A most northern record of alien tunicate Phallusia nigra Savigny, 1816, population from the Argolic Gulf, Greece

Authors : Panagiotis LATSOUDİS

Pages : 192-197

Doi:10.28978/nesciences.832997

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Publication Date : 2020-11-27

Article Type : Other Papers

Abstract :The black tunicate Phallusia nigra, Savigny, 1816 insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(Ascidiacea); is considered an alien species that has colonized the Levantine Sea. During a littoral zone search in July 2019 into the Porto Heli Bay insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(Argolid Peninsula, Peloponnese, Greece);, a well-established population of the species was observed on a floating jetty. A large number of individuals insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(more than 50); suggests that the species is recently expanding its distribution into the northern and western part of the East Mediterranean Sea, after 67 years of occurrence in the Mediterranean Sea.
Keywords : Argolic Peninsula, Phallusia nigra, Alien species, Ascidian, Greek waters