First record of the Indo-Pacific species Iphione muricata Savigny in Lamarck, 1818 (Polychaeta: Iphionidae) from the Mediterranean Sea, Israel

First record of the Indo-Pacific species Iphione muricata Savigny in Lamarck, 1818 (Polychaeta: Iphionidae) from the Mediterranean Sea, Israel

The Indo-Pacific scaleworm Iphione muricata was observed and caught in the Mediterranean Sea along the coast of Israel. Morphological and molecular diagnostic characters of the species are discussed. This is the first record of this alien species in the Mediterranean Sea, and its previous reports in...

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Main Authors: L. GOREN, S. SHEFER, T. FELDSTEIN
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hellenic Centre for Marine Research 2017-03-01
Series:Mediterranean Marine Science
Subjects:
Iphione muricata, marine bioinvasions, Levant, Mediterranean Sea, Lessepsian migration, biological invasions, alien species
Online Access:https://ejournals.epublishing.ekt.gr/index.php/hcmr-med-mar-sc/article/view/13600
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spelling doaj-4cf63fbe742847a4b9fe04e8093e6f032020-11-24T23:22:40ZengHellenic Centre for Marine ResearchMediterranean Marine Science1108-393X1791-67632017-03-0118113413710.12681/mms.187411021First record of the Indo-Pacific species Iphione muricata Savigny in Lamarck, 1818 (Polychaeta: Iphionidae) from the Mediterranean Sea, IsraelL. GOREN0S. SHEFER1T. FELDSTEIN2Tel Aviv UniversityTel Aviv UniversityTel Aviv UniversityThe Indo-Pacific scaleworm Iphione muricata was observed and caught in the Mediterranean Sea along the coast of Israel. Morphological and molecular diagnostic characters of the species are discussed. This is the first record of this alien species in the Mediterranean Sea, and its previous reports in the Suez Canal suggest its introduction via Lessepsian migration.https://ejournals.epublishing.ekt.gr/index.php/hcmr-med-mar-sc/article/view/13600Iphione muricata, marine bioinvasions, Levant, Mediterranean Sea, Lessepsian migration, biological invasions, alien species
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T. FELDSTEIN
First record of the Indo-Pacific species Iphione muricata Savigny in Lamarck, 1818 (Polychaeta: Iphionidae) from the Mediterranean Sea, Israel
Mediterranean Marine Science
Iphione muricata, marine bioinvasions, Levant, Mediterranean Sea, Lessepsian migration, biological invasions, alien species
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S. SHEFER
T. FELDSTEIN
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title First record of the Indo-Pacific species Iphione muricata Savigny in Lamarck, 1818 (Polychaeta: Iphionidae) from the Mediterranean Sea, Israel
title_short First record of the Indo-Pacific species Iphione muricata Savigny in Lamarck, 1818 (Polychaeta: Iphionidae) from the Mediterranean Sea, Israel
title_full First record of the Indo-Pacific species Iphione muricata Savigny in Lamarck, 1818 (Polychaeta: Iphionidae) from the Mediterranean Sea, Israel
title_fullStr First record of the Indo-Pacific species Iphione muricata Savigny in Lamarck, 1818 (Polychaeta: Iphionidae) from the Mediterranean Sea, Israel
title_full_unstemmed First record of the Indo-Pacific species Iphione muricata Savigny in Lamarck, 1818 (Polychaeta: Iphionidae) from the Mediterranean Sea, Israel
title_sort first record of the indo-pacific species iphione muricata savigny in lamarck, 1818 (polychaeta: iphionidae) from the mediterranean sea, israel
publisher Hellenic Centre for Marine Research
series Mediterranean Marine Science
issn 1108-393X
1791-6763
publishDate 2017-03-01
description The Indo-Pacific scaleworm Iphione muricata was observed and caught in the Mediterranean Sea along the coast of Israel. Morphological and molecular diagnostic characters of the species are discussed. This is the first record of this alien species in the Mediterranean Sea, and its previous reports in the Suez Canal suggest its introduction via Lessepsian migration.
topic Iphione muricata, marine bioinvasions, Levant, Mediterranean Sea, Lessepsian migration, biological invasions, alien species
url https://ejournals.epublishing.ekt.gr/index.php/hcmr-med-mar-sc/article/view/13600
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