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Polycerella emertoni and Favorinus ghanensis: two new alien sea slug molluscs from the Moroccan Atlantic coasts

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  13 February 2014

Naoufal Tamsouri ,
Leila Carmona ,
Abdellatif Moukrim  and
Juan Lucas Cervera
Naoufal Tamsouri*
Affiliation:
University of Ibn Zohr, Département de Biologie
Leila Carmona
Affiliation:
University of Cadiz, Biology
Abdellatif Moukrim
Affiliation:
University Ibn Zohr, Biology
Juan Lucas Cervera
Affiliation:
University of Cadiz, Biology
*
Correspondence should be addressed to: N. Tamsouri, Laboratoire des ‘Systèmes Aquatiques: Milieu marin et continental’, Département de Biologie, Faculté des Sciences, BP8106, Cité Dakhla, 80000 Agadir, Morocco email: tamsouri_naoufal@yahoo.fr
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Abstract

Polycerella emertoni and Favorinus ghanensis were originally described from Connecticut and Ghana respectively. While the last species has been found only twice since it was described, P. emertoni has already been reported in the eastern Atlantic and Mediterranean (Portugal, Gulf of Cadiz and Gulf of Naples). In this paper, we provide new records of both species from the region of Agadir (Morocco). Since the specimens studied in this paper were collected within harbour areas, we suggest shipping activities as the most plausible vector of introduction.

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Polycerella emertoniFavorinus ghanensisNudibranchianorth-eastern AtlanticMoroccoalien species

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Marine Biodiversity Records , Volume 7 , 2014 , e13
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Copyright © Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 2014 

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