First record of Okenia problematica Pola, Paz-Sedano, Macali, Minchin, Marchini, Vitale, Licchelli et Crocetta, 2019 (Gastropoda Nudibranchia Goniodorididae) for Sicily (Ionian Sea, Italy)
Lombardo, A.; Marletta, G. (2020). First record of Okenia problematica Pola, Paz-Sedano, Macali, Minchin, Marchini, Vitale, Licchelli et Crocetta, 2019 (Gastropoda Nudibranchia Goniodorididae) for Sicily (Ionian Sea, Italy). Biodiversity Journal 11(1): 17-20. https://dx.doi.org/10.31396/biodiv.jour.2020.11.1.17.20
In: Biodiversity Journal. Edizioni Danaus: Palermo. ISSN 2039-0394, more
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Goniodorididae H. Adams & A. Adams, 1854 [WoRMS]; Nudibranchia [WoRMS]; Okenia problematica Pola, Paz-Sedano, Macali, Minchin, Marchini, Vitale, Licchelli & Crocetta, 2019 [WoRMS]
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Goniodorididae; new record; Nudibranchia; Okenia problematica; Sicily |
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- Lombardo, A.
- Marletta, G.
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| Abstract |
Okenia problematica Pola, Paz-Sedano, Macali, Minchin, Marchini, Vitale, Licchelli & Crocetta, 2019 (Gastropoda Nudibranchia Goniodorididae) is here reported for the first time for Sicily. The Mediterranean species of the genus Okenia Menke, 1830 have recently undergone a taxonomic revision that has reduced the number of species from eight to six because in the past some species were misidentified. For this reason, this new species was described for the Mediterranean. In this short paper, two specimens of this species were found in two nearby areas of Catania (Ionian coast of Sicily) that are strongly anthropized. Therefore, we believe that this species is tolerant to polluted waters. |
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