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The occurrence of a small brackish water bloom-forming dinoflagellate belonging to the genus Peridiniopsis is reported for the first time from the Shatt Al-Arab River in Iraq. Based on the study of cell morpholog...
Citation: Marine Biodiversity Records 2016 9:40
Marivagia stellata Galil and Gershwin, 2010 (Scyphozoa: Rhizostomeae: Cepheidae), was recorded for the first time off the Syrian coast on the 6th of July 2015. Several specimens of the alien sea jelly species M. ...
Citation: Marine Biodiversity Records 2016 9:23
Sardines are the most important commercial fishes for Iran. However, information about biology and ecology of sind sardine in Persian Gulf and Oman Sea is scarce.
Citation: Marine Biodiversity Records 2016 9:44
The genus Lysmata includes about 40 described species of which at least 12 species occur in the western Atlantic. The present study records the extension of the southern limit of distr...
Citation: Marine Biodiversity Records 2016 9:34
The known historical range of Siphonaria pectinata in the Mediterranean basin is unclear so far. Confirmed records come from the Strait of Gibraltar, the African coastline up to Algeria and the Spanish coastline ...
Citation: Marine Biodiversity Records 2016 9:55
The eastern North Pacific population of right whale (Eubalaena japonica) is considered to be one of the smallest whale populations in the world and is at serious risk of extirpation. During the past century, ther...
Citation: Marine Biodiversity Records 2016 9:50
Mangroves are distributed among tropical and subtropical coastlines of all oceans, and associated macroflora and macrofauna are generally well studied. However, information on mangrove-associated microbiota is...
Citation: Marine Biodiversity Records 2016 9:31
Although widespread and intensively studied in the Southwest and Northeast Pacific Ocean, relatively little is known of the distribution and biology of the white shark (Carcharodon carcharias) Northwest Pacific.
Citation: Marine Biodiversity Records 2016 9:52
Cassiopea andromeda is reported here after long gap of almost a century from the Gulf of Kutch, Gujarat. This is the first record of scyphistoma form of the species from India and first record of the medusa from ...
Citation: Marine Biodiversity Records 2016 9:36
Cyprus is affected by the invasion of non-indigenous ‘lessepsian’ species due to its proximity to the Suez Canal. Thus, recent ongoing studies in the marine area of Cyprus reveal new records of such Erythrean ...
Citation: Marine Biodiversity Records 2016 9:33
Port Stephens, on the central New South Wales coast, provides ideal oceanographic and benthic conditions for the settlement and growth of larvae of tropical species delivered from the north by the East Austral...
Citation: Marine Biodiversity Records 2016 9:27
We report the first sighting of a dead giant squid observed from a seismic vessel operating offshore Brazil. The observation was made by Marine Mammal Observers working on the vessel. The specimen was photogra...
Citation: Marine Biodiversity Records 2016 9:26
The Galapagos Slipper lobster, Scyllarides astori, has been reported from rocky reefs along the Eastern Tropical Pacific: the Gulf of California, the Galapagos Archipelago and mainland Ecuador. Although larval st...
Citation: Marine Biodiversity Records 2016 9:48
Until now, few sightings of the alien lionfish Pterois miles have been reported in the Mediterranean and it was questionable whether the species could invade this region like it has in the western Atlantic. He...
Citation: Marine Biodiversity Records 2016 9:46
The whitetip reef shark, Triaenodon obesus, is distributed across the entire Indo-Pacific region, from South Africa and the Red Sea to Australia, Micronesia, the Pitcairn Islands, and Hawaii. It has also been rep...
Citation: Marine Biodiversity Records 2016 9:66
The rhodymenialean red algal species Rhodymenia holmesii was collected in the lower intertidal zones from Dalya and Al-Hoceima (Northern Morocco, Mediterranean Sea). This represents the first record and descripti...
Citation: Marine Biodiversity Records 2016 9:62
Because of their usually cryptic behaviour, most knowledge on the biology of beaked whales are from records of stranded animals. Although the Cuvier’s beaked whale (Ziphius cavirostris) is the best known species ...
Citation: Marine Biodiversity Records 2016 9:30
The chirostylid squat lobster, Chirostylus dolichopus Ortmann, 1892, was rediscovered from its type locality, Katsuyama (Boso Peninsula, Honshu, Japan) (35°06.7′N, 139°48.8′E), since the holotype had been collect...
Citation: Marine Biodiversity Records 2016 9:28
A sampling effort carried out in the Northern coast of Portugal revealed the presence of two species of sea spiders that are recorded for the first time in Portugal: Anoplodactylus angula...
Citation: Marine Biodiversity Records 2016 9:24
Diplocirrus nicolaji is a flabelligerid worm originally described from shallow waters of Peter the Great Bay, Sea of Japan. Later, this species was also recorded from Japan, but detailed ...
Citation: Marine Biodiversity Records 2016 9:22
Large oceanic salps are rarely encountered. The highest recorded biomasses of the salps Thetys vagina (852 g WW m−3) and Cyclosalpa affinis (1149 g WW m−3) were observed in the Tasman Sea during January 2009.
Citation: Marine Biodiversity Records 2016 9:21
Pacific bluefin tuna (Thunnus orientalis) spawning adults, juveniles and larvae are all reported to occur in areas between Philippine Sea and Japan Sea. However, no DNA evidence has been generated to support t...
Citation: Marine Biodiversity Records 2016 9:25
The Bahamas is a region with high diversity of marine molluscs and a high rate of endemism. In certain groups of heterobranchs it is common to observe a distribution pattern consisting of an endemic species fr...
Citation: Marine Biodiversity Records 2016 9:20
A first record of occurrence of the irregular sea urchin Lovenia cordiformis in the Colombian Pacific is herein reported.
Citation: Marine Biodiversity Records 2016 9:67
One specimen of Carapus acus was captured in the Gulf of Gabès (southern Tunisia, central Mediterranean Sea), during an experimental bottom trawl survey in the frame of the monitoring of benthic fish stocks of th...
Citation: Marine Biodiversity Records 2016 9:7
A new record of the endangered species blackchin guitarfish, Rhinobatos cemiculus (925 mm TL) is here reported from South Aegean Sea. On 11 January 2015, a single specimen was collected by longline off from the K...
Citation: Marine Biodiversity Records 2016 9:13
Most species of Polyplacophora are found in shallow, coastal water, and their distribution and ecology is generally well known. On the contrary, information related with distribution, biology and ecology of de...
Citation: Marine Biodiversity Records 2016 9:10
During a survey in Santa Gilla, a Tyrrhenian lagoon located in southern Sardinia, several specimens of the alien polychaete Naineris setosa were found. 1) A brief description of the specimens is presented; they p...
Citation: Marine Biodiversity Records 2016 9:5
The population of grey nurse sharks (Carcharias taurus) found along the coast of Western Australia (WA) is listed as Near Threatened under the International Union for Conservation of Nature and yet has been the s...
Citation: Marine Biodiversity Records 2016 9:17
The introduction and spread of non-indigenous species is one of the main threats to biodiversity of aquatic ecosystems and it is becoming an increasing problem for the international scientific community. Aquac...
Citation: Marine Biodiversity Records 2016 9:12
The brittle star Ophiothela mirabilis has recently invaded and is expanding its range in the southwest Atlantic.
Citation: Marine Biodiversity Records 2016 9:8
Priacanthus sagittarius and P. arenatus are the only two priacanthid species recorded from the Mediterranean Sea.
Citation: Marine Biodiversity Records 2016 9:6
The families Xanthdiae and Pilumnidae are two common families of the brachyuran crabs in the Persian Gulf. These families are represented with 25 and 23 species, respectively, in the Gulf.
Citation: Marine Biodiversity Records 2016 9:19
This study compiles the diversity of sea anemones in different shallow habitats (i.e. rocky shores, coral reefs, mangroves and sandy bottoms) in several locations of Venezuela, including the most important mar...
Citation: Marine Biodiversity Records 2016 9:18
Alien fish species are increasing in the Mediterranean Sea, urging closer monitoring of coastal habitats and biodiversity towards achieving timely assessment and management. Among the alien fish species found ...
Citation: Marine Biodiversity Records 2016 9:15
The seastar Hacelia attenuata is present in the Mediterranean but also in the Azores, Madeira, Canary Islands, Cape Verde and Gulf of Guinea.
Citation: Marine Biodiversity Records 2016 9:9
The red pandora, Pagellus bellottii, is a tropical and subtropical demersal porgy (Sparidae) distributed in the eastern Atlantic, mostly along African coast. Several recent records in the Gulf of Cádiz suggests a...
Citation: Marine Biodiversity Records 2016 9:16
The mysid Heteromysis (Heteromysis) microps is reported for the first time in the Bay of Biscay. During surveys carried out between March and September 2015 in Arcachon Bay, mysid specimens were fortuitously coll...
Citation: Marine Biodiversity Records 2016 9:14
In the various sites in Sea of Marmara, copepoda Acartia (Acartiura) clausi, Calanus euxinus, Centropages ponticus were invaded by Ellobiopsis chattoni.
Citation: Marine Biodiversity Records 2016 9:11
Septibranchia comprises groups of bivalves that have developed a series of anatomical and conchological modifications toward a carnivorous and/or saprophagic lifestyle. The present study aims to identify the s...
Citation: Marine Biodiversity Records 2016 9:4
Populations of Indo-Pacific humpback dolphins (Sousa chinensis) in China were known to be distributed from the Beibu Gulf near the border with Vietnam to the mouth of the Yangtze River. According to existing stud...
Citation: Marine Biodiversity Records 2016 9:3
We analyzed the sipunculan fauna inhabiting the scleractinian coral Oculina patagonica in the Marine Reserve of Tabarca Island (western Mediterranean).
Citation: Marine Biodiversity Records 2016 9:2
New records of occurrence of two snipe eels (Avocettina bowersii and Nemichthys scolopaceus), poorly known for the Pacific coast of Costa Rica and Panama are herein reported.
Citation: Marine Biodiversity Records 2016 9:1
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