Unpublished Mediterranean and Black Sea records of marine alien, cryptogenic, and neonative species (III)
Year: 2026
Type: article
Abstract: To enhance regional knowledge of invasive alien species (IAS), cryptogenic, and neonative species, this study compiles previously unpublished records from the Mediterranean and Black Seas via contributions from 227 marine experts. The open-access dataset includes 7,422 records from 21 countries, representing 275 taxa: 222 Animalia, 44 Plantae, and 9 Chromista. Seventy-two percent of records were collected in 2021–2024 while most reports were from Lebanon, Greece, Cyprus,Italy, and Romania. The most frequently recorded species were Siganus luridus, S. rivulatus, Callinectes sapidus, Caulerpa cylindracea and Parupeneus forsskali. Several records are biogeographically notable: basin-level firsts include Dynoides amblysinus and Symplegma rubra, and the first confirmed occurrence of Malmgrenia mcintoshi. National firsts include Mesanthura cf. romulea, Mitrella psilla, and Syllis ergeni (Algeria); Exogone breviantennata, Jassa marmorata, Leodice antennata, and Syllis schulzi (Cyprus); Botrylloides niger and Polyandrocarpa zorritensis (Greece); Microcosmus exasperatus, Phallusia nigra, and Stypopodium schimperi (Italy); Chaetozone corona (Slovenia); Peudodiaptomus marinus and Symplegma brakenhielmi (Spain); Aquilonastra burtoni, Siphonaria crenata, and Sphaeroma walkeri (Syria) and Distaplia bermudensis (Tunisia). In the Black Sea, Hydroides dianthus, Ferosagitta sp., and a zoea III of Palaemon macrodactylus are newly documented from Romanian waters. Beyond listing records, this compilation supports spatiotemporal analyses relevant to management.The sharp post-2021 increase reflects both species spread and intensified surveys, and habitat-labelled records include harbours/marinas and shellfish aquaculture settings, consistent with pathway hotspots. By revealing where and when detections concentrate—and which taxa dominate—these data can guide early detection, risk prioritization, and targeted biosecurity, while identifying under-reported coastlines.
Source: BioInvasions Records
Authors: Jennifer Pistevos, Argyro Zenetos, Yolanda Stranga, Adrian Teaca, Tatiana Begun, Domen Trkov, Joachim Langeneck, Mihaela Muresan, Robert Comas-González, Juan Sempere-Valverde, Andrea Toso, Sahar Chebaane, Carlos Navarro-Barranco, Antonietta Rosso, Lydia Png-Gonzalez, Sylvaine Giakoumi, Maite Vázquez-Luis, José Manuel Cañizares-González, Chiara Siddiolo, Gemma Donato, Salvatore Giacobbe, Aina Carbonell, Rym Zakhama-Sraieb, Emanuela Di Martino, Izdihar Ali Ammar, Andrea Cosentino, Intissar Mnasri, Rossana Sanfilippo, Ghazi Bitar, Eleni Kytinou, Gokhan Tari, Mehmet Huseyinoglu, Vasilis Gerakaris, Yiannis Issaris, Polytimi-Ioli Lardi, George Oikonomidis, Maria Salomidi, Konstantinos Tsirintanis, Periklis Kleitou, George Constantinou, Christina Michail, Michel Michel Bariche, Alan Deidun, Alessio Marrone, Michail Ragkousis, Manuela Falautano, Luca Castriota, Carla Morri, Carlo Bianchi, Grigorios Skouradakis, Fiona Nash, Markos Digenis, Emanuele Mancini, Elitsa Stefanova, Adriana Vella, Noel Vella, Vesselina Mihneva, Evangelos Papadimitriou, Marius Skolka, Kremena Stefanova, Ana Fortič, Maria Garcia, Thanos Dailianis, Laura Tamburello, Victor Surugiu, Bessy Stancanelli, Vincenzo Di Martino, Angeliki Bosmali, Borut Mavrič, Vasilis Gerovasileiou, Demetris Kletou, Fabio Crocetta, Ioannis Rallis, Julian Evans, Maria Altamirano, Leda Cai, Ergün Taşkın, Giulio Franzitta, Yassine Sghaier, Abigail Kennedy, Angela Bartolo, Frithjof Küpper, Maria Rousou, Víctor Orenes-Salazar, Andrea Bonifazi, Louis Hadjioannou, Zois Vlantaridis, Hany El Shaer, Mülkibar Çiftçioğlu, Hasan Cerim, Lovrenc Lipej, Daniele Grech, Maria Zotou, Ernesto Azzurro, Patrick Schembri, Francesco Tiralongo, Georgios Chatzigeorgiou, Manfredi Di Lorenzo, Maria Fernandez, Antonio Di Franco, Martina Orlando-Bonaca, Antonio Calò, Christina Malefaki, Jose Antonio García-Charton, Orestis Papadakis, Sercan Yapıcı, Valentina Tanduo, Ilaria D’Aniello, Marco Munari, Thodoros Kampouris, Matteo Putignano, Riccardo Virgili, Sandra Darmanin, Furkan Bilgiç, Giacomo Sardo, Monica Calabrò, Athanasios Nikolaou, Zinovia Erga, Ali Zogheib, Paolo Balistreri, Senem Çağlar, Ferhat Yalgın, David Osca, Eirini Gratsia, Giorgio Aglieri, Melih Çinar, Mirko Mutalipassi, Salvatore Coco, Andromachi Gkoulia, Alfonso Ramos-Esplà, Anna Maria Mannino, Desirèe Dimichele, Simone Spinelli, Elisa Martínez, Andrea Tursi, Annalisa Capasso, Georgios Christidis, Michele Solca, Mouna Rifi, Radhouan El Zrelli, Ramla Bouhlel, Riccardo Scalera, Ada Bandi, Anna Reboa, Antonios Mazaris, Hocein Bazairi, Marco Bertolino, Mohamed Selfati, Benedetto Sirchia, Constantinos Georgiadis, Donat Petricioli, Eleonora Macaluso, Enrico D'Aniello, Nikolaos Fotiadis, Rifat Tezel, Slavica Petović, Tatjana Bakran-Petricioli, Valentina Pitacco, Alberto Colletti, Bilel Bensari, Lamia Bahbah, Salvatore D'Aniello, Spiros Psailas, Stefanos Kalogirou, Tarik Kaikai, Aitor Forcada, Alessandro Manfredonia, Antonella Bottalico, Carlos Valle, Coline Bedoret, Dimitrios Damalas, Domenico Sacco, Ernesto Mollo, Foteini Iatrou, Frederique Cerqueira, Frédérique Viard, Guido Villani, Mathieu Foulquié, Michele Geraci, Miljan Šiško, Oscar Ocaña, Renaud Dupuy de la Grandrive, Sergio Vitale, Tullio Rossi, Ziad Samaha, Ricardo Aguilar, Helena Alvarez, Selma Menabit, Ana Bianca Pavel, Annalisa Azzola, Arthur Bos, Athanasios Anastasiadis, Jorge Blanco, Christophe Lejeusne, Daniela Coppola, Dominique Davoult, Daniel Faget, Danilo Scannella, Erica Keppel, Fabio Falsone, Fortunato Esposito, Silvia García, Giulia Furfaro, Helmut Zibrowius, Ibrahim Iziani, Iro Anastasopoulou, Konstantinos Kavakakis, Leonardo Scavino, Lorenzo Merotto, Maria Yankova, Monica Montefalcone, Neža Leban, Nicola Ungaro, Paolo Mariottini, Allison Perry, Petros Stavrou, Valerio Mazzella, Violin Raykov, Jasmine Ferrario, Caterina Stamouli, Apostolos Siapatis, Emmanouela Vernadou, Claudia Bommarito, Giacomo Milisenda, Emanuele Somma, Stefania Russo, Stelios Katsanevakis
Institutions: University of the Aegean, Hellenic Centre for Marine Research, GeoEcoMar, National Institute of Biology, CoNISMa, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Instituto Español de Oceanografía, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Universidad de Sevilla, University of Salento, University of Catania, Stazione Zoologica Anton Dohrn, Istituto Universitario di Studi Superiori di Pavia, University of Messina, Tunis University, Tunis El Manar University, Manouba University, Latakia University, Lebanese University, University of Kyrenia, Marine & Environmental Research Lab Ltd (Cyprus), American University of Beirut, University of Malta, Istituto Superiore per la Protezione e la Ricerca Ambientale, Ionian University, Mediterranean Institute for Advanced Studies
Language: English
Subfield: Global and Planetary Change
Field: Environmental Science
Domain: Physical Sciences
SDG: Life below water
Open Access status: gold
Estimated APC paid: $323
Funders: Universidad de Alicante, Biodiversa+, European Commission, Université Libanaise, Javna Agencija za Raziskovalno Dejavnost RS, Türkiye Bilimsel ve Teknolojik Araştırma Kurumu, Università di Catania, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Universitat de Barcelona, Hellenic Foundation for Research and Innovation, Université de Tunis El Manar, Advanced Research Projects Agency, National Outstanding Youth Science Fund Project of National Natural Science Foundation of China
OpenAlex ID: W7204023549