Numerous new records of tropical non-indigenous species in the Eastern Mediterranean highlight the challenges of their recognition and identification
New data on 52 non-indigenous mollusks in the Eastern Mediterranean Sea is reported. Fossarus sp. (aff. aptus sensu Blatterer 2019), Coriophora lessepsiana Albano, Bakker & Sabelli, sp. nov., Cerithiopsis sp. aff. pulvis, Joculator problematicus Albano & Steger, sp. nov., Cer...
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| author | Paolo G. Albano Jan Steger Piet A. J. Bakker Cesare Bogi Marija Bošnjak Tamar Guy-Haim Mehmet Fatih Huseyinoglu Patrick I. LaFollette Hadas Lubinevsky Martina Mulas Martina Stockinger Michele Azzarone Bruno Sabelli |
| author_facet | Paolo G. Albano Jan Steger Piet A. J. Bakker Cesare Bogi Marija Bošnjak Tamar Guy-Haim Mehmet Fatih Huseyinoglu Patrick I. LaFollette Hadas Lubinevsky Martina Mulas Martina Stockinger Michele Azzarone Bruno Sabelli |
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| description | New data on 52 non-indigenous mollusks in the Eastern Mediterranean Sea is reported. Fossarus sp. (aff. aptus sensu Blatterer 2019), Coriophora lessepsiana Albano, Bakker & Sabelli, sp. nov., Cerithiopsis sp. aff. pulvis, Joculator problematicus Albano & Steger, sp. nov., Cerithiopsis sp., Elachisina sp., Iravadia aff. elongata, Vitrinella aff. Vitrinella sp. 1 (sensu Blatterer 2019), Melanella orientalis, Parvioris aff. dilecta, Odostomia cf. dalli, Oscilla virginiae, Parthenina cossmanni, Parthenina typica, Pyrgulina craticulata, Turbonilla funiculata, Cylichna collyra, Musculus coenobitus, Musculus aff. viridulus, Chavania erythraea, Scintilla cf. violescens, Iacra seychellarum and Corbula erythraeensis are new records for the Mediterranean. An unidentified gastropod, Skeneidae indet., Triphora sp., Hypermastus sp., Sticteulima sp., Vitreolina cf. philippi, Odostomia (s.l.) sp. 1, Henrya (?) sp., and Semelidae sp. are further potential new non-indigenous species although their status should be confirmed upon final taxonomic assessment. Additionally, the status of Dikoleps micalii, Hemiliostraca clandestina comb. nov. and H. athenamariae comb. nov. is changed to non-indigenous, range extensions for nine species and the occurrence of living individuals for species previously recorded from empty shells only are reported. Opimaphora blattereri Albano, Bakker & Sabelli, sp. nov. is described from the Red Sea for comparison with the morphologically similar C. lessepsiana Albano, Bakker & Sabelli, sp. nov. The taxonomic part is followed by a discussion on how intensive fieldwork and cooperation among institutions and individuals enabled such a massive report, and how the poor taxonomic knowledge of the Indo-Pacific fauna hampers non-indigenous species detection and identification. Finally, the hypothesis that the simultaneous analysis of quantitative benthic death assemblages can support the assignment of non-indigenous status to taxonomically undetermined species is discussed. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-0da4f4c845ea44548dfc5cc4e977956f2022-12-21T19:05:31ZengPensoft PublishersZooKeys1313-29702021-01-01101019510.3897/zookeys.1010.5875958759Numerous new records of tropical non-indigenous species in the Eastern Mediterranean highlight the challenges of their recognition and identificationPaolo G. Albano0Jan Steger1Piet A. J. Bakker2Cesare Bogi3Marija Bošnjak4Tamar Guy-Haim5Mehmet Fatih Huseyinoglu6Patrick I. LaFollette7Hadas Lubinevsky8Martina Mulas9Martina Stockinger10Michele Azzarone11Bruno Sabelli12University of ViennaUniversity of ViennaNaturalis Biodiversity CenterMuseo di Storia Naturale del MediterraneoCroatian Natural History MuseumIsrael Oceanographic and Limnological ResearchUniversity of KyreniaNatural History Museum of Los Angeles CountyIsrael Oceanographic and Limnological ResearchIsrael Oceanographic and Limnological ResearchUniversity of ViennaUniversity of ViennaUniversità di BolognaNew data on 52 non-indigenous mollusks in the Eastern Mediterranean Sea is reported. Fossarus sp. (aff. aptus sensu Blatterer 2019), Coriophora lessepsiana Albano, Bakker & Sabelli, sp. nov., Cerithiopsis sp. aff. pulvis, Joculator problematicus Albano & Steger, sp. nov., Cerithiopsis sp., Elachisina sp., Iravadia aff. elongata, Vitrinella aff. Vitrinella sp. 1 (sensu Blatterer 2019), Melanella orientalis, Parvioris aff. dilecta, Odostomia cf. dalli, Oscilla virginiae, Parthenina cossmanni, Parthenina typica, Pyrgulina craticulata, Turbonilla funiculata, Cylichna collyra, Musculus coenobitus, Musculus aff. viridulus, Chavania erythraea, Scintilla cf. violescens, Iacra seychellarum and Corbula erythraeensis are new records for the Mediterranean. An unidentified gastropod, Skeneidae indet., Triphora sp., Hypermastus sp., Sticteulima sp., Vitreolina cf. philippi, Odostomia (s.l.) sp. 1, Henrya (?) sp., and Semelidae sp. are further potential new non-indigenous species although their status should be confirmed upon final taxonomic assessment. Additionally, the status of Dikoleps micalii, Hemiliostraca clandestina comb. nov. and H. athenamariae comb. nov. is changed to non-indigenous, range extensions for nine species and the occurrence of living individuals for species previously recorded from empty shells only are reported. Opimaphora blattereri Albano, Bakker & Sabelli, sp. nov. is described from the Red Sea for comparison with the morphologically similar C. lessepsiana Albano, Bakker & Sabelli, sp. nov. The taxonomic part is followed by a discussion on how intensive fieldwork and cooperation among institutions and individuals enabled such a massive report, and how the poor taxonomic knowledge of the Indo-Pacific fauna hampers non-indigenous species detection and identification. Finally, the hypothesis that the simultaneous analysis of quantitative benthic death assemblages can support the assignment of non-indigenous status to taxonomically undetermined species is discussed.https://zookeys.pensoft.net/article/58759/download/pdf/ |
| spellingShingle | Paolo G. Albano Jan Steger Piet A. J. Bakker Cesare Bogi Marija Bošnjak Tamar Guy-Haim Mehmet Fatih Huseyinoglu Patrick I. LaFollette Hadas Lubinevsky Martina Mulas Martina Stockinger Michele Azzarone Bruno Sabelli Numerous new records of tropical non-indigenous species in the Eastern Mediterranean highlight the challenges of their recognition and identification ZooKeys |
| title | Numerous new records of tropical non-indigenous species in the Eastern Mediterranean highlight the challenges of their recognition and identification |
| title_full | Numerous new records of tropical non-indigenous species in the Eastern Mediterranean highlight the challenges of their recognition and identification |
| title_fullStr | Numerous new records of tropical non-indigenous species in the Eastern Mediterranean highlight the challenges of their recognition and identification |
| title_full_unstemmed | Numerous new records of tropical non-indigenous species in the Eastern Mediterranean highlight the challenges of their recognition and identification |
| title_short | Numerous new records of tropical non-indigenous species in the Eastern Mediterranean highlight the challenges of their recognition and identification |
| title_sort | numerous new records of tropical non indigenous species in the eastern mediterranean highlight the challenges of their recognition and identification |
| url | https://zookeys.pensoft.net/article/58759/download/pdf/ |
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