New records of alien species on the Levantine coast of Turkey

By M. Çınar, M. Bilecenoğlu, B. Öztürk, A. Can. 2006

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Zoobenthic investigations carried out along the Turkish Levantine coast resulted in identification of nine previously unrecorded alien species: Macrorhynchia philippina (Hydrozoa), Oculina patagonica (Anthozoa), Branchiomma luctuosum (Polychaeta), Aplysia dactylomela (Gastropoda), Synaptula reciprocans (Echinodermata), Phallusia nigra, Pyura (=Herdmania) momus, Symplegma brakenhielmi (Tunicata) and Parupeneus forsskali (Osteichthyes). Except for the shipping-transported O. patagonica, which originated in the Atlantic Ocean, the species are recognized as Erythrean aliens that entered the Mediterranean through the Suez Canal. Some ecological and distributional details are briefly discussed.

Subfields: Global and Planetary Change, Oceanography, Paleontology

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In Global and Planetary Change

1. M. Çınar
2. C. Bianchi
3. N. Streftaris
4. M. Gambi
5. M. Bilecenoğlu
6. Adriana Giangrande
7. M. Verlaque
8. V. Aysel

In Oceanography

1. M. Çınar
2. C. Bianchi
3. N. Streftaris
4. M. Gambi
5. M. Bilecenoğlu
6. Adriana Giangrande
7. M. Verlaque
8. V. Aysel

In Paleontology

1. M. Çınar
2. E. Ballesteros
3. Francesco Mastrototaro
4. E. Azzurro
5. S. Gofas
6. M. Verlaque
7. N. Streftaris

Citations in the corpus

• An updated review of alien species on the coasts of Turkey (2011, background): “These alien species account for almost 90% of total zoobenthic populations in Alsancak Harbour and its vicinity ( INAR et al., 2006b; DA LI & INAR, 2008).”
• Alien species on the coasts of Turkey (2005, background): “Before the publication of this contribution, a total of 14 new alien species were reported from the Levantine (13 species) and Aegean [1 species (Platax teira)] coasts of Turkey (BILECENOĞLU & KAYA, 2006; ÇEVIKER & ALBAYRAK, 2006; ÇINAR et al., 2006; ÖZTÜRK & CAN, 2006).”
• Marine molluscs of the Turkish coasts: an updated checklist (2014, background): “The great interest focused on alien species (i.e. Blöcher, 1983; Kinzelbach, 1985; van Aartsen et al., 1989; Micali and Palazzi, 1992; Engl, 1995; Buzzurro and Greppi, 1996; Çeviker and Albayrak, 2002; Çınar et al., 2006; Öztürk and Can, 2006; Öztürk and van Aartsen, 2006; Öztürk, 2012; Öztürk and B”
• Serpulid species (Polychaeta: Serpulidae) from the Levantine coast of Turkey (eastern Mediterranean), with special emphasis on alien species (2006, background): “Note that a recent study by Çinar et al. (2006) had found nine previously unrecorded alien species from the area.”
• Alien species in the Mediterranean Sea by 2012. A contribution to the application of European Union’s Marine Strategy Framework Directive (MSFD). Part 2. Introduction trends and pathways (2012, background): “…et al. in Thessalou-Legaki et al., 2012); Herdmania momus and Symplegma brakenhielmi from the south to the north Levantine basin (Çinar et al., 2006); and Microcosmus exasperatus from the Gulf of Gabes in the CMED to the EMED (Izquierdo et al. , 2009; Ramos-Esplá et al., in…”
• Alien polychaete species (Annelida: Polychaeta) on the southern coast of Turkey (Levantine Sea, eastern Mediterranean), with 13 new records for the Mediterranean Sea (2009, background): “2006 ; Dagli and Cinar 2008 ; Kurt Sahin and Cinar 2009 ), bringing the total number of alien polychaete species known from the area to 20.”