Occurrence of the Spotted Sea Hare Aplysia dactylomela (Rang 1828, Aplysiidae) in the Yeşilovacık Bay, Norteastern Mediterranean Coast of Turkey

Authors : Deniz AYAS, Gülsemin ŞEN AĞILKAYA

Pages : 73-78

Doi:10.28978/nesciences.349286

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Publication Date : 2017-10-30

Article Type : Other Papers

Abstract :The alien opisthobranch, Aplysia dactylomela, is recorded for the first time from the Yeşilovacık Bay in 2017. One specimen of A. dactylomela was photographed at the infralittoral zone of the Bay . The length of the specimen was 35 cm. The individual was photographed while feeding on rocks covered with algae. The first record of the A. dactylomela from the Mediterranean Sea was reported from the island of Lampedusa insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(Central Mediterranean Sea); was reported in 2002. In the following years, A. dactylomela was reported from the North-Eastern Sicily, from the coast of Hatay insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(NE Mediterranean Sea of the Turkey);, from the island of Crete insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(Aegean Sea);, from the coast of Kaş insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(NE Mediterranean Sea of the Turkey);, from the Cirkewwa insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(Malta);, from the Akhziv submarine canyon insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(Israel);, from the island of Paros insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(Aegean Sea);, from the island of Susac insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(Crotia);, from the Montenegro insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(SE Adriatic Sea);, from the Egadi Islands marine protected area insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(western Sicily);, from the Capo San Donato harbour insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(Ligurian Sea);. 
Keywords : Spotted Sea Hare, Aplysia dactylomela, Yeşilovacık Bay, NE Mediterranean Sea