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Mytilopsis sallei (Mollusca: Bivalvia: Dreissenidae) established on the Mediterranean coast of Israel

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  16 April 2009

B.S. Galil  and
Cesare Bogi
B.S. Galil*
Affiliation:
National Institute of Oceanography, Israel Oceanographic and Limnological Research, POB 8030, Haifa 31080, Israel
Cesare Bogi
Affiliation:
Via delle Viole 7, 57124 Livorno, Italy
*
Correspondence should be addressed to: B.S. Galil, National Institute of Oceanography, Israel Oceanographic and Limnological Research, POB 8030, Haifa 31080, Israel email: Bella@ocean.org.il
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Abstract

The black striped mussel Mytilopsis sallei, originally described from Guatemala, is reported for the first time from the Mediterranean Sea. In the late 20th Century the species was transported to south-east Asia, where it has caused economic and ecological damage. Its recent discovery in Haifa Harbour, Israel, suggests that the vessel-transported species has been established in the Mediterranean as well.

Keywords

Mytilopsis salleiMolluscaDreissenidaeMediterraneanIsraelfoulingalien
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Research Article
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Marine Biodiversity Records , Volume 2 , January 2009 , e73
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Copyright © Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 2009

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