Numerous new records of tropical non-indigenous species in the Eastern Mediterranean highlight the challenges of their recognition and identification
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Albano, Paolo G.
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9876-1024
Department of Palaeontology, University of Vienna, Althanstrasse 14, 1090, Vienna, Austria
pgalbano@gmail.com
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Steger, Jan
Department of Palaeontology, University of Vienna, Althanstrasse 14, 1090, Vienna, Austria
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Bakker, Piet A. J.
Naturalis Biodiversity Center, Darwinweg 2, 2333, CR Leiden, The Netherlands
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Bogi, Cesare
Gruppo Malacologico Livornese, c / o Museo di Storia Naturale del Mediterraneo, via Roma 234, 57127, Livorno, Italy
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Bosnjak, Marija
Department of Palaeontology, University of Vienna, Althanstrasse 14, 1090, Vienna, Austria & Croatian Natural History Museum, Demetrova 1, Zagreb, Croatia
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Guy-Haim, Tamar
National Institute of Oceanography, Israel Oceanographic and Limnological Research (IOLR), Haifa 3108001, Israel
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Huseyinoglu, Mehmet Fatih
Faculty of Maritime Studies, University of Kyrenia, Karakum, Girne, Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus
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LaFollette, Patrick I.
Malacology Section, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, 900 Exposition Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90007, USA
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Lubinevsky, Hadas
National Institute of Oceanography, Israel Oceanographic and Limnological Research (IOLR), Haifa 3108001, Israel
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Mulas, Martina
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9228-786X
National Institute of Oceanography, Israel Oceanographic and Limnological Research (IOLR), Haifa 3108001, Israel & The Leon H. Charney School of Marine Sciences, University of Haifa, 199 Aba Khoushy Ave., Mt. Carmel, Haifa 3498838, Israel
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Stockinger, Martina
Department of Palaeontology, University of Vienna, Althanstrasse 14, 1090, Vienna, Austria
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Azzarone, Michele
Department of Palaeontology, University of Vienna, Althanstrasse 14, 1090, Vienna, Austria
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Sabelli, Bruno
Museo di Zoologia dell'Universita di Bologna, via Selmi 3, 40126, Bologna, Italy
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ZooKeys
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2021-01-13
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http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1010.58759
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http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1010.58759
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Dikoleps micalii Agamennone, Sbrana, Nardi, Siragusa &
Germana
, 2020
Figure 2
New records.
Israel • 4 spcms; Haifa Bay;
32.8211°N
,
35.0196°E
; depth 11 m; 2 Aug. 2015; soft substrate; grab; NM project (samples HM27(a) and HM27(c)); size of largest specimen: H 0.7 mm, W 0.7 mm.
Remarks.
This species has been recently described from sediment collected in 2016 at 33-45 m depth at Karpathos and Samos islands in the eastern Aegean Sea (
Agamennone et al. 2020b
). The authors discussed but declined the possibility that this is a Lessepsian species, but one of us (BS) observed non-distinguishable specimens from the Red Sea and we received reports of further indistinguishable specimens from the Persian (Arabian) Gulf (H. Dekker, pers. comm., November 2020). This is the first record for Israel; all specimens were live collected.
Figure 2.
Dikoleps micalii
Agamennone, Sbrana, Nardi, Siragusa &
Germana
, 2020, Haifa Bay, Israel: front (
A
) and apical (
B
) views, umbilicus (
C
), microsculpture of body whorl (
D
), apical view of protoconch (
E
) and microsculpture of the base (
F
). Photograph courtesy A. Bonfitto. Scale bars: 0.2 mm (
A-C
); 0.05 mm (
D-F
).