First record of a Lessepsian migrant: the sea cucumber Holothuria (Theelothuria) hamata Pearson, 1913

Zootaxa ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 4551 (1) ◽  
pp. 94 ◽  
Author(s):  
MEHMET AYDIN ◽  
MEVLUT GURLEK ◽  
YVES SAMYN ◽  
DENIZ ERGUDEN ◽  
CEMAL TURAN
Keyword(s):  
Mediterranean Sea ◽  
Sea Cucumber ◽  
First Record ◽  
Single Specimen ◽  
West Pacific ◽  
Iskenderun Bay ◽  
The Mediterranean

First record of a Lessepsian migrant: the sea cucumber Holothuria (Theelothuria) hamata Pearson, 1913. A single specimen of the Indo-West Pacific sea cucumber Holothuria (Theelothuria) hamata Pearson, 1913 has been captured in 2017 in the Mediterranean Sea, Turkey, Iskenderun Bay, at 30 m depth. This specimen is here described, and the taxonomy of the species is briefly discussed. Despite the lack of timed biogeographic evidence, we here argue that H. hamata is a Lessepsian migrant; the first in its genus and only the second holothuroid. 

scholarly journals First record of Aequorea globosa Eschscholtz, 1829 (Cnidaria: Hydrozoa) in the coast of Syria

2012 ◽  
Vol 13 (2) ◽  
pp. 259 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. MAMISH ◽  
H. DURUGHAM ◽  
M. SAID AL MASRI
Keyword(s):  
Mediterranean Sea ◽  
First Record ◽  
Sampling Program ◽  
Iskenderun Bay ◽  
The Mediterranean ◽  
First Time

The Indo-Pacific jellyfish Aequorea globosa Eschscholtz, 1829 was reported last year for the first time in the Mediterranean Sea from Iskenderun Bay (S. Turkey). This jellyfish was observed in the coast of Syria, on 8 January 2012, during a regular monthly sampling program.

First record of the bryozoan genus Stylopoma from the Mediterranean Sea

2000 ◽  
Vol 80 (5) ◽  
pp. 949-950 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kevin J. Tilbrook
Keyword(s):  
Mediterranean Sea ◽  
19Th Century ◽  
First Record ◽  
Single Specimen ◽  
The Mediterranean ◽  
The 19Th Century ◽  
Pacific Species

The first record of the genus Stylopoma (Bryozoa: Cheilostomatida) is reported from the Mediterranean Sea with the description of Stylopoma inchoans sp. nov. from a single specimen collected in the 19th Century. Its affinities to recently described Indo-Pacific species are discussed.

First Atlantic record of the rare infaunal shrimp Salmoneus erasimorum Dworschak, Abed-Navandi & Anker, 2000 (Malacostraca: Decapoda: Alpheidae)

Zootaxa ◽  
2022 ◽  
Vol 5091 (2) ◽  
pp. 393-400
Author(s):  
CÉDRIC D’UDEKEM D’ACOZ ◽  
FLORENCE GULLY ◽  
MARC COCHU ◽  
ARTHUR ANKER
Keyword(s):  
Atlantic Ocean ◽  
Mediterranean Sea ◽  
Adriatic Sea ◽  
First Record ◽  
Single Specimen ◽  
Suction Pump ◽  
Annotated List ◽  
The Mediterranean ◽  
Alpheid Shrimp ◽  
European Coast

The rare symbiotic alpheid shrimp Salmoneus erasimorum Dworschak, Abed-Navandi & Anker, 2000 was previously known from a single specimen collected with a suction pump on the Croatian coast in the Adriatic Sea, together with its host, the ghost shrimp, Gilvossius tyrrhenus (Petagna, 1792). A second record of S. erasimorum is presented here, with a diagnosis and the first colour photographs, based on a single specimen collected in northern Brittany, France, also with a suction pump, but without its host. This is also the first record of the species on the European coast of the Atlantic Ocean. An annotated list and a key to the species of Salmoneus currently known from the eastern Atlantic and the Mediterranean Sea are provided.  

scholarly journals Spread of the arrow bulleye Priacanthus sagittarius Starnes, 1988 in the Mediterranean Sea

2018 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Mehmet Gökoğlu ◽  
Serkan Teker
Keyword(s):  
Mediterranean Sea ◽  
Family Members ◽  
Mesh Size ◽  
First Record ◽  
Bottom Trawl ◽  
Total Weight ◽  
Single Specimen ◽  
The Family ◽  
The Mediterranean ◽  
Bottom Trawler

Habitat of the family Priacanthidae is tropical and subtropical Atlantic, Indian, and Pacific oceans. The features of the  family members are generally very big eyes, deep bodies, upturned mouth,  and generally reddish color. In the this paper, we report the presence of an arrow bulleye P. sagittarius in coast of Turkey waters in the Mediterranean Sea. On the 27th December, 2017, a single specimen of P. sagittarius was collected by Mr. Hüseyin Çınar, captain of the commercial bottom trawler Furkan Reis vessel, off the Taşucu, Mersin (36°07'2.82"N 33°51'6.42"E) Turkey coasts. The specimen of P. sagittarius was collected at a depth of approximatetly 100 m by a bottom trawl net; the mesh size of 22mm. The collected specimen of arrow bulleye P. sagittarius was 255 mm total length (TL) and 307 g total weight (TW). The finding of the present study is the first record of specimen along shores of the Mediterranean of Turkey. This record suggests that this species is spread towards to west along in the Mediterranean. 

scholarly journals Presence of the Mesopodopsis slabberi (Van Beneden, 1861) (Crustacea: Mysida) from the Mediterranean Sea coast of Turkey

2019 ◽  
Vol 36 (2) ◽  
pp. 181-183
Author(s):  
Tahir Özcan ◽  
A. Suat Ateş ◽  
Seçil Acar
Keyword(s):  
Mediterranean Sea ◽  
Eastern Mediterranean ◽  
First Record ◽  
Iskenderun Bay ◽  
The Mediterranean ◽  
Mesopodopsis Slabberi ◽  
First Time ◽  
Sea Coast

Mysid, Mesopodopsis slabberi (Van Beneden, 1861) was for the first time recorded in İskenderun Bay (eastern Mediterranean). A total of 10 specimens belong to M. slabberi was collected at the depths between 0 and 2 m. This paper is on the first record of M. slabberi from the Levantine coast of Turkey.

First record of Sphoeroides spengleri (Osteichthyes: Tetraodontidae) in the Mediterranean Sea

2004 ◽  
Vol 84 (5) ◽  
pp. 1089-1090 ◽  
Author(s):  
J.A. Reina-Hervás ◽  
J.E. García Raso ◽  
M.E. Manjón-Cabeza
Keyword(s):  
Alien Species ◽  
Mediterranean Sea ◽  
First Record ◽  
Western Mediterranean ◽  
Alboran Sea ◽  
Total Length ◽  
The Mediterranean ◽  
Alborán Sea

The capture of a specimen of Sphoeroides spengleri (Osteichthyes: Tetraodontidae), 17 December 2000 and 29·7 mm total length, from the Málaga coast (Alborán Sea, western Mediterranean) represents the first record of a new alien species for Mediterranean waters.

scholarly journals First record of Solea (Microchirus) boscanion (Osteichthyes: Soleidae) in the Mediterranean Sea, with data on other sympatric soleid species

2002 ◽  
Vol 82 (5) ◽  
pp. 907-911 ◽  
Author(s):  
Enric Massutí ◽  
J.A. Reina-Hervás ◽  
Domingo Lloris ◽  
L. Gil de Sola
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Mediterranean Sea ◽  
First Record ◽  
Western Mediterranean ◽  
The Other ◽  
The Mediterranean

The capture of five specimens of Solea (Microchirus) boscanion (Osteichthyes: Soleidae), a species previously unrecorded in the Mediterranean, is reported from the Iberian coast (western Mediterranean). The main morphometric and meristic measurements of this species with data of the other sympatric, and morphologically very similar, soleids Microchirus variegatus and Buglossidium luteum are also given. The record is discussed in relation to climate change and competition between species.

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