First Record of Megamphopus katagani Bakir, Sezgin & Myers, 2011 (Amphipoda, Photidae) in the Italian Waters: A Species Associated with the “Amphioxus Sand” Biocenosis-Reference-Cited by-同舟云学术

First Record of Megamphopus katagani Bakir, Sezgin & Myers, 2011 (Amphipoda, Photidae) in the Italian Waters: A Species Associated with the “Amphioxus Sand” Biocenosis

Published:2023-03-02 Issue:3 Volume:15 Page:358
ISSN:1424-2818
Container-title:Diversity
language:en
Short-container-title:Diversity

Author:

Mancini Emanuele¹²,Catalano Giuseppe³,Lezzi Marco⁴,Tiralongo Francesco²⁵⁶^ORCID,Bonifazi Andrea⁷^ORCID

Affiliation:

1. Italian Fishery Research and Studies Center, 00184 Rome, Italy

2. Ente Fauna Marina Mediterranea, Scientific Organization for Research and Conservation of Marine Biodiversity, 96012 Avola, Italy

3. Geonautics s.r.l., 92100 Agrigento, Italy

4. Struttura Oceanografica Daphne, ARPAE Emilia Romagna, 47042 Cesenatico, Italy

5. Department of Biological, Geological and Environmental Sciences, University of Catania, 95124 Catania, Italy

6. National Research Council, Institute of Marine Biological Resources and Biotechnologies, 60125 Ancona, Italy

7. Dipartimento Stato dell’Ambiente, ARPA Lazio, 00173 Rome, Italy

Abstract

The biocenosis of coarse sand and gravel exposed to bottom currents (SGCF) is the typical habitat of the amphioxus Branchiostoma lanceolatum (Pallas, 1774). This species and the habitat where it lives are threatened, and there are few reports of this biocenosis in the Italian and European waters. During a sampling survey carried out along the eastern Sicily coast (Ionian Sea) the macrozoobenthic community associated with this biocenosis was investigated. In this work, we report the presence of “Amphioxus sand” habitat in the Ionian Sicilian coast and the first record of the amphipod Megamphopus katagani Bakir, Sezgin and Myers, 2011 in the Italian waters.

Publisher

MDPI AG

Subject

Nature and Landscape Conservation,Agricultural and Biological Sciences (miscellaneous),Ecological Modeling,Ecology

Link

https://www.mdpi.com/1424-2818/15/3/358/pdf

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