Additions to the marine alien fauna of Greek waters (2007 update)

Zenetos, Argyro; Vassilopoulou, V.; Salomidi, Maria; Poursanidis, Dimitris

doi:10.1017/s1755267207009281

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“…1), favoured by the prevailing currents, along the Asiatic coasts northward and then westward toward the Aegean islands (PAPACONSTANTINOU, 1990). The appearance of S. lessoniana, the first Lessepsian cephalopod species entering the Aegean waters, coincides with the increasing trend of records and accelerated range expansion of Erythrean alien biota observed in the last decade, especially in the south-eastern and southern parts of this basin PERI-STERAKI et al, 2006;CORSINI-FOKA & ECONOMIDIS, 2007;ZENETOS et al, 2007;ELNAIS, 2009). This phenomenon is particularly intensified in the area around Rhodes, the largest island of the Dodecanese archipelago, located at the limit between the Levantine and the Aegean Sea.…”

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Description of the first Lessepsian squid migrant, Sepioteuthis lessoniana (CEPHALOPODA: Loliginidae), in the Aegean Sea (Eastern Mediterranean)

Lefkaditou¹,

Corsini-Foka²,

Kondilatos³

2009

Medit. Mar. Sci.

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Loliginid squids of the Sepioteuthis lessoniana complex are widely spread in the Indo-Pacific Ocean, where they constitute a commercially important resource for neritic fisheries. Sepioteuthis lessoniana is the only Lessepsian squid migrant till now, recorded for the first time in the Mediterranean in 2002 along the Turkish Levantine coasts. Two maturing males, with mantle lengths 193 mm and 244 mm, have been recently caught near the coasts of Rhodes Island (SE Aegean), extending the species distribution northward, into Hellenic waters. Their identity was confirmed by comparison of the main body, beak characteristics and morphometric measurements with those available in the literature for this species. Suspected expansion of the Lessepsian loliginid into the Aegean Sea, due to the gradual warming of the sea, is discussed.

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Description of the first Lessepsian squid migrant, Sepioteuthis lessoniana (CEPHALOPODA: Loliginidae), in the Aegean Sea (Eastern Mediterranean)

Lefkaditou¹,

Corsini-Foka²,

Kondilatos³

2009

Medit. Mar. Sci.

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“…In the Greek Seas multi-annual trend analysis has revealed an important increase in the number of marine alien species (PANCUCCI-PAPADOPOU-LOU et al, 2006), reaching 110 in Greek waters (ZENETOS et al, 2007). According to a recently updated annotated list of marine alien species in the Mediterranean Sea (ZENETOS et al, 2008), there are 42 polychaete species established or naturalized into the Mediterranean, another 33 referred to as casual records, and another 20 with questionable or doubtful status.…”

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First occurrence of the invasive alien species Polydora cornuta Bosc, 1802 (Polychaeta: Spionidae) on the coast of Greece (Elefsis Bay; Aegean Sea)

et al. 2008

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The present study reports on the occurrence of two specimens of the alien species Polydora cornutaBosc, 1802, in Elefsis Bay, the Saronikos Gulf (Aegean Sea, eastern Mediterranean). This is the firstrecord of this invasive alien species on the coast of Greece and the second report in the eastern MediterraneanSea after its first finding in Izmir Bay (on the Turkish Aegean coast). This finding enhances its distributionalpattern within the Mediterranean

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“…ZENETOS et al (2007), provided some additions to the alien marine fauna of Greece. CORSINI-FOKA & ECONOMIDIS (2007) focused on the marine and estuarine fish fauna, while TSIAMIS et al (2008 reviewed the alien marine flora.…”

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Marine alien species in Greek Seas: Additions and amendments by 2010

et al. 2011

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An update of the inventory of alien marine species from the coastal and offshore waters of Greece is presented. Records were compiled based on the existing scientific and grey literature, including the HCMR database of Greek alien species (ELNAIS), technical reports, scientific congresses, academic dissertations, websites, and unpublished/personal observations. 47 species were added to the inventory, including 34 invertebrates, one vertebrate (fish), three plants, eight protozoa, and one cyanobacterium. With the new records, the inventory of alien marine species of Greece now includes a total of 237 species (33 macrophytes, 131 invertebrates, 42 vertebrates, two bacteria and 29 protozoans). Among these, the presence of the gastropod Hypselodoris infucata, the bivalves Dendrostrea frons and Septifer forskali and the chondrichthyan Rhizoprionodon acutus is reported here for the first time. Based on molecular analysis, the occurrence of Bulla arabica in Greek waters is confirmed, and the suggestion that previous records of Bulla ampulla in the Mediterranean should be considered as misidentification of B. arabica is further supported. The acclimitization status of earlier records was revised in the light of new data, and thus the fish Enchelycore anatina, Seriola fasciata and Tylerius spinosissimus, the red algae Hypnea cornuta and Sarconema scinaioides, the scyphomedusa Cassiopea andromeda, the cephalopod Sepioteuthis lessoniana, the nudibranch Chromodoris annulata and the bivalves Gastrochaena cymbium and Pseudochama corbieri were upgraded from casual records to established populations. The increased rate of introductions of warm water species confirms previous findings, which link the rate of introduction in the eastern Mediterranean to climate change.

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Additions to the marine alien fauna of Greek waters (2007 update)

Cited by 46 publications

References 23 publications

Description of the first Lessepsian squid migrant, Sepioteuthis lessoniana (CEPHALOPODA: Loliginidae), in the Aegean Sea (Eastern Mediterranean)

Description of the first Lessepsian squid migrant, Sepioteuthis lessoniana (CEPHALOPODA: Loliginidae), in the Aegean Sea (Eastern Mediterranean)

First occurrence of the invasive alien species Polydora cornuta Bosc, 1802 (Polychaeta: Spionidae) on the coast of Greece (Elefsis Bay; Aegean Sea)

Marine alien species in Greek Seas: Additions and amendments by 2010

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