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<strong><em>Grandidierella</em> <em>bonnieroides</em> Stephensen, 1948 (Amphipoda, Aoridae)—first record of an established population in the Mediterranean Sea</strong>

Hadas LubinevskySabrina Lo BruttoBella S. GalilD. Iaciofano

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0106 biological sciencesMediterranean climateeducation.field_of_studyAmphipodabiology010604 marine biology & hydrobiologyPopulationbiology.organism_classification010603 evolutionary biology01 natural sciencesCrustaceanFisheryMediterranean seaGenusAnimal Science and ZoologyeducationBayEcology Evolution Behavior and SystematicsGrandidierella

description

The first record in the Mediterranean Sea of the invasive aorid amphipod crustacean Grandidierella bonnieroides is presented. A widespread circumtropical species, recorded off the Saudi coast of the Arabian Gulf, the Red Sea and the Suez Canal, it may have been introduced into the Mediterranean through the Suez Canal. This tube-builder species of soft bottoms recently established a population in the polluted Haifa Bay, Israel. Further, this is the first Mediterranean record of the genus.

yearjournalcountryeditionlanguage
2016-03-17Zootaxa
https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4092.4.3