Numerous new records of tropical non-indigenous species in the Eastern Mediterranean highlight the challenges of their recognition and identification

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. sp. (aff. aptus sensu Blatterer 2019), Albano, Bakker & Sabelli, , Cerithiopsis sp. aff. pulvis, Albano & Steger, , sp., sp., Iravadia aff. elongata, aff. sp. 1 (sensu Blatterer 2019), , Parvioris aff. dilec...

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Published in:ZooKeys Vol. 1010; no. 1; pp. 1 - 95
Main Authors: Albano, Paolo G, Steger, Jan, Bakker, Piet A J, Bogi, Cesare, Bošnjak, Marija, Guy-Haim, Tamar, Huseyinoglu, Mehmet Fatih, LaFollette, Patrick I, Lubinevsky, Hadas, Mulas, Martina, Stockinger, Martina, Azzarone, Michele, Sabelli, Bruno
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers 13-01-2021
Subjects:
Analysis
Biogeography
Biological Invasions
Faunistics & Distribution
Identification and classification
Invasive species
Mollusca
Mollusks
Nomenclature
Red Sea
Southern Europe and Mediterranean
Species Inventories
Taxonomy
Mediterranean region
new species
Triphoridae
invasion biology
Red Sea
Cerithiopsidae
taxonomy
Mollusca
Lessepsian invasion
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Summary:New data on 52 non-indigenous mollusks in the Eastern Mediterranean Sea is reported. sp. (aff. aptus sensu Blatterer 2019), Albano, Bakker & Sabelli, , Cerithiopsis sp. aff. pulvis, Albano & Steger, , sp., sp., Iravadia aff. elongata, aff. sp. 1 (sensu Blatterer 2019), , Parvioris aff. dilecta, Odostomia cf. dalli, , , , , , , , Musculus aff. viridulus, , Scintilla cf. violescens, and are new records for the Mediterranean. An unidentified gastropod, Skeneidae indet., sp., sp., sp., Vitreolina cf. philippi, (s.l.) sp. 1, (?) 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 , and 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. Albano, Bakker & Sabelli, is described from the Red Sea for comparison with the morphologically similar Albano, Bakker & Sabelli, 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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Academic editor: A.M. de Frias Martins
ISSN:1313-2989
1313-2970
DOI:10.3897/zookeys.1010.58759