National report of Italy.

Fourteen new sightings are described. Two species of algae (Palisada maris-rubri and Ascophyllum nodosum), two gelatinous macroplankters (Mnemiopsis leidyi and Phyllorhiza punctata), two polychaetes (Ophryotroca diadema and Harmothoë vesiculosa) one crustacean (Charybdis (Charybdis) lucifera), one b...

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Main Author: OCCHIPINTI, ANNA CARMEN
Other Authors: Occhipinti, ANNA CARMEN
Format: Other/Unknown Material
Language:English
Published: 2010
Subjects:
marine alien species introductions and transfer
Mediterranean Sea
Italy
Charybdis
Paralithodes camtschaticus
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/11571/278306
http://www.ices.dk/reports/ACOM/2010/WGITMO/WGITMO%202010.pdf
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Summary:Fourteen new sightings are described. Two species of algae (Palisada maris-rubri and Ascophyllum nodosum), two gelatinous macroplankters (Mnemiopsis leidyi and Phyllorhiza punctata), two polychaetes (Ophryotroca diadema and Harmothoë vesiculosa) one crustacean (Charybdis (Charybdis) lucifera), one bryozoan (Caten-icella paradoxa) and one fish (Kyphosus incisor) were recorded for the first time in Italy. Moreover, a single large individual of the king crab Paralithodes camtschaticus was found in the Ionian Sea. The freshwater alien crab Procambarus clarki and the Tilapia Oreochromis niloticus niloticus were found for the first time in a marine coastal lake. Two Atlantic fishes expanding their range were found in Italy (Cepha-lopholis taeniops and Lutjanus jocu).

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