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Aplysia dactylomela: an alien opisthobranch in the Mediterranean

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 February 2009

Mehmet Baki Yokes
Mehmet Baki Yokes*
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Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, University of Halic, Findikzade 34093, Istanbul, Turkey
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Correspondence should be addressed to: Mehmet Baki Yokes, Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, University of Halic, Findikzade 34093, Istanbul, Turkey email: bakiyokes@halic.edu.tr
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Abstract

Aplysia dactylomela is widely distributed in the Atlantic and Indo-Pacific, but has not been recorded in the Mediterranean. Recently, underwater photographs of this species from the eastern Mediterranean were posted on Internet forums. The Mediterranean coasts of Turkey were screened for this species and two alive individuals were encountered. This study constitutes the first record of this species from the Turkish coastline and provides enough evidence that Aplysia dactylomela is spreading in the Levant Basin.

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Aplysia dactylomelaopisthobranchalienTurkeyIskenderun

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Marine Biodiversity Records , Volume 1 , January 2008 , e31
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Copyright © Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 2006

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