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A new record of Holothuria arguinensis colonizing the Mediterranean Sea

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 October 2012

Mercedes González-Wangüemert  and
Giomar Borrero-Pérez
Mercedes González-Wangüemert*
Affiliation:
Centro de Ciências do Mar (CCMAR), CIMAR-Laboratório Associado, Universidade do Algarve, Gambelas, 8005-139 Faro, Portugal
Giomar Borrero-Pérez
Affiliation:
Instituto de Investigaciones Marinas y Costeras ‘José Benito Vives de Andréis' (INVEMAR), Cerro Punta Betín, AA 1016, Santa Marta, Colombia
*
Correspondence should be addressed to: M. González-Wangüemert, Centro de Ciências do Mar (CCMAR), CIMAR-Laboratório Associado, Universidade do Algarve, Gambelas, 8005-139 Faro, Portugal email: mwanguemert@ualg.pt
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Abstract

Holothuria arguinensis is reported for the first time on the south-eastern Spanish coast. One specimen of this species was identified in El Mojón (Alicante, Spain, 37°50′54.17″N 0°45′39.90″W). This finding widens the geographical range of H. arguinensis and demonstrates that its environmental requirements are changing. Future genetic studies in this species would allow us to improve our understanding of its colonization from the Atlantic Ocean to the Mediterranean Sea.

Keywords

sea cucumbersmolecular barcodingcolonizationrange expansionwater temperatureanthropogenic impact
Type
Research Article
Information
Marine Biodiversity Records , Volume 5 , August 2012 , e105
Copyright
Copyright © Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 2012

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