New records of introduced species in the Mediterranean Sea (April 2023)

This Collective article reports 17 introduced species and 22 new locations for these in the Mediterranean Sea. The are from three different Marine Strategy Framework Directive (MSFD) subregions (Aegean-Levantine Sea, Adriatic Sea Western Sea) of Marmara cover ten countries. goal consistent detailed reporting is to complement existing inventories serve as a basis establishing monitoring strategies other conservation measures. Some this first records namely green alga Udotea flabellum Aegean (Turkey) deepbody boarfish Antigonia capros Balearic (Spain). In addition, included seas, moon crab Matuta victor (Greece), whale shark Rhincodon typus lionfish Pterois miles Alboran (Spain), almaco jack Seriola rivoliana Tyrrhenian (Italy), hound needlefish Tylosurus crocodilus (Italy). Furthermore, on country included: red Colaconema codicola Slovenia, nudibranch Melibe viridis Bosnia Herzegovina, Montenegro, goldstripe sardinella Sardinella gibbosa Syria, which also represents second record occurrence scleractinian coral Oculina patagonica was noted Gulf Lion (France). Four polychaete species, Leodice antennata, Timarete punctata Branchiomma bairdi, reported vermetid reef habitat two them (L. antennata B. bairdi) recorded time Lebanon. Evidence established populations Asian date mussel Arcuatula senhousia rayed pearl oyster Pinctada radiata around island Sardinia (Italy) provided.