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Volume 9, issue 1, December 2016
101 articles in this issue
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A Chinese mitten crab Eriocheir sinensis from the River Clyde – the first record of this invasive, non-native species in Scotland
Authors
- William E. Yeomans
- John Clark
- Content type: Marine Record
- Open Access
- Published: 05 December 2016
- Article: 100
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Morphological and genetic analyses of the first record of the Niger Hind, Cephalopholis nigri (Perciformes: Serranidae), in the Mediterranean Sea and of the African Hind, Cephalopholis taeniops, in Malta
Authors
- Noel Vella
- Adriana Vella
- Sandra Agius Darmanin
- Content type: Marine Record
- Open Access
- Published: 24 November 2016
- Article: 99
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First record of the Berber ponyfish Leiognathus berbis Valenciennes, 1835 (Osteichthyes: Leiognathidae) from Syrian marine waters (Eastern Mediterranean)
Authors
- Firas Alshawy
- Murhaf Lahlah
- Chirine Hussein
- Content type: Marine Record
- Open Access
- Published: 17 November 2016
- Article: 98
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Characteristics of a previously undescribed fishery and habitat for Manta alfredi in the Philippines
Authors (first, second and last of 4)
- Jo Marie V. Acebes
- Yotam Barr
- Mudjekeewis D. Santos
- Content type: Marine Record
- Open Access
- Published: 14 November 2016
- Article: 97
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Zonation patterns, composition and diversity of macroalgal communities in the eastern coasts of Qeshm Island, Persian Gulf, Iran
Authors (first, second and last of 4)
- Maryam Kokabi
- Morteza Yousefzadi
- Mohamad Amin Feghhi
- Content type: Marine Record
- Open Access
- Published: 18 October 2016
- Article: 96
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Morphological and functional abnormality in the spiny butterfly ray Gymnura altavela
Authors
- Krupskaya Narváez
- Filip Osaer
- Content type: Marine Record
- Open Access
- Published: 18 October 2016
- Article: 95
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First documented presence of Galeocerdo cuvier (Péron & Lesueur, 1822) (ELASMOBRANCHII, CARCHARHINIDAE) in the Mediterranean basin (Libyan waters)
Authors (first, second and last of 4)
- Ibrahim M. Tobuni
- Ben-Abdallah R. Benabdallah
- Esmail A. Shakman
- Content type: Review
- Open Access
- Published: 17 October 2016
- Article: 94
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First records of two Padina species (Dictyotales, Phaeophyceae) from the Syrian coast (eastern Mediterranean)
Authors
- H. Arraj
- H. Mayhoob
- A. Abbas
- Content type: Marine Record
- Open Access
- Published: 12 October 2016
- Article: 93
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Tamoya haplonema (Cnidaria: Cubozoa) from Uruguayan and adjacent waters: oceanographic context of new and historical findings
Authors (first, second and last of 12)
- Valentina Leoni
- Silvana González
- André C. Morandini
- Content type: Marine Record
- Open Access
- Published: 11 October 2016
- Article: 92
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Records of five bryozoan species from offshore gas platforms rare for the Dutch North Sea
Authors (first, second and last of 6)
- Esther D. Beukhof
- Joop W. P. Coolen
- Jerry Lust
- Content type: Marine Record
- Open Access
- Published: 11 October 2016
- Article: 91
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First North Pacific records of the pointy nosed blue chimaera, Hydrolagus cf. trolli (Chondrichthyes: Chimaeriformes: Chimaeridae)
Authors
- Amber N. Reichert
- Lonny Lundsten
- David A. Ebert
- Content type: Marine Record
- Open Access
- Published: 11 October 2016
- Article: 90
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New distributional records of three soldier fishes (Pisces: Holocentridae: Myripristis) from Indian waters
Authors
- Rekha J. Nair
- S. Dineshkumar
- Content type: Marine Record
- Open Access
- Published: 10 October 2016
- Article: 89
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Cetacean sightings, mixed-species assemblages and the easternmost record of Indopacetus pacificus from the northern Indian ocean
Authors
- Anoukchika D. Ilangakoon
- Abigail K. Alling
- Content type: Marine Record
- Open Access
- Published: 07 October 2016
- Article: 88
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New record of Carcharhinus leucas (Valenciennes, 1839) in an equatorial river system
Authors
- Leonardo Manir Feitosa
- Ana Paula Barbosa Martins
- Jorge Luiz Silva Nunes
- Content type: Marine Record
- Open Access
- Published: 06 October 2016
- Article: 87
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First record of the red alga Griffithsia capitata (Ceramiales, Rhodophyta) in the southwestern Caribbean Sea, Western Atlantic
Authors (first, second and last of 4)
- M. Natalia Rincón-Díaz
- Brigitte Gavio
- Adriana Santos-Martínez
- Content type: Marine Record
- Open Access
- Published: 06 October 2016
- Article: 86
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The Indo-Pacific bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops aduncus) in Tañon Strait, central Philippines
Authors
- Angelico Jose C. Tiongson
- Leszek Karczmarski
- Content type: Marine Record
- Open Access
- Published: 04 October 2016
- Article: 85
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Colonization record of Isognomon bicolor (Mollusca: Bivalvia) on pipeline monobuoys in the Brazilian south coast
Authors
- Vanessa Ochi Agostini
- Carla Penna Ozorio
- Content type: Marine Record
- Open Access
- Published: 28 September 2016
- Article: 84
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First record of the coloured righteye flounder, Poecilopsetta colorata (Teleostei: Poecilopsettidae) from the Sakalaves seamounts in the Mozambique Channel
Authors (first, second and last of 4)
- Wei-Jen Chen
- Jhen-Nien Chen
- Karine Olu
- Content type: Marine Record
- Open Access
- Published: 01 October 2016
- Article: 83
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New records of four reef fish species for Hong Kong
Authors
- Allen W. L. To
- Stanley K. H. Shea
- Content type: Marine Record
- Open Access
- Published: 01 October 2016
- Article: 82
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First record of Siganus randalli (Teleost, Siganidae) in New Caledonia, and comments on its diet
Authors (first, second and last of 4)
- Thibaud Moleana
- Luc Della Patrona
- Yves Letourneur
- Content type: Marine Record
- Open Access
- Published: 15 September 2016
- Article: 81
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Four new records of stranded Kemp’s ridley turtle Lepidochelys kempii in the NW Iberian Peninsula
Authors
- Pablo Covelo
- Lidia Nicolau
- Alfredo López
- Content type: Marine Record
- Open Access
- Published: 31 August 2016
- Article: 80
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The first definitive record of the giant larvacean, Bathochordaeus charon, since its original description in 1900 and a range extension to the northeast Pacific Ocean
Authors
- R. E. Sherlock
- K. R. Walz
- B. H. Robison
- Content type: Marine Record
- Open Access
- Published: 30 August 2016
- Article: 79
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Occurrence of azooxanthellate scleractinian corals off Goa, mid-west coast of India
Authors
- Lazarus Singarayan
- Chandran Rethnaraj
- Content type: Marine Record
- Open Access
- Published: 01 September 2016
- Article: 78
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Erratum to: First record of the glass octopus Vitreledonella richardi (Cephalopoda: Vitreledonellidae) from the Arabian Sea
Authors (first, second and last of 5)
- K. K. Sajikumar
- V. Venkatesan
- K. S. Mohamed
- Content type: Erratum
- Open Access
- Published: 15 August 2016
- Article: 77
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New extension range and complementary description of Eurytemora americana (Calanoida: Temoridae) in northern Korea
Authors (first, second and last of 5)
- Seong Yong Moon
- Jung-Hwa Choi
- Balu Alagar Venmathi Maran
- Content type: Marine Record
- Open Access
- Published: 15 August 2016
- Article: 76
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Species composition of extant coccolithophores including twenty six new records from the southwest Pacific near New Zealand
Authors
- F. Hoe Chang
- Lisa Northcote
- Content type: Research
- Open Access
- Published: 15 August 2016
- Article: 75
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First report of dwarf monocle bream Parascolopsis capitinis (Teleostei: Nemipteridae) from South-west coast of India
Authors
- Rekha J. Nair
- Dinesh Kumar
- Somy Kuriakose
- Content type: Marine Record
- Open Access
- Published: 05 August 2016
- Article: 74
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Caulerpa taxifolia var. distichophylla: a further stepping stone in the western Mediterranean
Authors (first, second and last of 4)
- Mariagrazia Picciotto
- Clara Bertuccio
- Nunziacarla Spanò
- Content type: Marine Record
- Open Access
- Published: 20 July 2016
- Article: 73
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Harbour porpoises in the Aegean Sea, Eastern Mediterranean: the species’ presence is confirmed
Authors (first, second and last of 9)
- A-C Cucknell
- A. Frantzis
- A. Moscrop
- Content type: Research
- Open Access
- Published: 12 July 2016
- Article: 72
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Occurrence of the Smallscale Codlet, Bregmaceros nectabanus in the Mediterranean Sea, previously misidentified as B. atlanticus in this region
Authors
- Antony S. Harold
- Daniel Golani
- Content type: Marine Record
- Open Access
- Published: 01 August 2016
- Article: 71
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First record of spine malformation of the round stingray Urobatis halleri off the Western Coast of Baja California Sur, México
Authors (first, second and last of 4)
- M. R. Ochoa-Díaz
- J. Rodriguez-Romero
- M. C. Maldonado-García
- Content type: Marine Record
- Open Access
- Published: 01 August 2016
- Article: 70
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The first record of the Speckled shrimp Metapenaeus monoceros (Fabricius, 1798) (Crustacea: Decapoda: Penaeidae) from the Iranian coastal waters
Authors
- Mohsen Safaie
- Mohammad Momeni
- Ashkan Azhdahakoshpour
- Content type: Research
- Open Access
- Published: 01 August 2016
- Article: 69
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Feeding habits of blue swimming crab Portunus segnis (Forskal, 1775) in the northern coastal waters of Iran
Authors
- Mohsen Safaie
- Content type: Research
- Open Access
- Published: 01 August 2016
- Article: 68
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First record of the irregular sea urchin Lovenia cordiformis (Echinodermata: Spatangoida: Loveniidae) in Colombia
Authors
- C. G. Muñoz
- E. Londoño-Cruz
- Content type: Marine Record
- Open Access
- Published: 01 May 2016
- Article: 67
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First record of the whitetip reef shark, Triaenodon obesus from the coast of Jalisco, western Mexico mainland
Authors
- Antonio Corgos
- Alejandro Rosende-Pereiro
- Content type: Marine Record
- Open Access
- Published: 27 June 2016
- Article: 66
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A unique subtidal vermetid reef formation in a nuclear power plant discharge area at Ilha Grande Bay (southwestern Atlantic Ocean)
Authors (first, second and last of 4)
- André Breves
- Fernando Coreixas Moraes
- Andrea Oliveira Ribeiro Junqueira
- Content type: Marine Record
- Open Access
- Published: 25 July 2016
- Article: 65
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Bottom contact behaviour by humpback whales in Brazilian waters: first underwater observations at Trindade Island
Authors (first, second and last of 4)
- Flavia C. Frizzera Pinheiro
- Hudson T. Pinheiro
- Robson G. Santos
- Content type: Marine Record
- Open Access
- Published: 27 July 2016
- Article: 64
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First record of Antarctic minke whale, Balaenoptera bonaerensis, in the northern Gulf of Mexico
Authors (first, second and last of 4)
- Patricia E. Rosel
- Lynsey A. Wilcox
- Mandy C. Tumlin
- Content type: Marine Record
- Open Access
- Published: 22 July 2016
- Article: 63
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First record of Rhodymenia holmesii (Rhodymeniaceae, Rhodophyta) for the Mediterranean Sea from Morocco
Authors (first, second and last of 5)
- Ghizlane Salhi
- Mustapha Hassoun
- Hassane Riadi
- Content type: Marine Record
- Open Access
- Published: 22 June 2016
- Article: 62
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New record of Zameus squamulosus (Chondrichthyes: Squaliformes: Somniosidae) in the Southern Gulf of Mexico
Authors (first, second and last of 4)
- Eduardo Villalobos
- Armando Martínez
- Héctor Espinosa
- Content type: Marine Record
- Open Access
- Published: 15 July 2016
- Article: 61
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New observations of the enigmatic West African Cellana limpet (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Nacellidae)
Authors
- Endre Willassen
- Akanbi Bamikole Williams
- Trond Roger Oskars
- Content type: Marine Record
- Open Access
- Published: 25 July 2016
- Article: 60
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Elacatinus figaro Sazima, Moura & Rosa, 1997 (Gobiiformes: Gobiidae): Distribution extension of a Brazilian endangered endemic reef fish with comments on south-western Atlantic Ocean biogeography
Authors (first, second and last of 4)
- Daniel Fernando Almeida
- Gabriel Soares Araujo
- Cláudio Luis Santos Sampaio
- Content type: Marine Record
- Open Access
- Published: 20 July 2016
- Article: 59
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The southernmost range limit for the hidden angelshark Squatina occulta
Authors (first, second and last of 5)
- María Lourdes Estalles
- Gustavo E. Chiaramonte
- Juan M. Díaz de Astarloa
- Content type: Marine Record
- Open Access
- Published: 01 August 2016
- Article: 58
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First record of seagrass in Cape Verde, eastern Atlantic
Authors (first, second and last of 5)
- Joel C. Creed
- Aschwin H. Engelen
- Ester A. Serrão
- Content type: Marine Record
- Open Access
- Published: 01 August 2016
- Article: 57
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Identification guide to the heterobranch sea slugs (Mollusca: Gastropoda) from Bocas del Toro, Panama
Authors (first, second and last of 16)
- Jessica A. Goodheart
- Ryan A. Ellingson
- Ángel Valdés
- Content type: Marine Record
- Open Access
- Published: 15 July 2016
- Article: 56
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Backdating the confirmed presence of Siphonaria pectinata (Gastropoda: Siphonariidae) along the northern Mediterranean shores, with a discussion on its status in the basin
Authors
- Fabio Crocetta
- Content type: Research
- Open Access
- Published: 06 July 2016
- Article: 55
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Modern problems in marine biodiversity records – illustrated by the case of the Caribbean Pelia mutica (Gibbes, 1850) confirmed in Brazil
Authors
- Bruno Welter Giraldes
- David Smyth
- Mark Chatting
- Content type: Marine Record
- Open Access
- Published: 13 July 2016
- Article: 54
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First record of the glass octopus Vitreledonella richardi (Cephalopoda: Vitreledonellidae) from the Arabian Sea
Authors (first, second and last of 5)
- K. K. Sajikumar
- V. Venkatesan
- K. S. Mohamed
- Content type: Marine Record
- Open Access
- Published: 11 July 2016
- Article: 53
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First record of the white shark Carcharodon carcharias (Lamniformes: Lamnidae) from Sabah, Malaysian Borneo
Authors
- Clinton AJ Duffy
- Content type: Marine Record
- Open Access
- Published: 04 July 2016
- Article: 52