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First record of Aplysia dactylomela (Opisthobranchia: Aplysiidae) from the Egadi Islands (western Sicily)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 March 2014

Anna Maria Mannino ,
Paolo Balistreri  and
Mehmet Baki Yokeş
Anna Maria Mannino*
Affiliation:
Department of Sciences and Biological Chemical and Pharmaceutical Technologies, University of Palermo, Via Archirafi 38, 90123 Palermo, Italy
Paolo Balistreri
Affiliation:
Department of Sciences and Biological Chemical and Pharmaceutical Technologies, University of Palermo, Via Archirafi 38, 90123 Palermo, Italy
Mehmet Baki Yokeş
Affiliation:
Halic University, Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, 34381 Istanbul, Turkey
*
Correspondence should be addressed to: A.M. Mannino, Department of Sciences and Biological Chemical and Pharmaceutical Technologies, University of Palermo, Via Archirafi 38, 90123 Palermo, Italy email: [email protected]
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Abstract

The alien mollusc Aplysia dactylomela is recorded for the first time from the Egadi Islands marine protected area (western Sicily). This species has been widely reported in the Mediterranean and has established populations in Sicily. The presence of a few specimens let us suppose that its occurrence in this area is a recent event and that soon new populations will be sighted in the whole Egadi Islands and on the western and southern coasts of Sicily.

Keywords

Mediterranean Seawestern SicilyEgadi Islands marine protected areabiological invasionsMolluscaAplysia dactylomela
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Research Article
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Marine Biodiversity Records , Volume 7 , 2014 , e22
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Copyright © Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 2014 

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