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Title: New Mediterranean biodiversity records (March 2016)
Authors: Karachle, Paraskevi K.
Angelidis, Akis
Apostolopoulos, G.
Ayas, Deniz
Ballesteros, Manuel
Bonnici, C.
Brodersen, M. M.
Castriota, Luca
Chalari, N.
Cottalorda, J. M.
Crocetta, Fabio
Deidun, Alan
Dodo, Z.
Dogrammatzi, A.
Dulčić, Jakov
Fiorentino, F.
Gonulal, Onur
Harmelin, Jean-Georges
Insacco, Gianni
Izquierdo-Gomez, David
Izquierdo-Munoz, Andres
Joksimovic, Aleksandar
Kavadas, Stefanos
Malaquias, M. A. E.
Madrenas, Enric
Massi, Daniela
Micarelli, Primo
Minchin, Dan
Onal, Umur
Ovalis, Panayotis
Poursanidis, Dimitris
Siapatis, Apostolos
Sperone, Emilio
Spinelli, Andrea
Stamouli, Caterina
Tiralongo, Francesco
Tuncer, Sezginer
Yaglioglu, Deniz
Zava, Bruno
Zenetos, Argyro
Keywords: Biodiversity -- Research -- Mediterranean Region
Biodiversity -- Case studies
Fishes -- Mediterranean Sea
Issue Date: 2016
Publisher: Institouton Okeanografikon kai Alieutikon Ereunon
Citation: Karachle, P. K., Angelidis, A., Apostolopoulos, G., Ayas, D., Ballesteros, M., Bonnici, C., ... & Crocetta, F. (2016). New Mediterranean biodiversity records (March 2016). Mediterranean Marine Science, 17(1), 230-252.
Abstract: In this Collective Article on “New Mediterranean Biodiversity Records”, we present additional records of species found in the Mediterranean Sea. These records refer to eight different countries mainly throughout the northern part of the basin, and include 28 species, belonging to five Phyla. The findings per country include the following species: Spain: Callinectes sapidus and Chelidonura fulvipunctata; Monaco: Aplysia dactylomela; Italy: Charybdis (Charybdis) feriata, Carcharodon carcharias, Seriola fasciata, and Siganus rivulatus; Malta: Pomacanthus asfur; Croatia: Lagocephalus sceleratus and Pomadasys incisus; Montenegro: Lagocephalus sceleratus; Greece: Amathia (Zoobotryon) verticillata, Atys macandrewii, Cerithium scabridum, Chama pacifica, Dendostrea cf. folium, Ergalatax junionae, Septifer cumingii, Syphonota geographica, Syrnola fasciata, Oxyu- richthys petersi, Scarus ghobban, Scorpaena maderensis, Solea aegyptiaca and Upeneus pori; Turkey: Lobotes surinamensis, Ruvettus pretiosus and Ophiocten abyssicolum. In the current article, the presence of Taractes rubescens (Jordan & Evermann, 1887) is recorded for the first time in the Mediterranean from Italy. The great contribution of citizen scientists in monitoring biodiversity records is reflected herein, as 10% of the authors are citizen scientists, and contributed 37.5% of the new findings.
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