Alien polychaete species (Annelida: Polychaeta) on the southern coast of Turkey (Levantine Sea, eastern Mediterranean), with 13 new records for the Mediterranean Sea Author Çinar, Melih Ertan text Journal of Natural History 2009 2009-09-11 43 37 - 38 2283 2328 http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00222930903094654 journal article 10.1080/00222930903094654 1464-5262 5217190 Ceratonereis mirabilis Kinberg, 1866 Ceratonereis mirabilis Kinberg 1866: 170 ; Fauvel 1953: 200 , fig. 103a–c; Day 1967: 324 , fig. 14.14a–g. Material examined ESFM-POL /2005-72, 9 September 2005 , I skenderun Bay, D4, 36°43′32″ N , 36°10′03″ E , 25 m , muddy sand, 2 specimens ; ESFM-POL /05-669, 9 September 2005 , I skenderun Bay, D5, 36°43′03″ N , 36°11′28″ E , 11 m , pebbles, 1 specimen ; ESFM-POL /2005-54, 9 September 2005 , I skenderun Bay, D8, 36°51′45″ N , 35°55′01″ E , 10 m , on muddy sand with Caulerpa prolifera , 1 specimen ; ESFM-POL / 2005-160, 9 September 2005 , I skenderun Bay, D10, 36°45′40″ N , 35°48′29″ E , 50 m , mud with shell fragments, 1 specimen ; ESFM-POL /05-722, 10 September 2005 , I skenderun Bay, D19, 36°21′15″ N , 35°44′27″ E , 75 m , mud, 1 specimen ; ESFM- POL/2005-166, 10 September 2005 , I skenderun Bay, D21, 36°20′43″ N , 35°48′8″ E , 25 m , muddy sand, 78 specimens ; ESFM-POL /05-789, 10 September 2005 , I skenderun Bay, D22, 36°20′57″ N , 35°48′43″ E , 10 m , muddy sand, 6 specimens ; ESFM- POL/05-412, 12 September 2005 , K 1, 1 m , rocks, 1 specimen ; ESFM-POL /05-196, 13 September 2005 , K6, 0–2 m , rocks, 1 specimen ; ESFM-POL /05-450, 13 September 2005 , K7, 0–3 m , rocks, 1 specimen ; ESFM-POL /05-254, 14 September 2005 , K9, 0.1– 2 m , rocks, 4 specimens ; ESFM-POL /05-471, 14 September 2005 , K8, 1– 3 m , stones, 2 specimens ; ESFM-POL /05-552, 15 September 2005 , K10, 0–1 m , rocks, 1 specimen ; ESFM-POL /05-651, 15 September 2005 , K11, 0.1– 3 m , stones with algae, 1 specimen ; ESFM-POL /2005-705, 19 September 2005 , K19, 0.1– 5 m , rocks, 2 specimens ; ESFM-POL /2005-1245, 19 September 2005 , K19, 0.1 m, Co. mediterranea , 9 specimens ; ESFM-POL /2005-1303, 19 September 2005 , K 19, 4 m , Halophila stipulacea , 12 specimens ; ESFM-POL /2005-771, 20 September 2005 , K22, 0.1– 5 m , rocks, 2 specimens ; ESFM-POL /2005-605, 21 September 2005 , K24, 0.1– 5 m , rocks, 5 specimens ; ESFM-POL /2005-648, 22 September 2005 , K26, 0.1– 3 m , rocks, 1 specimen ; ESFM-POL /2005-1340, 22 September 2005 , K27, 0.1– 5 m , rocks, 1 specimen ; ESFM-POL /2005-751, 22 September 2005 , BT4, 36°04′33″ N , 32°52′36″ E , 3 m , mud, 2 specimens ; ESFM-POL /2005-986, 22 September 2005 , D27, 36°04′28″ N , 32°53′03″ E , 10 m , muddy sand, 6 specimens ; ESFM-POL /2005-968, 22 September 2005 , K27, 0.2 m, Brachidontes pharaonis , 1 specimen ; ESFM-POL /2005-1218, 22 September 2005 , K 27, 2 m , Sarcotragus sp. , 1 specimen ; ESFM-POL /2005-862, 23 September 2005 , Anamur, D28, 36°03′37″ N , 32°53′11″ E , 25 m , muddy sand with Udotea petiolata and Caulerpa prolifera , 3 specimens ; ESFM-POL /2005-1481, 29 September 2005 , K39, 0.1 m, sand, 1 specimen ; ESFM-POL /2005-2251, 25 September 2005 , K33, 0.1 m, J. rubens , 1 specimen ; ESFM-POL /2005-2642, 25 September 2005 , K33, 0.1 m, Co. mediterranea , 1 specimen ; ESFM-POL /2005-2713, 26 September 2005 , K 34, 1 m , port’s piling, 1 specimen ; ESFM-POL /2005-2344, 28 September 2005 , K36, 0.3 m, Cy. elegans , 8 specimens ; ESFM-POL /2005-1756, 30 September 2005 , G15, 36°17′3″ N , 30°09′33″ E , 10 m , Z. marina , 3 specimens ; ESFM-POL / 2005-2219, 3 October 2005 , K44, 0.1 m, J. rubens , 11 specimens ; ESFM-POL /2005- 2307, 3 October 2005 , K44, 0.1 m, Cy. elegans , 103 specimens ; ESFM-POL /2005- 2662, 3 October 2005 , K44, 0.1 m, Co. mediterranea , 5 specimens ; ESFM-POL /2005- 2421, 3 October 2005 , K 44, 2 m , Sarcotragus sp. , 2 specimens ; ESFM-POL /2005- 2738, 3 October 2005 , K45, 0–3 m , rocks, 12 specimens ; ESFM-POL /2005-2511, 3 October 2005 , K 45, 9 m , P. oceanica , 1 specimen ; ESFM-POL /2005-2259, 3 October 2005 , K45, 0.2 m, Amphiroa rigida , 11 specimens ; ESFM-POL /2005-2674, 6 October 2005 , Fethiye Bay, BT7, 36°37′44″ N , 29°04′39″ E , 10 m , on P. oceanica , 12 specimens ; ESFM-POL /2005-1630, 6 October 2005 , Fethiye Bay, BT11, 36°38′23″ N , 29°06′46″ E , 10 m , mud, 1 specimen ; ESFM-POL /2005-1739, 6 October 2005 , Fethiye Bay, G27, 36°37′46″ N , 29°06′32″ E , 5 m , muddy sand, 8 specimens ; ESFM-POL /2005-2271, 7 October 2005 , K53, 0.1 m, Cy. elegans , 28 specimens ; ESFM-POL /2005-2358, 7 October 2005 , K 53, 3 m , Z. marina , 2 specimens ; ESFM-POL /2005-2439, 7 October 2005 , K 53, 2 m , Sarcotragus sp. , 4 specimens ; ESFM-POL /2005-2459, 7 October 2005 , K 53, 3 m , Aplysina aerophoba , 22 specimens . Distribution This species was previously reported from the Red Sea, western Atlantic, Indian Ocean, Pacific Ocean and Mediterranean ( Day 1967 ). In the Mediterranean, It was first reported from the Israeli coast (near Haifa, collection date: 1974–1975) by Amoureux (1976) and considered to be a Lessepsian migrant. It has also been found on the coast of Cyprus between 20 and 210 m depths (Çinar 2005). The present study extends its distributional range to Turkey .