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Table 1 Established alien species reported before 2017 but missing from Zenetos et al. (2017)

From: Mediterranean non indigenous species at the start of the 2020s: recent changes

Higher taxon

Species

First record

Geographic expansion

BRY

Celleporella carolinensis Ryland, 1979

1993-IT: Occhipinti Ambrogi and d’Hondt 1996

locally established -see Servello et al. 2019

BRY

Microporella browni Harmelin et al. 2011

2002-LB: Harmelin et al. 2011

locally established

BRY

Thalamoporella rozieri (Audouin, 1826)

2002-LB: Harmelin 2014

locally established

CNI

Gonionemus vertens A. Agassiz, 1862

1918-IT: Joseph 1919

FR: Picard 1951/IT- see Servello et al. 2019

CNI

Scolionema suvaense (Agassiz & Mayer, 1899)

1950-FR: Picard 1951

IT: see Servello et al. 2019

CNI

Cassiopea andromeda (Forskål, 1775)

1903-CY: Maas 1903

GR, IL, IT, LB, MT, TN, TR -see EASIN

CRU

Acartia (Acanthacartia) fossae Gurney, 1927

1970s-LB: Lakkkis, 1976

EG: Abd El-Rahman 2005

CRU

Acrocalanus gibber Giesbrecht, 1888

1966-LB: Lakkis 1990

EG: Abd El-Rahman 2005

CRU

Arietellus pavoninus Sars G.O., 1905

1967-GR: Moraitou-Apostolopoulou 1969

EMED: Zenetos et al. 2010

CRU

Centropages furcatus (Dana, 1849)

1989-LB: Lakkis 1990

EG, GR,TR, LB-see EASIN

CRU

Labidocera madurae Scott A., 1909

1970s-LB: Lakkis 1976

EG: Abd El-Rahman 2005/TR: Lakkis et al. 2005

CRU

Paracartia grani Sars G.O., 1904

1975-ES: Bradford-Grieve 1999

FR, GR, IT, LB, SY, TN, TR- see EASIN

CRU

Triconia rufa (Boxshall & Böttger, 1987)

1982-LB: Malt et al. 1989

IT: see Servello et al. 2019/EG: Abd El-Rahman 2005

CRU

Triconia umerus (Böttger-Schnack & Boxshall, 1990)

2004-IT: Di Capua and Boxshall 2008

locally established -see Servello et al. 2019

CRU

Livoneca redmanii Leach, 1818

<2015-EG: Rania and Rehab 2015

locally established -see Abdel-Latif 2016

CRU

Mesanthura cf. romulea Poore & Lew Ton, 1986

<1989-EG: Samaan et al. 1989

CY, ES, GR, IT, MT, TN, TR-see Ulman et al. 2017

CRU

Synidotea variegata Collinge, 1917

1983-84-EG: Ramadan 1986

locally established –see Ramadan et al. 1998

CRU

Neomysis integer (Leach, 1814)

1939-FR: Băsescu 1941

ES: Munilla and San 2005

CRU

Megabalanus tintinnabulum (Linnaeus, 1758)

1791-IT: Poli 1791 as Lepas balanus Linnaeus, 1758

DZ, EG, GR, HR, IL, MT, SI -see EASIN

MOL

Lottia sp. Gray, 1833

2015-IT: Scuderi and Eernisse 2016

locally established -see Servello et al. 2019

MOL

Nerita sanguinolenta Menke, 1829

1969-GR: Nordsieck 1973

EG, LY, TN, TR-see EASIN

RHO

Caulacanthus okamurae Yamada

2004-FR: Mineur et al. 2007

FR: confirmed by M. Verlaque

RHO

Diplothamnion jolyi C. van den Hoek, 1978

2012-MA: Moussa et al. 2015

locally established

RHO

Spermothamnion cymosum (Harvey) De Toni

2010-IT: Armeli 2013

locally established -see Servello et al. 2019

SIP

Phascolosoma scolops (Selenka & de Man, 1883)

1975-HR: Murina 1976

CY: Açik et al. 2005

  1. Abbreviations for taxonomic groups are as follows: BRY Bryozoa, CNI Cnidaria, CRU Crustacea, MOL Mollusca, RHO Rhodophyta, SIP Sipuncula. Country codes follow the internationally accepted two-letter codes for countries (https://www.worldatlas.com/aatlas/ctycodes.htm)