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Zoobotryon verticillatum (Bryozoa: Ctenostomatida: Vesiculariidae), a new occurrence on the Mediterranean coast of Israel

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 March 2014

Bella S. Galil  and
Roy Gevili
Bella S. Galil*
Affiliation:
National Institute of Oceanography, Israel Oceanographic and Limnological Research, POB 8030, Haifa 31080, Israel
Roy Gevili
Affiliation:
Rogozin 54/26, Ashdod 77440, Israel
*
Correspondence should be addressed to: B.S. Galil, National Institute of Oceanography, Israel Oceanographic and Limnological Research, POB 8030, Haifa 31080, Israel email: bella@ocean.org.il
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Abstract

Zoobotryon verticillatum, a widely dispersed stoloniferous fouling bryozoan, has been recently recorded from specimens collected from the hulls of vessels berthed in an Israeli marina. Though conspicuous and distinctive, it has been rarely recorded in surveys of the bryozoan fauna along the Levant coastline conducted over the past half century. It is suggested the species is native to the Caribbean Sea, and an invasive alien elsewhere, including the Mediterranean Sea.

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invasive alienshippingfoulingLevantine BasinCaribbean Sea

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Marine Biodiversity Records , Volume 7 , 2014 , e17
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Copyright © Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 2014 

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