Sea slug night fever: 39 new records of elusive heterobranchs in the western Mediterranean (Mollusca: Gastropoda)
| Autor: | Juan Moles, Robert Fernandez-Vilert, Xavier Salvador Costa |
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| Přispěvatelé: | Agencia Estatal de Investigación (España), Alexander von Humboldt Foundation |
| Rok vydání: | 2022 |
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Western Mediterranean
Runcinida Cephalaspidea Gastropoda Dotidae Philinidae Eubranchidae Aegiridae Hyalocylidae Mediterranean Sea Cadlinidae Polyceridae Gastròpodes Animalia Nudibranchia Trinchesiidae Uncommon species Pteropoda Ecology Evolution Behavior and Systematics Pneumodermatidae Taxonomy New records Siphonariidae Limapontiidae Biodiversity Creseidae Biodiversitat Peraclidae Hermaeidae Aplysiida Plakobranchidae Gastropods Mollusca Haminoeidae Mediterrània occidental Phylliroidae Aeolidiidae Piseinotecidae Runcinidae Goniodorididae Myrrhinidae Marine heterobranchs |
| Zdroj: | Digital.CSIC. Repositorio Institucional del CSIC instname |
| Popis: | 46 pages, 6 figures, 1 table.-- This is study #7 of the GROC Association Citizen (or community) science has provided copious and valuable information about charismatic marine taxa such as heterobranch gastropods, thus contributing enormously to the known geographic distribution of many sea slug species. This study reports new records of elusive sea slugs in the coastal western Mediterranean (especially on the Catalan and French Mediterranean coasts) and contributes to new ecological information regarding their phenology, diet and behaviour. Out of 39 species reported here, 23 are new records for the Catalan coast (NE Spain), three are new records of pelagic pteropods for the Spanish Iberian coast, and eight are new records for the French Mediterranean coast. With 25 species found active at night, this study highlights the importance of sampling at night and in shallow, often under-sampled waters with high species diversity. Shallow waters usually have less diving activity and are harder to survey with heavy scuba equipment. We believe that the high-quality photos herein and the related species information will enable researchers, divers and the community to find and recognise these rare species in the Mediterranean basin Sampling was partially funded by the Artenvielfalt erforschen und retten Association (https://www.artenforschung.de/; Germany). [...] For J. Moles, a postdoctoral fellowship was supported by the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation (Germany). With the institutional support of the ‘Severo Ochoa Centre of Excellence’ accreditation (CEX2019-000928-S) |
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