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Not so rare: Plocamopherus ocellatus (Nudibranchia, Polyceridae) in the Eastern Mediterranean

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 October 2015

Shevy B.-S. Rothman  and
Bella S. Galil
Shevy B.-S. Rothman
Affiliation:
Department of Zoology, George S. Wise Faculty of Life Sciences, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv 69978, Israel
Bella S. Galil*
Affiliation:
National Institute of Oceanography, Israel Oceanographic and Limnological Research, P.O. Box 8030, Haifa 31080, Israel
*
Correspondence should be addressed to: B.S. Galil, National Institute of Oceanography, Israel Oceanographic and Limnological Research, P.O. Box 8030, Haifa 31080, Israel email: bella@ocean.org.il
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Abstract

Plocamopherus ocellatus, a conspicuous but very rare Erythraean nudibranch, was first collected in the Mediterranean Sea off the Israeli coast in 1977, but no additional observations from Israeli waters were recorded in the scientific literature. Biodiversity assessment surveys of the hard bottom biota off the Mediterranean coast of Israel and sightings by recreational divers/underwater photographers in the past dozen years seem to support the presence of a local self-sustaining population off the Israeli coast.

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Plocamopherus ocellatusErythraean alienMediterraneanSuez Canal

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Marine Biodiversity Records , Volume 8 , 2015 , e144
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Copyright © Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 2015 

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