scholarly journals Occurrence of two rare species from order Lampriformes: Crestfish Lophotus lacepede (Giorna, 1809) and scalloped ribbonfish Zu cristatus(Bonelli, 1819) in the northern coast of Sicily, Italy

2017 ◽  
Vol 58 (1) ◽  
pp. 137-146 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fabio Falsone ◽  
Gioacchino Bono ◽  
Salvatore Gancitano ◽  
Mar Bosch-Belmar ◽  
Giovan Battista Giusto ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Rare Species ◽  
Mediterranean Basin ◽  
Sexual Maturity ◽  
First Record ◽  
Bony Fish ◽  
Current Work ◽  
Ecological Knowledge ◽  
Northern Coast ◽  
Tyrrhenian Sea ◽  
The Mediterranean Basin

The bony fish Lophotus lacepede (Giorna, 1809) and Zu cristatus (Bonelli, 1819) are the two species rarely recorded within the Mediterranean basin, usually reported as accidentally captured in depth (mesopelagic) fishing operations. In the current work, we present the first record of L. lacepede and Z. cristatus in fishing catches from southwestern Tyrrhenian Sea. Moreover, in order to improve existent biological/ ecological knowledge, some bio-related aspects such as feeding aspect, sexual maturity and age estimate have been discussed.

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

2019 ◽  
Vol 60 (2) ◽  
pp. 187-192 ◽  
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.

scholarly journals Eastern spread of the invasive Artemia franciscana in the Mediterranean Basin, with the first record from the Balkan Peninsula

Hydrobiologia ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 822 (1) ◽  
pp. 229-235 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zsófia Horváth ◽  
Christophe Lejeusne ◽  
Francisco Amat ◽  
Javier Sánchez-Fontenla ◽  
Csaba F. Vad ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mediterranean Basin ◽  
Balkan Peninsula ◽  
First Record ◽  
Artemia Franciscana ◽  
The Mediterranean ◽  
The Mediterranean Basin

First record of the Indo-Pacific gastropod Melibe fimbriata in the Adriatic Sea

2002 ◽  
Vol 82 (5) ◽  
pp. 923-924
Author(s):  
Marija Despalatović ◽  
Boris Antolić ◽  
Ivana Grubelić ◽  
Ante Žuljević
Keyword(s):  
Mediterranean Basin ◽  
Adriatic Sea ◽  
First Record ◽  
Posidonia Oceanica ◽  
Cymodocea Nodosa ◽  
The Mediterranean ◽  
The Mediterranean Basin

The specimens of Melibe fimbriata were found during October 2001 in Stari Grad Bay (Island of Hvar, Croatia) in Cymodocea nodosa and Posidonia oceanica beds on sandy and sandy–muddy bottoms at depths of 2 to 15 m. Presently, this is the northernmost record of this lessepsian immigrant in the Mediterranean basin.

New distribution and taxonomic information on Callitriche (Plantaginaceae) in the Mediterranean region

Phytotaxa ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 313 (1) ◽  
pp. 91 ◽  
Author(s):  
RICHARD V. LANSDOWN ◽  
IOANNIS BAZOS ◽  
MARIA CARMELA CARIA ◽  
ANGELO TROIA ◽  
JAN J. WIERINGA
Keyword(s):  
Mediterranean Basin ◽  
Mediterranean Region ◽  
New Records ◽  
Field Work ◽  
First Record ◽  
New Combination ◽  
Herbarium Specimens ◽  
The Mediterranean ◽  
New Distribution ◽  
The Mediterranean Basin

This article presents new records of water-starworts (Callitriche sp. pl.) from the Mediterranean basin, resulting from review of herbarium specimens and field work. Callitriche brutia var. naftolskyi is stated as a new combination and confirmed from Greece (Lesvos and Milos), Israel, Italy (Sardinia and Sicily), Libya, Morocco and Syria; C. lusitanica from Greece (Lesvos), Israel and Italy (Sardinia and Sicily); C. brutia var. brutia has been known from Greece for some time but is confirmed from Lesvos and Milos; C. obtusangula and C. truncata subsp. truncata are both confirmed from Sardinia and Sicily, while the latter is also confirmed from Syria. Callitriche lenisulca and C. stagnalis are confirmed from Sardinia but records of the latter from Lesvos appear to be erroneous; C. truncata subsp. occidentalis is known from Lesvos but records from Sardinia and Sicily appear to be erroneous. Records of C. regis-jubae from Sardinia are probably misidentifications for C. brutia var. naftolskyi. Records of C. brutia var. hamulata from the region are likely to be erroneous. A recent find of the alien C. terrestris in Spain is the first record for that country and the second record for Europe.

scholarly journals Water discoloration events caused by the harmful dinoflagellate Alexandrium taylorii Balech in a new beach of the Western Mediterranean Sea (Platamona beach, North Sardinia)

2010 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 259 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cecilia Teodora Satta ◽  
Silvia Pulina ◽  
Mario Bachisio Padedda ◽  
Antonella Penna ◽  
Nicola Sechi ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mediterranean Basin ◽  
Western Mediterranean ◽  
Northern Coast ◽  
Western Mediterranean Sea ◽  
Brown Discoloration ◽  
The Mediterranean ◽  
Cell Densities ◽  
Reactive Phosphorus ◽  
The Mediterranean Basin ◽  
Harmful Dinoflagellate

Alexandrium taylorii is a harmful dinoflagellate species that is able to produce high-biomass blooms accompanied by water discoloration. These harmful events were reported in the Mediterranean basin, in selected small and sheltered beaches along the Catalan coasts and in the Balearic Islands and Sicily. In recent years the organism has been spreading over new Mediterranean areas. In 2007 the presence of A. taylorii was detected in a new beach in the northern coast of Sardinia (Italy). The bloom species caused ephemeral green–brown discoloration of the waters at Platamona beach in the summer months of 2007, 2008 and 2009, with maximum cell densities reaching 7 × 106 cells L−1 in July 2007. During bloom conditions the temperature ranged between 25 and 29°C and the chlorophyll a concentration reached very high values, ranging from 18.2 to 87.3 mg m−3. Reactive phosphorus and inorganic dissolved nitrogen were respectively between 0.04–2.21 µM P and 0.12–2.32 µM N. Our results confirmed the expansion phase of the species in the Mediterranean basin and the possibility of massive proliferation in other open beaches.

scholarly journals Evidence of Sperm Storage in Nursehound (Scyliorhinus stellaris, Linnaeus 1758): Juveniles Husbandry and Tagging Program

2016 ◽  
Vol 2016 ◽  
pp. 1-5 ◽  
Author(s):  
Primo Micarelli ◽  
Emilio Sperone ◽  
Fabrizio Serena ◽  
Leonard J. V. Compagno
Keyword(s):  
Mediterranean Basin ◽  
Conservation Policy ◽  
Sperm Storage ◽  
Tyrrhenian Sea ◽  
Female Specimen ◽  
Policy Proposal ◽  
Scyliorhinus Canicula ◽  
Life Years ◽  
In Captivity ◽  
The Mediterranean Basin

Nursehound, Scyliorhinus stellaris (Linnaeus 1758), is a shark of the Scyliorhinidae family, close to the Scyliorhinus canicula (Linnaeus 1758), frequently hosted in public aquaria. Information on biology and ecology is deficiently available regarding this species of sharks. In the Mediterranean basin, they are occasional rare and vulnerable species (Serena, 2005). In 2003 a female specimen of Scyliorhinus stellaris, 90 cm long, fished in the Tyrrhenian Sea was transferred to Tuscany Argentario Mediterranean Aquarium and placed in a 20.000 L tank. The female laid 42 eggs and juveniles were born on 2004 and 2005. They were transferred to the aquarium laboratory in order to get standard protocol for correct juveniles husbandry. After a total of 18-month observations, some of them were tagged and let free on 2006. To collect data about nursehound shark needs in terms of feeding and growing in captivity, especially during the first life years, is a necessary and fundamental step in order to develop a Mediterranean program of tagging and study in the field of conservation policy proposal. Husbandry protocol for this species’ juveniles was developed in this study. This is the first reported case of a nursehound storing sperm for 2 years, in captivity (Pratt, 1993; Hamlett et al., 2002; Awruch, 2007).

THE GENUS HOFFMANNSEGGIA CAV. (FABACEAE, CAESALPINIOIDEAE), NEW FOR THE MEDITERRANEAN FLORA

1999 ◽  
Vol 47 (4) ◽  
pp. 283-286 ◽  
Author(s):  
Elena Camuñas ◽  
Manuel B. Crespo
Keyword(s):  
South America ◽  
Mediterranean Basin ◽  
First Record ◽  
Perennial Herb ◽  
Mediterranean Flora ◽  
Southeastern Spain ◽  
The Mediterranean ◽  
The Mediterranean Basin

Hoffmannseggia glauca (Ortega) Eifert is a perennial herb native mostly to Central and South America, which is reported for the Iberian and European floras from material collected in the coastal, warm, and dry territories of Alicante province (southeastern Spain). This seems to be the first record of the genus and the species in Europe and the Mediterranean basin, and it is also the first extra-American record for the genus. This plant is briefly described, and chorological, ecological, biological, and phytosociological data are also presented.

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