Bomolochid copepods (Crustacea: Copepoda: Bomolochidae) parasitizing immigrant and native barracuda (Actinopterygii: Sphyraenidae) caught off the Egyptian Mediterranean coast

Zoosymposia ◽  
2012 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 20-28 ◽  
Author(s):  
HODA H. EL-RASHIDY ◽  
GEOFFREY A. BOXSHALL
Keyword(s):  
Red Sea ◽  
Mediterranean Coast ◽  
Parasitic Copepods ◽  
Geographical Record ◽  
The Mediterranean ◽  
New Geographical Record

Two species of parasitic copepods (Family Bomolochidae) are reported from two species of barracudas (Family Sphyraenidae) caught in Mediterranean waters off Alexandria, Egypt. Nothobomolochus denticulatus (Bassett- Smith, 1898) is recorded on yellowstripe barracuda, Sphyraena chrysotaenia Klunzinger, which is an immigrant from the Red Sea that has become established in the Mediterranean. This is a new geographical record of N. denticulatus from the Mediterranean and the female of N. denticulatus is redescribed in detail. Bomolochus unicirrus Brian, 1902 is recorded on European barracuda, Sphyraena sphyraena (L.), a fish native to the Mediterranean, and slight differences between this material and material from the Atlantic, off Mauritania, are noted.

scholarly journals Author the red-med railway project a serious competitor to the suez canal for cargo containers?

2017 ◽  
Vol 8 (3) ◽  
pp. 898 ◽  
Author(s):  
Salem Y. Lakhal ◽  
Souad H’Mida
Keyword(s):  
Red Sea ◽  
Green Light ◽  
Mediterranean Coast ◽  
Suez Canal ◽  
Market Position ◽  
Railway Line ◽  
Project Plan ◽  
The Mediterranean ◽  
Cargo Containers

Israel and China have finalized a project plan initiated in 2012. This project received the green light from Israeli cabinet in March 2014. With this venture, China will build a cargo railway line connecting the port of Eilat in the Red Sea to the ports of Ashdod and Haifa on the Mediterranean coast in Israel. This project will be a shipping alternative to the Suez Canal. This statement is the corner stone of this paper and considered an hypothesis to be verified within this paper. The methodology used is based on the concept of “market position.” The main conclusion, theoretically, the Red-Med railway could be an alternative to the Suez Canal for in the 4,000 TFE Vessels containers transportation as far as costs are concerned. However, other concerns, such as the security in the Suez Canal and the risk of its shutdown, must be considered too.

Records of cysticercoids of Fimbriarioides tadornae Maksimova, 1976 and Branchiopodataenia gvozdevi (Maksimova, 1988) (Cyclophyllidea, Hymenolepididae) from brine shrimps at the Mediterranean coasts of Spain and France, with a key to cestodes from Artemia spp. from the Western Mediterranean

2009 ◽  
Vol 54 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Gergana Vasileva ◽  
Stella Redón ◽  
Francisco Amat ◽  
Pavel Nikolov ◽  
Marta Sánchez ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
First Record ◽  
Western Mediterranean ◽  
Ebro Delta ◽  
Cestode Species ◽  
San Pedro ◽  
Artemia Parthenogenetica ◽  
Geographical Record ◽  
Brine Shrimps ◽  
The Mediterranean ◽  
New Geographical Record

AbstractCysticercoids of two cestode species isolated from brine shrimps from the Mediterranean coasts of Spain and France are described. Fimbriarioides tadornae Maksimova, 1976 (adults known as parasites of Tadorna tadorna) was recorded from Artemia parthenogenetica and A. franciscana from Spain (Bras del Port and River Ebro Delta, respectively), and from A. franciscana from Aigues-Mortes, France (new geographical record). Branchiopodataenia gvozdevi (Maksimova, 1988) (adults known as parasites of Larus genei) was recorded from A. parthenogenetica (Bras del Port, Spain), A. salina (San Pedro del Pinatar, Spain) and A. franciscana (River Ebro Delta, Spain); this is the first record of the species in Europe. An illustrated key to cysticercoids of 12 cestode species from Artemia spp. from the Western Mediterranean is proposed.

Botryllid species (Tunicata, Ascidiacea) from the Mediterranean coast of Israel, with some considerations on the systematics of Botryllinae

Zootaxa ◽  
2009 ◽  
Vol 2289 (1) ◽  
pp. 18-32 ◽  
Author(s):  
RICCARDO BRUNETTI
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Red Sea ◽  
Mediterranean Coast ◽  
Pacific Region ◽  
Diagnostic Features ◽  
Hydrological Conditions ◽  
The Mediterranean ◽  
A New Species ◽  
European Seas

Several botryllid colonies of the genus Botrylloides from the Mediterranean coast of Israel are analysed. Three species are described: B. leachii, which differs because of its smaller size, from specimens collected from other European seas and is considered a case of dwarfism due to the particular hydrological conditions of the study area; B. anceps, a species originally described from the Indo-Pacific region, which probably migrated from the Red Sea; and Botrylloides israeliense, a new species. The distinction between the genera Botryllus and Botrylloides is discussed, and the original Milne-Edwards diagnosis based on differences in the structure of the system is recognised as still valid. Lastly, the diagnostic features usually employed in specific taxonomic determinations of Botryllinae are analysed.

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