Browsing by Author "Corsini-Foka M."

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    New mediterranean biodiversity records (October 2015)
    (Hellenic Centre for Marine Research, 2015) Crocetta F.; Agius D.; Balistreri P.; Bariche M.; Bayhan Y.K.; Çakir M.; Ciriaco S.; Corsini-Foka M.; Deidun A.; El Zrelli R.; Ergüden D.; Evans J.; Ghelia M.; Giavasi M.; Kleitou P.; Kondylatos G.; Lipej L.; Mifsud C.; Özvarol Y.; Pagano A.; Portelli P.; Poursanidis D.; Rabaoui L.; Schembri P.J.; Taşkin E.; Tiralongo F.; Zenetos A.
    The Collective Article "New Mediterranean Biodiversity Records" of the Mediterranean Marine Science journal offers the means to publish biodiversity records in the Mediterranean Sea. The current article has adopted a country-based classification and the countries are listed according to their geographic position, from west to east. New biodiversity data are reported for 7 different countries, although one species reported from Malta is new for the entire Mediterranean basin, and is presumably also present in Israel and Lebanon (see below, under Malta). Italy: the rare native fish Gobius kolombatovici is first reported from the Ionian Sea, whilst the alien jellyfish Rhopilema nomadica and the alien fish Oplegnathus fasciatus are first reported from the entire country. The presence of O. fasciatus from Trieste is concomitantly the first for the entire Adriatic Sea. Finally, the alien bivalve Arcuatula senhousia is reported for the first time from Campania (Tyrrhenian Sea). Tunisia: a bloom of the alien crab Portunus segnis is first reported from the Gulf of Gabes, where it was considered as casual. Malta: the alien flatworm Maritigrella fuscopunctata is recorded in the Mediterranean Sea for the first time, on the basis of 25 specimens. At the same time, web searches include possible unpublished records from Israel and Lebanon. The alien crab P. segnis, already mentioned above, is first formally reported from Malta based on specimens collected in 1972. Concomitantly, the presence of Callinectes sapidus in Maltese waters is excluded since based on misidentifications. Greece: the Atlantic northern brown shrimp Penaeus atzecus, previously known from the Ionian Sea from sporadic records only, is now well established in Greek and international Ionian waters. The alien sea urchin Diadema setosum is reported for the second time from Greece, and its first record from the country is backdated to 2010 in Rhodes Island. The alien lionfish Pterois miles is first reported from Greece and concomitantly from the entire Aegean Sea. Turkey: the alien rhodophyte Antithamnion hubbsii is first reported from Turkey and the entire eastern Mediterranean. New distribution data are also provided for the native fishes Alectis alexandrina and Heptranchias perlo. In particular, the former record consists of a juvenile measuring 21.38 mm total length, whilst the latter by a mature male. Cyprus: the rare native cephalopod Macrotritopus defilippi, and the alien crab Atergatis roseus, sea slug Plocamopherus ocellatus and fish Cheilodipterus novemstriatus are first recorded from the entire country. Lebanon: the alien crabs Actaea savignii and Matuta victor, as well as the alien fish Synanceia verrucosa, are first recorded from the entire country. In addition, the first Mediterranean record of A. savignii is backdated to 2006, whilst the high number of M. victor specimens observed in Lebanon suggest its establishment in the Basin. The Atlantic fishes Paranthias furcifer and Seriola fasciata, and the circumtropical Rachycentron canadum, are also first reported from the country. The P. furcifer record backdates its presence in the Mediterranean to 2007, whilst S. fasciata records backdate its presence in the eastern Mediterranean to 2005. Finally, two of these latter species have been recently ascribed to alien species, but all three species may fit the cryptogenic category, if not a new one, better.
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    New Mediterranean biodiversity records (July 2015)
    (Hellenic Centre for Marine Research, 2015) Tsiamis K.; Aydogan O.; Bailly N.; Balistreri P.; Bariche M.; Carden-Noad S.; Corsini-Foka M.; Crocetta F.; Davidov B.; Dimitriadis C.; Dragičević B.; Drakulić M.; Dulčić J.; Escánez A.; Fernández-Álvarez F.A.; Gerakaris V.; Gerovasileiou V.; Hoffman R.; Izquierdo-Gómez D.; Izquierdo-Muñoz A.; Kondylatos G.; Latsoudis P.; Lipej L.; Madiraca F.; Mavrič B.; Parasporo M.; Sourbès L.; Taşkin E.; Türker A.; Yapici S.
    The Collective Article 'New Mediterranean Biodiversity Records' of the Mediterranean Marine Science journal offers the means to publish biodiversity records in the Mediterranean Sea. The current article is divided in two parts, for records of native and alien species respectively. The new records of native species include: the neon flying squid Ommastrephes bartramii in the waters surrounding the island of Capri, Thyrrenian Sea; the bigeye thresher shark Alopias superciliosus in the Adriatic Sea; a juvenile basking shark Cetorhinus maximus caught off Piran (northern Adriatic); the deep-sea Messina rockfish Scorpaenodes arenai in the National Marine Park of Zakynthos (East Ionian Sea, Greece); and the oceanic puffer Lagocephalus lagocephalus in the Adriatic Sea. The new records of alien species include: the red algae Antithamnionella elegans and Palisada maris-rubri, found for the first time in Israel and Greece respectively; the green alga Codium parvulum reported from Turkey (Aegean Sea); the first record of the alien sea urchin Diadema setosum in Greece; the nudibranch Goniobranchus annulatus reported from the South-Eastern Aegean Sea (Greece); the opisthobranch Melibe viridis found in Lebanon; the new records of the blue spotted cornetfish Fistularia commersonii along the Alicante coast (Eastern Spain); the alien fish Siganus luridus and Siganus rivulatus in Lipsi Island, Dodecanese (Greece); the first record of Stephanolepis diaspros from the Egadi Islands Marine Protected Area (western Sicily); a northward expansion of the alien pufferfish Torquigener flavimaculosus along the southeastern Aegean coasts of Turkey; and data on the occurrence of the Lessepsian immigrants Alepes djedaba, Lagocephalus sceleratus and Fistularia commersonii in the waters surrounding the island of Zakynthos (SE Ionian Sea, Greece).
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    Unpublished Mediterranean and Black Sea records of marine alien, cryptogenic, and neonative species
    (Regional Euro-Asian Biological Invasions Centre, 2023) Ragkousis M.; Zenetos A.; Souissi J.B.; Hoffman R.; Ghanem R.; Taşkın E.; Muresan M.; Karpova E.; Slynko E.; Dağlı E.; Fortič A.; Surugiu V.; Mačić V.; Trkov D.; Bahri W.R.; Tsiamis K.; Ramos-Espla A.A.; Petović S.; Ferrario J.; Marchini A.; Sconfietti R.; Ammar I.; Alo A.; Edelist D.; Begun T.; Teaca A.; Tari G.; Huseyinoglu M.F.; Karachle P.K.; Dogrammatzi A.; Apostolopoulos G.A.; Crocetta F.; Kytinou E.; Digenis M.; Skouradakis G.; Tomas F.; Bariche M.; Kaminas A.; Konida K.; Deidun A.; Marrone A.; Fraschetti S.; Mihneva V.; Bianchi C.N.; Morri C.; Gerovasileiou V.; Lipej L.; Sini M.; Mangialajo L.; Zotou M.; Skolka M.; Azzurro E.; Vella A.; Dailianis T.; Grigoriou P.; Jimenez C.; Tsirintanis K.; Oikonomidis G.; Mancini E.; Papadakis O.; Di Martino V.; Chatzigeorgiou G.; Amor M.M.B.; Vernadou E.; Arda Y.; Minasidis V.; Azzola A.; Hadjioannou L.; Montefalcone M.; Baldacchino Y.; Stancanelli B.; Bonifazi A.; Occhipinti-Ambrogi A.; Smeraldo S.; Evans J.; Kondylatos G.; Falautano M.; Castriota L.; Lamprou A.; Rizgalla J.; Mavrič B.; Papadimitriou E.; Kersting D.K.; Schembri P.J.; Khamassi F.; Nikolaou A.; Ballesteros E.; Dimitriadis C.; García M.; Anastasiadis A.; Kalogirou S.; Nalmpanti M.; Altamirano M.; Grech D.; Mavrouleas D.; Vella N.; Darmanin S.A.; Dragičević B.; Poursanidis D.; Tsatiris A.; Corsini-Foka M.; Orlando- Bonaca M.; Insacco G.; Tsalapatis A.; Scannella D.; Tiralongo F.; Verdura J.; Vitale S.; Valsamidis M.A.; Bazairi H.; Mannino A.M.; Virgili R.; Coccia F.C.; Zrelli R.E.; Nikolidakis S.; Rabaoui L.J.; Yapıcı S.; Zaouali J.; Zava B.; Agrotis N.; Bilecenoglu M.; Çinar M.E.; Moraitis M.L.; Albano P.G.; Kaddouri N.; Kosma I.; Falsone F.; Fossati V.; Geraci M.L.; Zamuda L.L.; Mancuso F.P.; Petrou A.; Resaikos V.; Aydın İ.; Batjakas I.E.; Bos A.R.; Ouamari N.E.; Giallongo G.; Kampouris T.E.; Amor K.O.-B.; Doğan A.; Dulčić J.; Okudan E.Ş.; Rilov G.; Rosso A.; Royo L.; Selfati M.; Gaglioti M.; Giakoumi S.; Kousteni V.; Micu D.; Nicoară M.; Orfanidis S.; Papatheodoulou M.; Tempesti J.; Triantaphyllou M.; Tsourou T.; Yalgın F.; Baltag E.; Cerim H.; Filiz H.; Georgiadis C.G.; Papadamakis P.; Rammou D.L.; Samargiu M.D.; Sciuto F.; Sinopoli M.; Türker A.; Chiarore A.; Tamburello L.; Karray S.; Hassen B.; Katsanevakis S.
    To enrich spatio-temporal information on the distribution of alien, cryptogenic, and neonative species in the Mediterranean and the Black Sea, a collective effort by 173 marine scientists was made to provide unpublished records and make them open access to the scientific community. Through this effort, we collected and harmonized a dataset of 12,649 records. It includes 247 taxa, of which 217 are Animalia, 25 Plantae and 5 Chromista, from 23 countries surrounding the Mediterranean and the Black Sea. Chordata was the most abundant taxonomic group, followed by Arthropoda, Mollusca, and Annelida. In terms of species records, Siganus luridus, Siganus rivulatus, Saurida lessepsianus, Pterois miles, Upeneus moluccensis, Charybdis (Archias) longicollis, and Caulerpa cylindracea were the most numerous. The temporal distribution of the records ranges from 1973 to 2022, with 44% of the records in 2020–2021. Lethrinus borbonicus is reported for the first time in the Mediterranean Sea, while Pomatoschistus quagga, Caulerpa cylindracea, Grateloupia turuturu, and Misophria pallida are first records for the Black Sea; Kapraunia schneideri is recorded for the second time in the Mediterranean and for the first time in Israel; Prionospio depauperata and Pseudonereis anomala are reported for the first time from the Sea of Marmara. Many first country records are also included, namely: Amathia verticillata (Montenegro), Ampithoe valida (Italy), Antithamnion amphigeneum (Greece), Clavelina oblonga (Tunisia and Slovenia), Dendostrea cf. folium (Syria), Epinephelus fasciatus (Tunisia), Ganonema farinosum (Montenegro), Macrorhynchia philippina (Tunisia), Marenzelleria neglecta (Romania), Paratapes textilis (Tunisia), and Botrylloides diegensis (Tunisia). © Ragkousis et al.
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    Non-Indigenous Species (NIS) Know No Geopolitical Borders—An Update of NIS in the Aegean Sea
    (Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI), 2025) Zenetos A.; Doğan A.; Bakir A.K.; Chatzigeorgiou G.; Corsini-Foka M.; Dağli E.; Evangelopoulos A.; Meriç E.; Stoumboudi M.; Taşkin E.; Yokeş M.B.; Galanidi M.
    In this work, combined efforts by Greek and Turkish scientists produced an updated validated NIS inventory of the Aegean ecoregion, covering 120 years of records up to August 2024. Of the 342 NIS currently present in the Aegean Sea, the majority (281 species) have invaded the South Aegean, followed by the North Aegean (128 species out of 206 NIS). A total of 73 species were added to the list, while 56 were removed. Overall, unaided spread of Lessepsian immigrants from the Levantine Sea and shipping are equally responsible for NIS reported at the regional level. An increase in publications addressing NIS matches the upward trend of NIS since the mid-1990s, which continues to the present day. While unaided introductions of Lessepsian species and/or direct introductions via the Suez Canal peaked in the South Aegean during 2000–2005, they peaked in 2012–2017 in the North Aegean—a decade later. The opposite pattern was observed in ship-transferred NIS. The spatial distribution of introduction hotspots largely reflects the following phenomena/processes: unaided introduction is witnessed initially in the southeastern Aegean Sea; monitoring efforts are concentrated in vulnerable and at-risk areas; and research efforts relate to the spatial allocation of institutions and marine experts working on marine NIS along the Aegean coasts. © 2024 by the authors.