- Hasan Deniz Akbora
Faculty of Fisheries, Mersin University Yenişehir Campus, 33160, Mersin, Turkey, Department of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Eastern Mediterranean University, Famagusta 99628, North Cyprus via Mersin 10, Turkey
hasan.deniz@emu.edu.tr - Deniz Ayas
Faculty of Fisheries, Mersin University Yenişehir Campus, 33160, Mersin, Turkey
Volume 5 - No: 1
The New Intertidal Record of Goniobranchus annulatus (Eliot, 1904) (Chromodorididae) from Mersin Bay, Northeastern Mediterranean, Turkey
Keywords: Intertidal Record, Goniobranchus annulatus, Heterobranchia, Taşucu, Mersin Bay
Abstract
One individual of Goniobranchus annulatus (Eliot, 1904), which is known as a tropical species, was found at the intertidal zone among the rocks near the Taşucu Bay. It was 3 cm in length and remarkable with its bright colors. After it was photographed and measured, the specimen was released back to the sea. This Heterobranchs are widely distributed in the Indian Ocean and is also being found in the Red Sea. It was first listed as “casual” alien species in CIESM in 2005, but today, it is established in the Levantine Basin.