Alien biodiversity in Mediterranean marine caves

Gerovasileiou, Vasilis; Voultsiadou, Eleni; Issaris, Yiannis; Zenetos, Argyro

doi:10.1111/maec.12268

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“…Studies in the southeastern Mediterranean basin have brought to light a considerable number of NIBs (Harmelin 2014b, Gerovasileiou et al 2016, Harmelin et al 2016, Sokolover et al 2016), mainly originated from the Red Sea/Indo-Pacific Ocean. Until today, 12 NIBs have been reported from the Greek seas, representing 5% of the bryozoan fauna of Greece and 20% of the Mediterranean NIB fauna; these are the ctenostomes Amathia gracillima and A. verticillata and the cheilostomes Bugula neritina , Bugulina fulva , Crepidacantha poissonii , Crisularia plumosa , C. serrata , Exechonella antillea , Hippopodina feegeensis , Microporella coronata , Parasmittina raigii , and Scrupocellaria scruposa .…”

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Marine Bryozoa of Greece: an annotated checklist

Gerovasileiou

Rosso

2016

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BackgroundUntil today, a complete checklist of Bryozoa of the Greek seas had never been published and species records were scattered in several taxonomic and ecological studies. The aim of this paper is to produce a first checklist of marine bryozoan species of Greece, in the framework of the Greek Taxon Information System (GTIS) initiative of the LifeWatchGreece Research Infrastructure (ESFRI), by reviewing the existing literature and following the recent trends in the taxonomy of this group. New informationThe marine bryozoan fauna of Greece comprises 237 species, classified in 127 genera, 66 families, 3 orders, and 2 classes. The vast majority belongs to the class Gymnolaemata (177 Cheilostomatida and 21 Ctenostomatida), while the remaining 39 species are Stenolaemata (all Cyclostomatida). Among these species, 12 are considered endemic to the eastern Mediterranean, while another 12 species are non-indigenous.

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Marine Bryozoa of Greece: an annotated checklist

Gerovasileiou

Rosso

2016

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“…Among the newly added species, C. roulei is a Mediterranean endemic, whereas Phallusia nigra and Herdmania momus are considered non-indigenous species (NIS) of circum(sub)tropical and Indo-pacific origin, respectively (Gerovasileiou et al 2016); both species have been probably introduced through shipping (Galil et al 2016). Another three species, i.e.…”

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Ascidiacea (Chordata: Tunicata) of Greece: an updated checklist

Antoniadou¹,

Gerovasileiou²,

Bailly³

2016

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BackgroundThe checklist of the ascidian fauna (Tunicata: Ascidiacea) of Greece was compiled within the framework of the Greek Taxon Information System (GTIS), an application of the LifeWatchGreece Research Infrastructure (ESFRI) aiming to produce a complete checklist of species recorded from Greece. This checklist was constructed by updating an existing one with the inclusion of recently published records. All the reported species from Greek waters were taxonomically revised and cross-checked with the Ascidiacea World Database.New informationThe updated checklist of the class Ascidiacea of Greece comprises 75 species, classified in 33 genera, 12 families, and 3 orders. In total, 8 species have been added to the previous species list (4 Aplousobranchia, 2 Phlebobranchia, and 2 Stolidobranchia). Aplousobranchia was the most speciose order, followed by Stolidobranchia. Most species belonged to the families Didemnidae, Polyclinidae, Pyuridae, Ascidiidae, and Styelidae; these 4 families comprise 76% of the Greek ascidian species richness. The present effort revealed the limited taxonomic research effort devoted to the ascidian fauna of Greece, which is attributed to the lack of experts and low sampling effort. Therefore, major knowledge gaps on the ascidian diversity of Greece occur and further research in this field is needed.

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“…Bilecenoğlu and Taşkavak (1999) reported that a school of this species (as P. vanicolensis) was observed in a cave of the coast of Antalya, Turkey and even though, the divers forced them to leave the cave during daytime, the schools tended to stay inside. In a recent study, P. rhomboidea was observed in s mall mixed schools along with Sargocentron rubrum and Apogon imberbis in small caves of Kastelorizo Island (Greece), close to Kaş, southern Turkey (Gerovasileiou et al 2016). …”

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