Abstract
The present study reports the occurrence of three Indo-Pacific gastropod species at new localities in the Mediterranean Sea. Chromodoris quadricolor was recorded on the 29 May 2004 in the eastern Medi-terranean, which is the third report of the species from the Mediterranean Sea. Finella pupoides and Syrnola fasciata are collected from the several sites in the Aegean Sea between 1997 and 2002. The morphological, ecological and distributional characteristics of these species are described.
Highlights
Since the opening of the Suez Canal in 1869, which connected two different zoogeographical regions, the eastern Mediterranean Sea is colonized by species of Indo-Pacific origin
Most of the Mediterranean alien molluscan species have been incorporated by Zenetos et al (2003) in the recently published mollusc part of the "CIESM Atlas of Exotic Species in the Mediterranean"
We provide some ecological and distributional features of Chromodoris quadricolor (Gastropoda) as a first record from the eastern Mediterranean Sea
Summary
Since the opening of the Suez Canal in 1869, which connected two different zoogeographical regions, the eastern Mediterranean Sea is colonized by species of Indo-Pacific origin. Soon thereafter, Mienis (2004) reported 23 new records for the Mediterranean Sea and additional data for 11 species, which were overlooked by Zenetos et al (2003).
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