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THE CASE OF THE INDO-WEST PACIFIC HEAD-SHIELD SLUG CHELIDONURA FULVIPUNCTATA
Manuel António E. Malaquias, Andrea Zamora-Silva, Dyana Vitale, Andrea Spinelli,
Sergio De Matteo, Salvatore Giacobbe, Deneb Ortigosa, Juan L. Cervera
In Aquatic Invasions, 2016, 11 (3): 247-255.
- Phylogenetic Systematics and Evolution Research Group, Section of Taxonomy and Evolution, Department of Natural History, University Museum of Bergen, Norway
- Department of Chemical, Biological, Pharmaceutical and Environmental Sciences, University of Messina, Italy
- Department of Biology, Faculty of Marine and Environmental Sciences, University of Cádiz, International Campus of Excellence on the Sea (CEIMAR), Spain
The number of tropical species established in the Mediterranean Sea has risen at an unprecedented rate in the last 40–50 years, often entering the basin from the Red Sea and to a lesser extent by shipping or mariculture. In this work, we hypothesize that C. fulvipunctata (presently occurring in the entire Mediterranean Sea and Indo-West Pacific; only once recorded in the Red Sea) has entered the Red Sea through the Mediterranean Sea.
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