Volume 4 - No: 3
New Records of Porpita porpita (Linnaeus, 1758) (Cnidaria: Hydrozoa) in the Mediterranean Sea
- Antonio Oscar Lillo
National Research Council, Institute for Biological Resources and Marine Biotechnologies Marine Science, Lesina (FG), Italy, Ente Fauna Marina Mediterranea, Avola (SR), Italy
antoniooscar.lillo@gmail.com
- Francesco Tiralongo
Ente Fauna Marina Mediterranea, Avola (SR), Italy, University of Catania, Department of Biological, Geological and Environmental Sciences, Italy
- Elena Tondo
Ente Fauna Marina Mediterranea, Avola (SR), Italy
Keywords: Blue botton, Ionian Sea, Adriatic Sea, Italy, Hydroid
Abstract
New records of Porpita porpita are reported from the Mediterranean Sea. Although the species
appears to be widespread in the basin, the number of reported records is scarce. In this study, we
report additional record of the species from the Ionian and Adriatic Italian seas.