scholarly journals Alien Polychaete species and the first record of Branchiomma bairdi (McIntosh, 1885) from the Suez Canal and the Mediterranean coast of Egypt

2020 ◽  
Vol 24 (5) ◽  
pp. 13-32
Author(s):  
Faiza A. Abdelnaby
Keyword(s):  
First Record ◽  
Mediterranean Coast ◽  
Suez Canal ◽  
Polychaete Species ◽  
The Mediterranean

First record of the Levantine species Scoloplos haasi (Orbiniidae: Scolecida: Annelida) from the Mediterranean coast of Spain

2009 ◽  
Vol 90 (5) ◽  
pp. 1051-1054 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eduardo López
Keyword(s):  
Natural History ◽  
Iberian Peninsula ◽  
British Museum ◽  
First Record ◽  
Western Mediterranean ◽  
Mediterranean Coast ◽  
Geographical Range ◽  
Polychaete Species ◽  
The Mediterranean

During an investigation devoted to characterize all the Orbiniidae polychaete species present in the Iberian Peninsula, several individuals previously identified as Scoloplos armiger showed to actually belong to Scoloplos haasi, a species to date considered endemic from Israel. The comparison with the holotype deposited in the British Museum of Natural History confirmed the identification. This record of S. haasi is not only a new one for the western Mediterranean but also the first one out of its original locality, extending largely westwards the geographical range of the species.

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.

First record of the red alga Tiffaniella gorgonea: an introduced species in the Mediterranean Sea

2019 ◽  
Vol 62 (2) ◽  
pp. 161-165
Author(s):  
Ghizlane Salhi ◽  
Mustapha Hassoun ◽  
Hanaa Moussa ◽  
Hanaa Zbakh ◽  
Mohamed Kazzaz ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mediterranean Sea ◽  
Intertidal Zone ◽  
First Record ◽  
Red Alga ◽  
Mediterranean Coast ◽  
Closely Related Species ◽  
Lower Intertidal Zone ◽  
The Mediterranean ◽  
Al Hoceima ◽  
First Time

AbstractThe red algaTiffaniella gorgonea(Wrangeliaceae, Rhodophyta) is found and described for the first time from the Mediterranean Sea. This species was collected growing as epiphyte on three species ofCodiumin the lower intertidal zone from Dalya, Cabo Negro and Al-Hoceima on the Mediterranean coast of Morocco. Moroccan specimens were studied in detail and compared with two other closely related species reported previously from Morocco and the Mediterranean Sea. A key to the Mediterranean and Moroccan species ofTiffaniellais provided. Habitat, geographical distribution, and the possible vector of introduction of the new alien are presented and discussed in this work. Taxonomic remarks, a description and images of the macroscopic and microscopic characters are provided for this taxon.

scholarly journals First record of the twobar sea bream Acanthopagrus bifasciatus (Teleostei: Sparidae) in the Mediterranean Sea

2014 ◽  
Vol 15 (2) ◽  
pp. 437 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. BEN-SOUISSI ◽  
W. BOUGHEDIR ◽  
M. RIFI ◽  
C. CAPAPE ◽  
E. AZZURRO
Keyword(s):  
Mediterranean Sea ◽  
First Record ◽  
Suez Canal ◽  
Sea Bream ◽  
The Mediterranean ◽  
First Time ◽  
Human Transport

In September 2010, one specimen of the twobar seabream Acanthopagrus bifasciatus was recorded for the first time in the Mediterranean Sea, off the Islands of Zembra (Gulf of Tunisi: 37°07’03’’N; 10°48’35’’E). This species could have entered the Mediterranean via the Suez Canal or alternatively by unintentional human transport.

scholarly journals The occurrence of the Lessepsian migrant Lutjanus argentimaculatus in the Mediterranean, (Actinopterygii: Perciformes: Lutjanidae) first record from the coast of Israel

2019 ◽  
Vol 60 (1) ◽  
pp. 99-102 ◽  
Author(s):  
Oren Sonin ◽  
Dor Edelist ◽  
Daniel Golani
Keyword(s):  
First Record ◽  
Mediterranean Coast ◽  
Red Snapper ◽  
Single Specimen ◽  
Lutjanus Argentimaculatus ◽  
The Mediterranean ◽  
Mangrove Red Snapper ◽  
Sustainable Population

Two specimens of the Lessepsian migrant, the Mangrove red snapper Lutjanus argentimaculatus are reported from the Mediterranean coast of Israel. L. argentimaculatus was first recorded in the Mediterranean in 1979 by a single specimen. Over three decades later and only in the last two years four specimens, including the two reported herein, were recorded. This pattern strongly suggests that L. argentimaculatus has established a sustainable population in the Mediterranean.

scholarly journals First record of Paraprionospio coora Wilson, 1990 (Polychaeta: Spionidae) from the Mediterranean Sea)

2010 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 133 ◽  
Author(s):  
H. YOKOYAMA ◽  
E. DAGLI ◽  
M.E. CINAR
Keyword(s):  
Mediterranean Sea ◽  
Geographical Distribution ◽  
Far East ◽  
Aegean Sea ◽  
First Record ◽  
Mediterranean Coast ◽  
Sea Of Marmara ◽  
The Mediterranean

The spionid polychaete Paraprionospio pinnata (Ehlers, 1901) has been widely reported from the Mediterranean Sea. We examined some specimens belonging to the genera Paraprionospio that had been collected from the Aegean Sea, Sea of Marmara and the Spanish Mediterranean coast, and identified them as Paraprionospio coora Wilson, 1990, which is new to the Mediterranean fauna. This finding indicates that P. coora has a widespread geographical distribution in Australia, Far East and the Mediterranean, and suggests that the previous records of P. pinnata from the Mediterranean are questionable.

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