scholarly journals First record of the marbled ray, Dasyatis marmorata (Elasmobranchii: Dasyatidae), from Greece (central Aegean Sea)

2020 ◽  
Vol 8 ◽  
Author(s):  
Archontia Chatzispyrou ◽  
Chrysoula Gubili ◽  
Maria Laiaki ◽  
Danai Mantopoulou-Palouka ◽  
Stefanos Kavadas
Keyword(s):  
Genetic Analysis ◽  
Mediterranean Sea ◽  
Eastern Mediterranean ◽  
Aegean Sea ◽  
First Record ◽  
Morphological Characters ◽  
Juvenile Male ◽  
Marine Research ◽  
Eastern Mediterranean Sea ◽  
First Time

Currently, seven dasyatid species have been described in the Mediterranean Sea: Bathytoshia lata, Dasyatis marmorata, Dasyatis pastinaca, Dasyatis tortonesei, Himantura uarnak, Pteroplatytrygon violacea and Taeniura grabata. Papaconstantinou (2014) listed four species of Dasyatidae occurring in Greece (P. violacea, D. pastinaca, D. tortonesei and D. centroura; the latter was a case of misidentification and it is currently identified as B. lata, according to genetic analysis). However, the marbled stingray (D. marmorata) was not amongst them. Here, the presence of D. marmorata was examined for the first time in Greece. The present study provides updated information on the geographical distribution of D. marmorata in the Eastern Mediterranean Sea. A juvenile male stingray was captured in February 2019, during an onshore survey in Maliakos Gulf, located in the central Aegean Sea, Greece. The ray was examined at the Fisheries laboratory of the Hellenic Centre for Marine Research (HCMR) in Athens and was identified as D. marmorata. Morphological characters were recorded and DNA barcoding was applied to confirm the species identification. The combination of the two methods verified the occurrence of the marbled ray in the Greek waters. This is the first record of D. marmorata from the Aegean Sea.

scholarly journals First record of the blackfish Centrolophus Niger (Teleostei: Centrolophidae) from the Lebanese waters in the eastern Mediterranean sea

2020 ◽  
Vol 21 (2) ◽  
pp. 240-243
Author(s):  
Ali badreddine ◽  
◽  
Ghazi Bitar ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Mediterranean Sea ◽  
Present Note ◽  
Eastern Mediterranean ◽  
First Record ◽  
Eastern Mediterranean Sea ◽  
Young Specimen ◽  
First Time

A young specimen of the blackfish, Centrolophus niger (Gmelin, 1789) was reported for the first time from the Lebanese waters. It was caught and photographed by a professional fisherman in Beirut, on 15th November 2014. The present note reports details about this first record.

On the occurrence of Lethocerus patruelis (Stål, 1855) (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Nepomorpha: Belostomatidae) in Rhodes (eastern Mediterranean Sea)

2019 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
pp. 10-14
Author(s):  
MARIA CORSINI-FOKA ◽  
GERASIMOS KONDYLATOS ◽  
IOANNA KATSOGIANNOU ◽  
KONSTANTINOS GRITZALIS ◽  
GIANNI INSACCO
Keyword(s):  
Mediterranean Sea ◽  
Eastern Mediterranean ◽  
Aegean Sea ◽  
First Record ◽  
General Distribution ◽  
Eastern Mediterranean Sea ◽  
Aegean Islands

The finding in 2017 of a female of Lethocerus patruelis, a species rarely collected in the Aegean Islands, is documented from Rhodes (Greece), more than 160 years after its first record in the same island. The general distribution of the giant water bug and its occurrence in the area are briefly discussed.Keywords: Belostomatidae, giant water bug, Lethocerus patruelis, Aegean Sea, Rhodes, Greece

scholarly journals A new record of the genus Trygaeus Dohrn, 1881 and species Trygaeus communis Dohrn, 1881 (Arthropoda, Pycnogonida) from Turkey (Eastern Mediteranean)

2019 ◽  
Vol 60 (1) ◽  
pp. 47-51 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cengiz Kocak
Keyword(s):  
Mediterranean Sea ◽  
New Record ◽  
Eastern Mediterranean ◽  
Line Drawing ◽  
Aegean Sea ◽  
Distribution Map ◽  
Eastern Mediterranean Sea ◽  
Sampling Studies ◽  
Sea Spider ◽  
First Time

Sampling studies in the Turkish Aegean Sea revealed the occurrence of the sea spider species, Trygaeus communis Dohrn, 1881. The genus Trygaeus and species Trygaeus communis Dohrn, 1881 are recorded for the first time from Turkey. The genus and species are also recorded for the second time from the Eastern Mediterranean Sea. Distribution map of the species in the Eastern Mediterranean Sea is provided, together with photographs and line drawing of the species. This record further extends the known distribution of the species to Turkey in the Eastern Mediterranean.

Pycnogonida (Arthropoda) from the eastern Mediterranean Sea with description of a new species of Anoplodactylus

Zootaxa ◽  
2008 ◽  
Vol 1686 (1) ◽  
pp. 57 ◽  
Author(s):  
FRANZ KRAPP ◽  
CENGIZ KOCAK ◽  
TUNCER KATAGAN
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Mediterranean Sea ◽  
Adult Stage ◽  
Eastern Mediterranean ◽  
Scuba Diving ◽  
Aegean Sea ◽  
First Record ◽  
Eastern Mediterranean Sea ◽  
Northern Cyprus ◽  
A New Species

Material of Pycnogonida was collected by scuba diving and snorkelling in the eastern Mediterranean Sea from the Aegean Sea to northern Cyprus in 1995–2002; some additional samples were taken in 2006 (mainly in Gencelli Cove, Turkey). This yielded the first record of Ammothella appendiculata for the region. A. longioculata and Callipallene spectrum are newly recorded for Turkey. A hitherto undescribed and tiny species of Anoplodactylus was found. The insufficiently known adult stage of Ammothella uniunguiculata is figured by SEM photograph.

An Account of Our Knowledge of the Amphipod Fauna of the Aegean Sea

Crustaceana ◽  
1995 ◽  
Vol 68 (5) ◽  
pp. 597-615 ◽  
Author(s):  
E. Voultsiadou-Koukoura ◽  
D. Stefanidou
Keyword(s):  
Mediterranean Sea ◽  
New Records ◽  
Eastern Mediterranean ◽  
Relevant Literature ◽  
Aegean Sea ◽  
Amphipod Species ◽  
Eastern Mediterranean Sea ◽  
Northern Aegean Sea ◽  
First Time ◽  
Interesting Species

AbstractDuring benthic surveys in the northern Aegean Sea, 188 amphipod species were found; 39 among these comprise new records for the amphipod fauna of the eastern Mediterranean Sea, 41 are reported for the first time from the Aegean Sea and 62 are new for the fauna of the northern Aegean Sea. A checklist of the amphipods known from the Aegean Sea up to the present is given (239 species), along with their distribution in certain Mediterranean areas. For the most interesting species found, information on their distribution and their habitat is given. The amphipod fauna of the above areas is estimated, on the basis of the relevant literature. Finally, the affinities among these areas using the coefficient of Czekanowski, along with the number of species common to each pair of areas, are estimated.

First record of the bivalve-inhabiting hydroid Eugymnanthea inquilina in the eastern Mediterranean Sea (Gulf of Thessaloniki, north Aegean Sea, Greece)

2002 ◽  
Vol 82 (5) ◽  
pp. 851-853 ◽  
Author(s):  
Abdalnasser Rayyan ◽  
John Christidis ◽  
Chariton C. Chintiroglou
Keyword(s):  
Mediterranean Sea ◽  
Mytilus Galloprovincialis ◽  
Eastern Mediterranean ◽  
Aegean Sea ◽  
First Record ◽  
Biometric Data ◽  
Eastern Mediterranean Sea ◽  
North Aegean ◽  
North Aegean Sea ◽  
Biological Differences

The first record of a bivalve-inhabiting hydrozoan Eugymnanthea inquilina was found in Thermaikos Gulf, north Aegean Sea, eastern Mediterranean Sea, associated with Mytilus galloprovincialis. Analyses of biometric data point the same biological differences between the Mediterranean and the Japanese Eugymnanthea, as reported by previous researchers.

First record of chlorophyte Nephroselmis pyriformis from the north-eastern Mediterranean Sea coast

2015 ◽  
Vol 8 ◽  
Author(s):  
Elif Eker-Develi
Keyword(s):  
Mediterranean Sea ◽  
Eastern Mediterranean ◽  
First Record ◽  
Live Cells ◽  
Eastern Mediterranean Sea ◽  
The North ◽  
Video Images ◽  
North Eastern ◽  
First Time ◽  
Sea Coast

Nephroselmis pyriformis(N. Carter) Ettl is reported for the first time from the north-eastern Mediterranean Sea coast. The species was isolated from the samples collected on 21 September 2013. The morphology of live cells is described based on light microscopy. Photographic and video images of the species are also presented.

scholarly journals Serpulid communities from two marine caves in the Aegean Sea, eastern Mediterranean

2017 ◽  
Vol 97 (5) ◽  
pp. 1059-1068 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rossana Sanfilippo ◽  
Antonietta Rosso ◽  
Adriano Guido ◽  
Vasilis Gerovasileiou
Keyword(s):  
Species Diversity ◽  
Mediterranean Sea ◽  
Deep Sea ◽  
Eastern Mediterranean ◽  
Aegean Sea ◽  
Clear Trend ◽  
Eastern Mediterranean Sea ◽  
Marine Caves ◽  
The Mediterranean ◽  
First Time

This paper is a first detailed contribution to the knowledge of serpulid diversity from marine caves of the eastern Mediterranean Sea. A total of 27 taxa were recorded in two submerged caves of Lesvos Island, in the Aegean Sea. A clear trend of variability was observed with serpulid abundance, specifically that of sciaphilic and deep-sea species, increasing inwards while the number of taxa and species diversity did not change significantly across the two caves. In the innermost sectors of the studied caves two types of bioconstructions were observed: (a) ‘coiled doughnuts’ ofProtula, recorded for the first time in Mediterranean caves; and (b) ‘biostalactites’ mainly consisting of skeletal metazoans recorded for the first time from the eastern Mediterranean. The results of the present study revealed new faunal elements and type of bioconstructions for the Mediterranean marine caves, showing that several aspects of their communities are still poorly known and deserve to be further investigated.

scholarly journals First record of an exotic hippolytid shrimp in the eastern Mediterranean Sea

2013 ◽  
Vol 15 (1) ◽  
pp. 168 ◽  
Author(s):  
C. FROGLIA ◽  
M.C. DEVAL
Keyword(s):  
Indian Ocean ◽  
Mediterranean Sea ◽  
Eastern Mediterranean ◽  
Original Description ◽  
First Record ◽  
Eastern Indian Ocean ◽  
Eastern Mediterranean Sea ◽  
First Time

The alien hippolytid shrimp Lysmatakempi Chace, 1997 (= Hippolysmatadentata Kemp, 1914) , never recorded after its original description fromthe Eastern Indian Ocean, is reported for the first time in the easternMediterranean Sea (Gulf of Antalya), with remarks on its taxonomy.

First record of the Indo-Pacific Cymothoa indica (Crustacea, Isopoda, Cymothoidae), a Lessepsian species in the Mediterranean Sea

2006 ◽  
Vol 51 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Jean-Paul Trilles ◽  
Michel Bariche
Keyword(s):  
Exotic Species ◽  
Mediterranean Sea ◽  
Eastern Mediterranean ◽  
First Record ◽  
Eastern Mediterranean Sea ◽  
The World ◽  
Lessepsian Species ◽  
The Mediterranean ◽  
Lessepsian Migrants ◽  
First Time

AbstractCymothoa indica, a typical Indo-Pacific genus and species, is reported for the first time in the eastern Mediterranean Sea. Specimens were found parasitizing mainly barracudas (Sphyraenidae) from Lebanon. Female and male specimens are described on collected materials. To date, the genus Cymothoa has not been reported in the Mediterranean Sea although it is widely represented in other areas of the world. It is suggested that C. indica should be added to the list of exotic species introduced from the Red Sea and known as Lessepsian migrants.

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