Filling the gap on Italian records of an invasive species

Tiralongo, Francesco; Villani, Guido; Arciprete, Roberto; Mancini, Emanuele

doi:10.32582/aa.62.1.8

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“…In recent years, citizen science and social media have contributed greatly to the monitoring and early detection of non-indigenous species in the Mediterranean Sea (Al Mabruk et al, 2018;Al Mabruk and Rizgalla, 2019;Azzurro and Tiralongo, 2020;Osca et al, 2020;Tiralongo et al, 2019Tiralongo et al, , 2020Al Mabruk et al, 2021b;Tiralongo et al, 2021). The strategic geographical location of Libya at about the center of the southern Mediterranean Sea and bordering with Egypt, makes this region a key area for the monitoring of tropical organisms arriving from both the Red Sea (Lessepsian immigrants) and Atlantic Ocean (Shakman et al, 2017;Al Mabruk et al, 2020, 2021c.…”

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The westernmost record of Terapon jarbua (Forsskål, 1775) in the Mediterranean Sea: a new non-indigenous fish for Libya

Ibrahim

Abdulrraziq

Abdulghani

et al. 2023

Acta Adriat. (Online)

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The westernmost record of Terapon jarbua (Forsskål, 1775) in the Mediterranean Sea: a new non-indigenous fish for Libya

Ibrahim

Abdulrraziq

Abdulghani

et al. 2023

Acta Adriat. (Online)

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“…In other words, the Mediterranean Sea is acting as a catchment basin for southern thermophilic species. Some of these species are invasive and successfully colonized the whole basin [4] or have become more common than endemic species in some areas [54]. The rapid spread of some non-indigenous and thermophilic species in general is changing the biodiversity of the Mediterranean, with consequences on ecosystems, fishery and human health [55], hence the urgent need to improve our knowledge of the processes underlying biological invasions.…”

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The African Striped Grunt, Parapristipoma octolineatum (Valenciennes, 1833), in the Mediterranean Sea: The Third Record with Biological and Ecological Notes, and Identification Key for Haemulidae Recorded in the Mediterranean

Tiralongo,

Pappalardo,

Ignoto

et al. 2023

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The Mediterranean Sea biodiversity is undergoing a rapid reshaping due to different factors, many of which are directly related to human activities (e.g., pollution, habitat destruction, overfishing and introduction of non-indigenous species). In this context, climate changes, and in particular water warming, are the main factors that favor the arrival and subsequent spread of thermophilic species, regardless of their area of origin (e.g., Red Sea, Atlantic Ocean). In this research, we report the third and eastern-most well-documented record of the thermophilic species Parapristipoma octolineatum (Valenciennes, 1833) in the Mediterranean Sea, providing new morphological, genetic, ecological and biological data on this rare species in the basin. The integrative taxonomical approach was robust and unambiguously identified the species as P. octolineatum. The specimen was a large-sized female in maturation. The first high-quality photographic illustrations of otoliths were provided. Recent direct observations of fishermen in the area suggested a species abundance increase. However, data from the Mediterranean Sea remain scarce and further efforts are needed to better understand the abundance and distribution of this species. Modified keys for a rapid color pattern-based determination of all Haemulidae species recorded in the Mediterranean Sea to date are also provided. Finally, the potential further expansion under the future prediction of climate changes of this Atlantic origin fish in the Mediterranean Sea is discussed.

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“…The increasing number and growing size of their populations require the attention of the scientific community to evaluate and predict their influence on the marine environment and/or on local fish and bivalve mollusk production [19]. A clear and current example is that of the very competitive blue crab, Callinectes sapidus, Rathbun, 1896 [20,21].…”

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Decapod Crustacean Records from A Collection of Marine Soft-Bottom Macrofauna of the Italian Waters Supporting the Update of Checklists and Registers of the Mediterranean Basin

Bacci,

Targusi,

Lattanzi

et al. 2023

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Decapod crustaceans are important components of the fauna of soft-bottom habitats. In this work, the records of decapod crustaceans are provided through the analysis of a large soft-bottom benthic macroinvertebrates dataset of the Central Mediterranean Sea. Decapod crustacean assemblages were collected in the last twenty years by a Van Veen grab in 42 study sites located along the Italian coasts at depths ranging from 1 up to 120 m. The spatial distribution of the crustaceans examined, which include 120 species belonging to 40 families, was investigated according to the biogeographical zones identified in the Italian seas. The spatial distribution of 36 species was updated, comparing the ISPRA decapod crustacean dataset with the most recent Italian checklists. For the species updated, the number of specimens, the year and season of sampling, and environmental data, such as the bathymetric range and habitat details, are provided for each site investigated. Data are discussed and compared with the existing literature, also referring to what is reported in the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS), with the aim of contributing to the knowledge of the biodiversity of the marine species and supporting the updating of checklists and registers in the Mediterranean Basin.

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Filling the gap on Italian records of an invasive species

Cited by 8 publications

References 18 publications

The westernmost record of Terapon jarbua (Forsskål, 1775) in the Mediterranean Sea: a new non-indigenous fish for Libya

The westernmost record of Terapon jarbua (Forsskål, 1775) in the Mediterranean Sea: a new non-indigenous fish for Libya

The African Striped Grunt, Parapristipoma octolineatum (Valenciennes, 1833), in the Mediterranean Sea: The Third Record with Biological and Ecological Notes, and Identification Key for Haemulidae Recorded in the Mediterranean

Decapod Crustacean Records from A Collection of Marine Soft-Bottom Macrofauna of the Italian Waters Supporting the Update of Checklists and Registers of the Mediterranean Basin

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