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New record of the non-indigenous species Microcosmus squamiger (Ascidiacea: Stolidobranchia) in the harbour of Salerno (Tyrrhenian Sea, Italy)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 January 2009

F. Mastrototaro  and
M. Dappiano
F. Mastrototaro*
Affiliation:
Dipartimento di Zoologia, Università di Bari, via Orabona, 4 - 70125 Bari, Italy
M. Dappiano
Affiliation:
Laboratorio di Ecologia del Benthos, Stazione Zoologica ‘A. Dohrn’ Punta San Pietro - 80077 Ischia, Napoli, Italy
*
Correspondence should be addressed to: F. Mastrototaro, Dipartimento di Zoologia, Università di Bari, via Orabona 4, 70125 Bari, Italy email: f.mastrototaro@biologia.uniba.it
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Abstract

The first record of the non-indigenous ascidian Microcosmus squamiger in the Salerno harbour (central Tyrrhenian Sea) is reported. Forty-eight specimens of this solitary ascidian were found (September, 2000) on hard bottoms of the internal piers and on the breakwater rocks along the harbour at 2 and 4 m depth respectively.

Keywords

ascidiannon-indigenousMediterranean SeaMicrocosmus squamiger
Type
Research Article
Information
Marine Biodiversity Records , Volume 1 , January 2008 , e12
Copyright
Copyright © Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 2005

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