| one publication added to basket [126524] | Mariene mollusken uit het oostelijk deel van de Middelandse Ze: 14. De eerste vondsten van Octopus cyanea = Marine molluscs from the Eastern Mediterranean: 14. The first finds of Octopus cyanea
Mienis, H.K. (2003). Mariene mollusken uit het oostelijk deel van de Middelandse Ze: 14. De eerste vondsten van Octopus cyanea = Marine molluscs from the Eastern Mediterranean: 14. The first finds of Octopus cyanea. Spirula (Nederlandse ed.) 333: 88-89
In: Spirula. Correspondentieblad. Nederlandse Malacologische Vereniging: Leiden. ISSN 1566-063X, meer
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The well-known Indo-Pacific cephalopod Octopus cyanea Gray, 1849, family Octopidae, is here recorded for the first time from the Eastern Mediterranean off the coast of Israel. Two records are known, both based on the find of a single adult specimen. One had been caught south of Akko, off 'Frutarom', at a depth of 14 m; the other off Mikhmoret, both in the winter of 1997-98. The latter specimen has been kept alive in an aquarium at the Nautical School, Mevo'ot Yam, Mikhmoret. Follow up studies have to prove whether this Lessepsian migrant managed to get a permanent foothold in the Eastern Mediterranean. |
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