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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. |
URI: | https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar//handle/123456789/26193 |
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