Page 1 - Deniz_et_alii2017
P. 1

NESciences, 2017, 2(3): 73-78


                                                  -SHORT COMMUNICATION-

                       Occurrence of the Spotted Sea Hare Aplysia dactylomela (Rang 1828, Aplysiidae) in
                             the Yeşilovacık Bay, Norteastern Mediterranean Coast of Turkey


                                                       1*
                                           Deniz Ayas , Gülsemin Şen Ağilkaya   1

               1 Fisheries Faculty, Mersin University, Mersin, Turkey Yenişehir Campus, 33160, Mersin, Turkey



               Abstract
               The alien opisthobranch, Aplysia dactylomela, is recorded for the first time from the Yeşilovacık
               Bay in 2017. One specimen of A. dactylomela was photographed at the infralittoral zone of the Bay
               . The length of the specimen was 35 cm. The individual was photographed while feeding on rocks
               covered with algae.  The  first  record  of  the  A.  dactylomela  from  the  Mediterranean  Sea  was
               reported from the island of Lampedusa (Central Mediterranean Sea) was reported in 2002. In the
               following years, A. dactylomela was reported from the North-Eastern Sicily, from the coast of
               Hatay (NE Mediterranean Sea of the Turkey), from the island of Crete (Aegean Sea), from the
               coast of Kaş (NE Mediterranean Sea of the Turkey), from the Cirkewwa (Malta), from the Akhziv
               submarine canyon (Israel), from the island of Paros (Aegean Sea), from the island of Susac (Crotia),
               from the Montenegro (SE Adriatic Sea), from the Egadi Islands marine protected area (western
               Sicily), from the Capo San Donato harbour (Ligurian Sea).

               Keywords:
               Spotted Sea Hare, Aplysia dactylomela, Yeşilovacık Bay, NE Mediterranean Sea

               Article history:
               Received  6 June 2017, Accepted 22 September 2017, Available online 30 October 2017











               *  Corresponding author: Deniz Ayas, e-mail: ayasdeniz@mersin.edu.tr
   1   2   3   4   5   6