New Mediterranean Biodiversity Records (December 2012)

This paper presents records extending or confirming the distribution of Mediterranean species. Three alien algae are included, namely Codium taylorii reported for the first time from the Aegean and Turkey (Izmir Gulf), Caulerpa racemosa var. cylindracea (Karpathos and Chalki Isl., Aegean Sea) and Ganonema farinosum (Karpathos Isl., Aegean Sea). As far as animals are concerned, Litarachna divergens (Acari: Hydrachnidia) was recorded (Side, Eastern Mediterranean) and represents a new amendment at genus level for Turkish fauna. Other invertebrates include alien species such as the crabs Dyspanopeus sayi (Lago Fusaro, SW Italy), Percnon gibbesi (Larnaca, Cyprus; Karpathos and Chalki Isl., Aegean Sea) and Callinectes sapidus (Voda estuary, NW Greece), the nudibranch Aplysia dactylomela (Boka Kotorska Bay, Montenegro), and the gastropod Conomurex persicus (Karpathos and Chalki Isl., Aegean Sea). The alien fish Siganus luridus, Siganus rivulatus, Fistularia commersonii, Sphyraena chrysotaenia and Sargocentron rubrum also originate from the islands of Karpathos and Chalki. Finally, new localities for four rare Mediterranean inhabitants are given: the cephalopod Thysanoteuthis rhombus (NW Sardinia) and the fish: Lampris guttatus (Calambria, S Italy), Petromyzon marinus (Gokova Bay) and Remora australis (Saronikos Gulf). During some scuba diving missions, three new records for the Aegean ascidiofauna have been recorded: Lissoclinum perforatum, Ciona roulei and Ecteinascidia turbinata. Phallusia nigra has extended its distribution at the north of the Aegean Sea.

THESSALOU-LEGAKI Maria;  AYDOGAN O.;  BEKAS Petros;  BILGE G.;  BOYACI Y.Ö.;  BRUNELLI E.;  CIRCOSTA C.;  CROCETTA Fabio;  DURUCAN F.;  ERDEM M.;  ERGOLAVOU A.;  FILIZ H.;  FOIS F.;  GOUVA E.;  KAPIRIS Kostas;  KATSANEVAKIS Stylianos Marios;  KLJAJIĆ Z.;  KONSTANTINIDIS E.;  ΚONSTANTINOU G.;  KOUTSOGIANNOPOULOS D.;  LAMON S.;  MAČIĆ Vesna;  MAZZETTE R.;  MELONI D.;  MUREDDU A.;  PASCHOS I.;  PERDIKARIS F.C.;  PIRAS F.;  POURSANIDIS Dimitrios;  RAMOS-ESPLÁ A.A.;  SORDINO P.;  SPERONE E.;  STERIOTI Aspasia;  TAŞKIN E.;  TOSCANO F.;  TRIPEPI S.;  TSIAKKIROS L.;  ZENETOS Argyro; 

2013-01-04

NATL CENTRE MARINE RESEARCH

JRC76564

1108-393X,   

https://publications.jrc.ec.europa.eu/repository/handle/JRC76564,