Rothman, S.; Mienis , H.; Galil, B. (2017). Alien facelinid nudibranchs in the Eastern Mediterranean: first report of Phidiana militaris (Alder and Hancock, 1864) and report of Caloria indica (Bergh, 1896) 30 years after its previous sighting. BioInvasions Records. 6(2): 125-128.

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10.3391/bir.2017.6.2.06 [view]

Rothman, S.; Mienis , H.; Galil, B.

2017

6(2): 125-128

Publication

http://www.reabic.net/%5C/journals/bir/2017/2/BIR_2017_Rothman_etal.pdf

Two conspicuously-colored facelinid nudibranchs, wide spread in the Indo-West Pacific Ocean, were recently sighted off the Israeli Mediterranean coastline. We report the occurrence of Phidiana militaris (Alder and Hancock, 1864) off a sunken submarine in Haifa Bay – the first record of the species in the Mediterranean Sea. A recent sighting of Caloria indica (Bergh, 1896) off northern Israel, previously known from two individuals recorded in the late 1980s, may indicate a separate introduction or the spread of a cryptic, local, self-propagating population. Key words: Erythraean invasion, Mediterranean, Suez Canal, Red Sea, non-indigenous species

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