New records of rarely reported species in the Mediterranean Sea (March 2025)
This collective study presents information on fifteen (15) species recorded across five countries (Greece, Italy, Slovenia, Spain, and Türkiye) and four (4) ecoregions, ranging from the Alboran Sea to the Aegean Sea. The recorded species belong to three phyla: Mollusca (3 species), Arthropoda (3 species), and Chordata (9 species). Among mollusks, Martadoris mediterranea is reported for the first time in the Aegean Sea at two different locations, while Opisthoteuthis calypso and Octopoteuthis sicula are newly recorded in the western Mediterranean. Regarding arthropods, Ocypode cursor is reported from the Tyrrhenian coast of Sicily, Pachygrapsus transversus is recorded for the first time in the Tyrrhenian Sea, and Cancer pagurus in the Sea of Marmara. Among chordates, Lobotes surinamensis and Zu cristatus are newly recorded in the Alboran Sea, while Callionymus fasciatus and Symphodus doderleini are reported from Slovenian coastal waters. Tripterygion delaisi and Gymnothorax unicolor are documented for the first time in the waters of the Sea of Marmara and Crete, respectively. Additionally, new records of rarely reported fish species include Arctozenus risso, Chromogobius zebratus, and Epinephelus aeneus in Turkish, Spanish, and Italian waters, respectively.
Authors
- Fabio Grati (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1793-303X)
- Francesco Tiralongo (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1625-0149)
- OKAN AKYOL
- Víctor Orenes‐Salazar (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9291-1087)
- Ernesto Azzurro (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9805-3164)
- Cem Dalyan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7386-5641)
- Andrea Spinelli (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0639-8809)
- Pietro Battaglia (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1822-7775)
- José Carlos Báez (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2049-0409)
- Silvestro Greco (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2137-5675)
- Lovrenc Lipej (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7608-1631)
- Borut Mavrič (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5488-0793)
- Yunus Gönül
- Carlo Pipitone (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7632-1228)
- Teresa Romeo (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8515-1964)
- Vahdet Ünal (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6157-0590)
- Chrysoula Gubili (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0866-6259)
- Dimitris Poursanidis (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3228-280X)
- Nur Bikem Kesici (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9636-1649)
- ANGEL BELMONTE-GALLEGOS
- Valentina Tanduo (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9297-4958)
- Fabio Crocetta (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2800-3735)
- Georgios Christidis (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2658-9728)
- LEON L. ZAMUDA
- Luís Sánchez-Tocino
- Domen Trkov
- Emanuele Mancini (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3286-4554)
- CHIARA SIDDIOLO (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1871-5955)
- JOSÉ ANTONIO ORTEGA CEACERO
- KONSTANTINOS SKARVELIS
- ELIF YÜCEDAĞ BAKIR
Institutions
- Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment (RU)
- University of Salento (IT)
- Universidad de Granada (ES)
- Hellenic Telecommunications Organization (Greece) (GR)
- Istituto Universitario di Studi Superiori di Pavia (IT)
- Stazione Zoologica Anton Dohrn (IT)
- University of Gastronomic Sciences (IT)
- Fatih University (TR)
- University of Catania (IT)
- Ege University (TR)
- Instituto Español de Oceanografía (ES)
- Fundación para el Fomento de la Investigación Sanitaria y Biomédica de la Comunitat Valenciana (ES)
- Estacion Experimental de Zonas Aridas (ES)
- Institute for Biomedical Research and Innovation (IT)
- Hellenic Centre for Marine Research (GR)
- National Institute of Biology (SI)
- Süleyman Şah University (TR)
- Istanbul University (TR)
- Universidad de Murcia (ES)
- Foundation for Research and Technology Hellas (GR)
- University of Palermo (IT)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Mediterranean Marine Science
- Published
- 2025-03-11
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.12681/mms.40675
- Citations
- 2
- Primary Topic
- Marine Ecology and Invasive Species
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 2.21