New Mediterranean Biodiversity Records (July 2018)

In the present article, new records are given for 15 species (4 native and 9 alien and 2 cryptogenic), belonging to 6 Phyla (i.e. Chlorophyta, Ctenophora, Cnidaria, Mollusca, Arthropoda, and Chordata), from 10 Mediterranean countries: Morocco: the finding of the crab Callinectes sapidus represents the westernmost one of the species in the Mediterranean; Italy: first records of the nudibranch Polycera hedgpethi from the harbour of La Spezia, and first finding of the invasive ctenophore Mnemiopsis leidyi in the Fiora River; Tunisia: Caulerpa taxifolia var. distichophylla is recorded for the first time, showing an even wider distribution in the Mediterranean; Greece: the finding of the jellyfish Pelagia benovici represents the first record of the species in the Ionian Sea, while the finding of the smallscale codlet Bregmaceros nectabanus in the Ionian Sea is another interesting first report for the area; Malta: the cryptogenic scleractinian coral Oculina patagonica was recorded; Slovenia: the parasitic copepod Demoleus heptapus was recorded from a sixgill bluntnose shark, Hexanchus griseus; Croatia: the Lessepsian cephalaspidean mollusc Haminoea cyanomarginata is recorded for the first time from the area; Bulgaria: the Asian date mussel Arcuatula senhousia was recorded from the Black Sea; Cyprus: the Lessepsian gastropod Viriola sp. [cf. corrugata) was recorded for the first time from the area, while two decapod species were recorded also for the first time from Cyprus, i.e. the caridean shrimp Pasiphaea sivado and the anomuran Munida curvimana; Turkey: the acari Lohmannella falcata is recorded for the first time from Antalya and the Lessepsian fish Priacanthus sagittarius in the Levantine coasts of Turkey (off Hatay/Arsuz) showing that this species has extended its range in a very short time.

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First record of the Combtooth Blenny, Microlipophrys adriaticus (Steindachner & Kolombatovic, 1883) (Pisces, Blenniidae), for the Italian Ionian Sea

Check List ◽

10.15560/11.3.1646 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 11 (3) ◽

pp. 1646 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

F. Tiralongo ◽

R. Baldacconi

Keyword(s):

Mediterranean Sea ◽

Black Sea ◽

Adriatic Sea ◽

First Record ◽

The Black Sea ◽

Ionian Sea ◽

Sea Of Marmara ◽

Limited Distribution ◽

The North ◽

The Mediterranean

Microlipophrys adriaticus (Steindachner & Kolombatovic, 1883) is an endemic blenny of the Mediterranean Sea. It is also known from the Sea of Marmara and the Black Sea. However, unlike other species of combtooth blennies, M. adriaticus is a fish with a limited distribution in Adriatic Sea, especially in the north, where it can be common. We report here the first record of this species from the waters of the Ionian Sea.

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New Mediterranean Biodiversity Records (July 2015)

Mediterranean Marine Science ◽

10.12681/mms.1440 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 16 (2) ◽

pp. 472 ◽

Cited By ~ 14

Author(s):

K. TSIAMIS ◽

Ö. AYDOGAN ◽

N. BAILLY ◽

P. BALISTRERI ◽

M. BARICHE ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Alien Species ◽

Native Species ◽

New Records ◽

Aegean Sea ◽

First Record ◽

Ionian Sea ◽

Northern Adriatic ◽

Eastern Aegean ◽

The Mediterranean ◽

Mediterranean Biodiversity

The Collective Article ‘New Mediterranean Biodiversity Records’ of the Mediterranean Marine Science journal offers the means to publish biodiversity records in the Mediterranean Sea. The current article is divided in two parts, for records of native and alien species respectively. The new records of native species include: the neon flying squid Ommastrephes bartramii in Capri Island, Thyrrenian Sea; the bigeye thresher shark Alopias superciliosus in the Adriatic Sea; a juvenile basking shark Cetorhinus maximus caught off Piran (northern Adriatic); the deep-sea Messina rockfish Scorpaenodes arenai in the National Marine Park of Zakynthos (East Ionian Sea, Greece); and the oceanic puffer Lagocephalus lagocephalus in the Adriatic Sea.The new records of alien species include: the red algae Antithamnionella elegans and Palisada maris-rubri, found for the first time in Israel and Greece respectively; the green alga Codium parvulum reported from Turkey (Aegean Sea); the first record of the alien sea urchin Diadema setosum in Greece; the nudibranch Goniobranchus annulatus reported from South-Eastern Aegean Sea (Greece); the opisthobranch Melibe viridis found in Lebanon; the new records of the blue spotted cornetfish Fistularia commersonii in the Alicante coast (Eastern Spain); the alien fish Siganus luridus and Siganus rivulatus in Lipsi Island, Dodecanese (Greece); the first record of Stephanolepis diaspros from the Egadi Islands Marine Protected Area (western Sicily); a northward expansion of the alien pufferfish Torquigener flavimaculosus along the southeastern Aegean coasts of Turkey; and data on the occurrence of the Lessepsian immigrants Alepes djedaba, Lagocephalus sceleratus and Fistularia commersonii in Zakynthos Island (SE Ionian Sea, Greece).

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New Mediterranean Biodiversity Records (December 2017)

Mediterranean Marine Science ◽

10.12681/mms.15823 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 18 (3) ◽

pp. 534 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

COLLECTIVE ARTICLE A

Keyword(s):

New Record ◽

New Records ◽

Marine Species ◽

First Record ◽

Tyrrhenian Sea ◽

Sea Star ◽

First Case ◽

The Mediterranean ◽

First Time ◽

Mediterranean Biodiversity

The “New Mediterranean Biodiversity Records” series includes new records of marine species found in the Mediterranean basin and/or information on the spatial distribution of already established species of particular interest. The current article presents information on 20 marine taxa classified per country according to their geographic position in the Mediterranean, from west to east. The new records per ecoregion are as follows: Algeria: the first record of the fish Etrumeus golanii is reported along the Algerian coast. Tunisia: the alien jellyfish Phyllorhiza punctata is reported for the first time in the Gulf of Gabès. Italy: the first record of Siganus rivulatus in the Strait of Sicily and a new record of Katsuwonus pelamis from the central Tyrrhenian Sea are reported. The establishment of the isopod of the genus Mesanthura in the northern Tyrrhenian with some notes on its ecology are also included. Croatia: signs of establishment of the Lessepsian Siganus luridus and the occurrence of the alien mollusc Rapana venosa are reported. Albania: the first record of the elasmobranch Alopias superciliosus and a recent sighting of the rare monk seal Monachus monachus in Albanian waters are given. Greece: signs of the establishment of the fish Parupeneus forsskali and of the ascidian Hermania momus in Hellenic Aegean waters are reported. Turkey: a new record of the fish P. forsskali and of the Acarea of the genus Acaromantis and Simognathus are given, while the first case of Remora australis in association with delphinids and the occurrence of the sea star Coscinasterias tenuispina are reported. Also, the establishment of the two alien species Isognomon legumen and Viriola sp. [cf. corrugata] are presented. Egypt: the fish Bathygobius cyclopterus is reported for the first time in Mediterranean Sea waters. Also, a new record of Pagellus bogaraveo and a first record of Seriola fasciata in Egyptian Mediterranean waters are reported. Lebanon: the first record of Dondice banyulensis is presented.

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New Mediterranean Biodiversity Records (November, 2016)

Mediterranean Marine Science ◽

10.12681/mms.1976 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 17 (3) ◽

pp. 794 ◽

Cited By ~ 14

Author(s):

CH. MYTILINEOU ◽

E.H.Kh. AKEL ◽

N. BABALI ◽

P. BALISTRERI ◽

M. BARICHE ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Eastern Mediterranean ◽

First Record ◽

Western Mediterranean ◽

Distribution Range ◽

Mnemiopsis Leidyi ◽

Pterois Miles ◽

Levantine Sea ◽

Alien Fish ◽

The Mediterranean ◽

First Time

In the present Collective Article information on 26 taxa belonging to 8 Phyla and extended from the western Mediterranean to the Levantine Sea are presented. The new records were found in 9 countries as follows: Spain: first record for the Mediterranean of the crab Cancer bellianus; Algeria: further records of the alien fish Lagocephalus sceleratus to the west Algerian waters; Italy: first report on the presence and establishment of the ctenophore Mnemiopsis leidyi in Lessina and Varano Lagoons (W. Adriatic) and of Penaeus aztecus in Corigliano Gulf (Italian Ionian). Moreover, the extension of the distribution range of the polychaete Branchiomma bairdi to W. Sicily as well as that of the crab Ocypode cursor and the bryozoan Catenicella paradoxa to E. Sicily are cited. Slovenia: the record of the rare saccoglossan gastropod Placida cremoniana from Piran (Gulf of Trieste) is the first for the Adriatic; Greece: the native sea slug Eubranchus farrani is the first from the Eastern Mediterranean; many sightings of the bamboo corals Isididae distributed along all the E. Ionian Sea and the establishment of P. aztecus in all Greek waters are also reported for first time; the westernmost extension of the alien urchin Diadema setosum in Cretan waters is cited and new sights of the alien species Goniobranchus annulatus and Pterois miles are shown. Turkey: the alien fish Champsodon capensis is reported for first time from the Aegean Sea and the native acari Agauopsis microrhyncha from the Levantine Sea; a new observation of the alien crab Atergatis roseus in Güllük Bay-Aegean is also mentioned; Cyprus: first records of the alien urchin D. setosum and Lobotes surinamensis in Cypriot waters; Lebanon: several sightings of Monachus monachus from the Lebanese waters indicate a potential better status of the species in the area, Egypt: first records of the alien crab Dorippe quadridens and the alien gastropods Nerita sanguinolenta and Conomurex persicus from the Mediterranean Egyptian waters; extension of the distribution range of Diodora funiculata and Diodora rueppellii and a second record of the alien Nerita sanguinolenta in the same area.

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“New Mediterranean Biodiversity Records” (March 2017)

Mediterranean Marine Science ◽

10.12681/mms.2068 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 18 (1) ◽

pp. 179 ◽

Cited By ~ 10

Author(s):

L. LIPEJ ◽

I. ACEVEDO ◽

E.H.K. AKEL ◽

A. ANASTASOPOULOU ◽

A. ANGELIDIS ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Procambarus Clarkii ◽

First Record ◽

The Black Sea ◽

Meristic Counts ◽

Lagocephalus Sceleratus ◽

Fouling Assemblages ◽

Port Said ◽

First Time ◽

Mediterranean Biodiversity ◽

Bursatella Leachii

This Collective Article presents information on 22 species belonging to 5 Phyla, arranged geographically from from west to east. The new records were found in 8 countries as follows: Spain: first record of the two scarcely known nemerteans Baseodiscus delineatus and Notospermus geniculatus in Formentera; Malta: second record of the alien fish Lagocephalus sceleratus; Italy: the alien polychaete Syllis pectinans and the isopod Paranthura japonica, as well as the cryptogenic opisthobranch Anteaeolidiella lurana, were found in the fouling assemblages along the docks of the port of Livorno. New decapod records are reported from Sicily (the alien Callinectes sapidus and the native Pachygrapsus maurus) and Apulia (Percnon gibbosus and Procambarus clarkii); the lesser amberjack Seriola fasciata extended its geographical range to the Egadi Isands and Siganus luridus was documented for the first time along the Ionian coasts of Apulia and Calabria. Slovenia: the first record of the alien bivalve Brachidontes pharaonis is reported, together with a survey of up to date Adriatic records. Greece: the first record of the gastropod Rhinoclavis kochi is reported from Gavdos island. In addition, two records of endangered and rare cartilaginous fish were reported, namely, the shark Hexanchus griseus and the ray Leucoraja fullonica, as well as additional records of Siganus luridus for Lesvos and Malleus regula and Fulvia fragilis from Astypalaia. Turkey: the black wing flyingfish Hirundichthys rondeletii is reported for the very first time from the Black Sea. Egypt: the Indo-Pacific crab Halimede ochtodes is reported as established in Port Said. In addition, biometric parameters and meristic counts are reported for Anthias anthias in Damietta. Cyprus: the alien opisthobranch gastropod Bursatella leachii is reported for first time.

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Population development of the invader ctenophore Mnemiopsis leidyi , in the Black Sea and in other seas of the Mediterranean basin

Marine Biology ◽

10.1007/s002270100554 ◽

2001 ◽

Vol 139 (3) ◽

pp. 431-445 ◽

Cited By ~ 128

Author(s):

Shiganova T. ◽

Mirzoyan Z. ◽

Studenikina E. ◽

Volovik S. ◽

Siokou-Frangou I. ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Black Sea ◽

Mediterranean Basin ◽

The Black Sea ◽

Mnemiopsis Leidyi ◽

Population Development ◽

The Mediterranean ◽

The Mediterranean Basin

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Two New Families and a New Species of Myxosporeans (Myxozoa, Myxosporea) of the Mediterranean and Black Sea Fishes

Vestnik Zoologii ◽

10.2478/v10058-011-0036-z ◽

2011 ◽

Vol 45 (6) ◽

pp. e-48-e-52

Author(s):

V. Yurakhno

Keyword(s):

New Species ◽

Black Sea ◽

The Black Sea ◽

The Mediterranean ◽

First Time ◽

One New Species ◽

A New Species

Two New Families and a New Species of Myxosporeans (Myxozoa, Myxosporea) of the Mediterranean and Black Sea FishesDescriptions of two new families — Polysporoplasmidae fam. n. (Syn. Sphaerosporidae Davis, 1917 in Sitja-Bobadilla, Alvarez-Pellitero, 1995) and Gadimyxidae fam. n. (syn. Parvicapsulidae Schulman, 1953 in Kie et al., 2007), and one new species of myxosporeans —Gadimyxa ovalesp. n. — parasites of fishes of the Mediterranean and the Black Seas are presented. Species of the genus Gadimyxa is found for the first time in the Black Sea.

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First record of the sipunculan worm Phascolion (Phascolion) caupo Hendrix, 1975 in the Mediterranean Sea

Mediterranean Marine Science ◽

10.12681/mms.24 ◽

2012 ◽

Vol 13 (1) ◽

pp. 89 ◽

Cited By ~ 7

Author(s):

L.M. FERRERO-VICENTE ◽

A. LOYA-FERNANDEZ ◽

C. MARCO-MENDEZ ◽

E. MARTINEZ-GARCIA ◽

J.I. SAIZ-SALINAS ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Mediterranean Sea ◽

First Record ◽

Western Mediterranean ◽

High Load ◽

San Pedro ◽

Soft Bottoms ◽

The Mediterranean ◽

First Time

Specimens of the sipunculan worm Phascolion (Phascolion) caupo Hendrix, 1975 have been collected for the first time in the Mediterranean Sea, thus increasing the number of known sipunculan species of up to 36 in this area. They were encountered on soft bottoms from the coast of San Pedro del Pinatar (Western Mediterranean). Thirty specimens were collected at a depth ranging from 32.6 to 37.2 m, mainly in sandy substrata with high load of silt and clays. 80% of the individuals were found inhabiting empty shells of gastropods or empty tubes of serpulid polychaetes.

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First record of the Red Sea Mantis shrimp Erugosquilla massavensis (Kossmann, 1880) in the Greek Ionian Sea

Acta Adriatica ◽

10.32582/aa.60.2.7 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 60 (2) ◽

pp. 187-192 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Charalampos Dimitriadis ◽

Ivoni Fournari-Kostantinidou ◽

Antonio Di Franco ◽

Maria Corsini-Foka

Keyword(s):

Red Sea ◽

Range Expansion ◽

Mediterranean Basin ◽

First Record ◽

Distribution Range ◽

Ionian Sea ◽

Wide Spread ◽

Mantis Shrimp ◽

First Time ◽

The Mediterranean Basin

The presence of the Red Sea Mantis shrimp Erugosquilla massavensis (Kossmann, 1880) is here reported for the first time from the southeastern Ionian Sea (Zakynthos Island, Greece). This record is the first evidence of the presence of a Lessepsian migrant crustacean in the aforementioned area while it fills the gap in the ongoing westward and northward distribution range expansion of this wide spread invader of the Mediterranean basin.

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First record of the marbled spinefoot Siganus rivulatus (Pisces: Siganidae) in the Adriatic Sea

Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom ◽

10.1017/s0025315404010483h ◽

2004 ◽

Vol 84 (5) ◽

pp. 1087-1088 ◽

Cited By ~ 14

Author(s):

J. Dulĉić ◽

A. Pallaoro

Keyword(s):

Mediterranean Sea ◽

Adriatic Sea ◽

First Record ◽

Beach Seine ◽

Total Length ◽

The Mediterranean ◽

Siganus Rivulatus ◽

First Time

Lessepsian migrant Siganus rivulatus is reported for the first time from the Adriatic Sea, substantially further north than its usual area of occurrence in the Mediterranean Sea. Two specimens (111 mm total length [TL] and 149 mm TL) were captured by beach seine on 5 October 2002 off islet Bobara, near Cavtat (southern Adriatic). Morphometric and meristic characteristics of the specimens are provided. The possible explanations of this occurrence are discussed.

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