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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