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New records on the opisthobranch fauna of the Greek seas

Authors :
Dimitris Poursanidis
Vasilis Gerovasileiou
J. Issaris
A. Zenetos
Drosos Koutsoubas
Source :
Marine Biodiversity Records. 2
Publication Year :
2009
Publisher :
Cambridge University Press (CUP), 2009.

Abstract

Five opisthobranch species (Pleurobranchus testudinarius, Caloria elegans, Dondice banyulensis, Janolus cristatus and Flabellina babai) unrecorded up-to-date in the Greek seas along with Scyllaea pelagica and Notarchus punctatus species reported after more than a century from their first finding in the Mediterranean (southern Aegean—Milos and Serifos Islands) by Forbes (1844), and zoogeographical and ecological details, are presented in this study. Scyllaea pelagica, N. punctatus and F. babai seem to have a narrow distribution in Greek waters while the rest of the species seem well established similar to what has been reported from other seas in the western Mediterranean or the Atlantic.

Details

ISSN :
17552672
Volume :
2
Database :
OpenAIRE
Journal :
Marine Biodiversity Records
Accession number :
edsair.doi...........2bfb5adc8e427dbcba3440478260c17c
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1017/s1755267209000475