Marine Science ◽

10.12681/mms.24421 ◽

2020 ◽

Author(s):

RAZY HOFFMAN ◽

HIROSHI KAJIHARA

Keyword(s):

Mediterranean Sea ◽

Environmental Conditions ◽

Eastern Mediterranean ◽

First Record ◽

The Other ◽

First Report ◽

Levantine Sea ◽

Levantine Basin ◽

The Mediterranean ◽

First Time

The ribbon worm Evelineus mcintoshii is reported for the first time from the Mediterranean Sea. Observations that took place, during two algal surveys, on the intertidal abrasion platforms at the middle of the Levantine Sea of Israel indicated that this species is hiding inside a mixture of local and non-indigenous marine seaweeds. It is probably another alien species, one of many, that adopted the Levantine basin of the Eastern Mediterranean due to tropical environmental conditions that characterize this sea. We discuss the first record of this species and its possible origins as well as the first report of Notospermus geniculatus, the other marine nemertean species recently reported from Israel.

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Brittle stars (Echinodermata: Ophiuroidea) from the southern coast of Turkey (eastern Mediterranean): new records and revision of Amphiodia obtecta Mortensen, 1940

Zootaxa ◽

10.11646/zootaxa.2483.1.4 ◽

2010 ◽

Vol 2483 (1) ◽

pp. 45 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

SABINE STÖHR ◽

MELIH ERTAN ÇINAR ◽

ERTAN DAGLI

Keyword(s):

New Record ◽

New Records ◽

Eastern Mediterranean ◽

Taxonomic Status ◽

First Record ◽

Abundant Species ◽

Southern Coast ◽

Marine Fauna ◽

Brittle Stars ◽

The Mediterranean

Brittle stars were collected on the southern coast of Turkey in 2005 and 2009. The most abundant species found (up to 420 ind. m -2 ) was Amphiodia obtecta. The taxonomic status of this species was unclear and is revised here. This is the first record of the genus Amphiodia in the Mediterranean Sea; it probably originates from the Red Sea, since it is absent from the entire Atlantic Ocean. Among the other species found, Ophiactis macrolepidota (previously reported as O. parva in the Mediterranean) is a new record for the marine fauna of Turkey.

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Isopoda (crustacea) from the Levantine sea with comments on the biogeography of mediterranean isopods

Mediterranean Marine Science ◽

10.12681/mms.20329 ◽

2020 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

JOSÉ CASTELLÓ ◽

GHAZI BITAR ◽

HELMUT ZIBROWIUS

Keyword(s):

New Records ◽

Eastern Mediterranean ◽

Suez Canal ◽

Indigenous Species ◽

Gulf Of Aden ◽

Levantine Sea ◽

Northern Cyprus ◽

Vertical Walls ◽

The Mediterranean ◽

Non Indigenous Species

This study focuses on the isopod fauna of the eastern Mediterranean, mainly from the waters of Lebanon. Ninety-five samples containing isopods were obtained by scuba diving (depths 0 to 44 m) at 32 stations along the coast of Northern Cyprus, Syria, and Lebanon. The substrates most frequently sampled were caves, vertical walls, and calcareous algae crusts or build-ups. A total of 502 individuals were studied, belonging to 28 species, included in 20 genera, nine families, and three suborders. Four new species from this collection (Atarbolana beirutensis, Cirolana bitari, Cirolana zibrowiusi, Mesanthura pacoi) have already been published. Brief diagnoses and illustrations were included. The collection studied here consists mostly of Mediterranean species, some already known in the area. Ten (eleven, when cf. species is confirmed) are new records in the Levantine Sea (Apanthura addui, Cirolana manorae, Cymodoce fuscina, Cymodoce pilosa, Elaphognathia bacescoi, Gnathia illepidus, Gnathia inopinata, Heptanthura cryptobia, Kupellonura serritelson, Metacirolana rotunda, Pseudocerceis cf. seleneides). Of them, three (four, when cf. species is confirmed) are new records in the Mediterranean Sea (Apanthura addui, Cirolana manorae, Metacirolana rotunda, Pseudocerceis cf. seleneides). Eight species (28.5%) can be considered as non-indigenous (Apanthura addui, Cirolana manorae, Cymodoce fuscina, Metacirolana rotunda, Paracerceis sculpta, Paradella dianae, Pseudocerceis cf. seleneides, Sphaeroma walkeri). This manuscript also provides an inventory of the known Mediterranean isopod fauna (excluding Epicaridea, Oniscidea, and brackish water Aselloidea), which totals 295 species. The isopod fauna of various subregions of the Mediterranean, the Suez Canal, and the Red Sea / Gulf of Aden is compared, and the transit of species through the Suez Canal is discussed. The list of non-indigenous species in the Mediterranaean Sea is updated to 23.

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Occurrence of Abudefduf spp. (Pisces: Pomacentridae) in the Lebanese coastal water (eastern Mediterranean) - morphological traits and visual evidence

Mediterranean Marine Science ◽

10.12681/mms.25173 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

GHAZI BITAR

Keyword(s):

Mediterranean Sea ◽

Coastal Waters ◽

New Records ◽

Eastern Mediterranean ◽

Geographical Location ◽

Careful Analysis ◽

Morphological Characters ◽

Natural Environments ◽

Visual Evidence ◽

The Mediterranean

New records of fish of the genus Abudefduf observed and photographed in the Lebanese coastal waters are reported in the paper. The individuals from photos were examined on the basis of visible external morphological characters and geographical location already known in the Mediterranean Sea, as well as compared with photos taken elsewhere in their natural environments from various origins. In agreement with that reported by other authors, a careful analysis of these photos shows uncertainties in the validity of the visual characters previously used to distinguish between the two congeners A. vaigiensis and A. saxatilis already reported in the Mediterranean Sea, and even their possible confusion with A. troschelii. In some individuals, new morphological features are emphasized and may provide visual evidence for the presence of Abudefduf cf. troschelii (Gill, 1862). Sympatry and possible hybridization are discussed.

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Species of the subgenera Aquilaspio and Prionospio (Polychaeta: Spionidae: Prionospio) from the southern coast of Turkey (Levantine Sea, eastern Mediterranean), with description of a new species and two new reports for the Mediterranean fauna

Zootaxa ◽

10.11646/zootaxa.2275.1.1 ◽

2009 ◽

Vol 2275 (1) ◽

pp. 1-20 ◽

Cited By ~ 7

Author(s):

ERTAN DAGLI ◽

MELIH ERTAN ÇINAR

Keyword(s):

New Species ◽

Eastern Mediterranean ◽

Southern Coast ◽

Large Collection ◽

Marine Fauna ◽

Levantine Sea ◽

The Pacific ◽

The Mediterranean ◽

Lessepsian Migrants ◽

A New Species

The present study deals with species of the subgenera Prionospio (Aquilaspio) and Prionospio (Prionospio) collected from various habitats and depths along the southern coast of Turkey in September and October 2005. The examination of a large collection of material revealed 10 species, of which one species, Prionospio (P.) ergeni n. sp., is new to science; two species, P. (P.) depauperata and P. (A.) krusadensis, are new to the Mediterranean fauna; and one species, P. (A.) sexoculata, is new to the Turkish marine fauna. Prionospio (P.) ergeni n. sp. differs from all other Prionospio species in having three pairs of pinnate branchiae between chaetigers 2 and 4 and one pair of apinnate branchiae on chaetiger 5. Four species―P. (P.) saccifera, P. (A.) sexoculata, P. (P.) depauperata, and P. (A.) krusadensis―are aliens. The former two species could have been introduced to the Mediterranean from the Red Sea through the Suez Canal (Lessepsian migrants) and the others from the Pacific or Indian Oceans via ballast water of ships. The morphological, ecological, and distributional features of these species are discussed.

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

Mediterranean Marine Science ◽

10.12681/mms.148 ◽

2008 ◽

Vol 9 (1) ◽

pp. 173 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

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.

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

Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom ◽

10.1017/s0025315404009592h ◽

2004 ◽

Vol 84 (3) ◽

pp. 593-598 ◽

Cited By ~ 9

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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The Conflict Between Greece And Turkey In The Mediterranean Sea (International Maritime Law Study)

Jurnal Hukum ◽

10.26532/jh.v36i2.11393 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 36 (2) ◽

pp. 126

Author(s):

Edanur Yıldız

Keyword(s):

International Law ◽

Mediterranean Sea ◽

Eastern Mediterranean ◽

East Mediterranean ◽

International Courts ◽

Maritime Law ◽

The Mediterranean

Turkey and Greece are again dragged into a new conflict in the East Mediterranean. Turkey and Greece vie for supremacy in the eastern Mediterranean. Turkey, for its part, indicated that Greece's claim to the territory would amount to a siege in the country by giving Greece a disproportionate amount of territory. This study aims to rethink the conflict between Greece and Turkey in the waters of the Mediterranean sea in the view of international maritime law. This study uses an empirical juridical approach. The Result of this research is Turkey does not ignore the Greece rights, Greece ignores the international law with its extended or excessive maritime claims. Greece tries to give full entitlement of the islands in Mediterranean and Agean. Whereas the effect Formula is applied by international courts.

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