title: Occurrence of Diopatramarocensis (Annelida, Onuphidae) in the eastern Mediterranean.
abstract: The present study deals with the presence of Diopatramarocensis in the eastern Mediterranean. This species is small-sized and inhabited muddy bottom near the opening of rivers or lagoons [salinity range: 33-39‰] in the Aegean and Levantine Seas, and reached a maximum density of 90 ind.m(-2) in Mersin Bay. This species might be an alien species that was introduced from the East Atlantic (near Gibraltar) to the eastern Mediterranean via ballast water of ships, as it has never been reported from the western Mediterranean Sea.
authors.affiliation: Ege University, Faculty of Fisheries, Department of Hydrobiology, 35100, Bornova, Izmir, TURKEY.
authors.forename: Melih Ertan
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Cinar
authors.affiliation: National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, MRC 0163 PO Box 37012, Washington DC, 20012-7012, USA.
authors.forename: Kristian
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Fauchald
authors.affiliation: Ege University, Faculty of Fisheries, Department of Hydrobiology, 35100, Bornova, Izmir, TURKEY.
authors.forename: Ertan
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Dagli
keywords: Aegean Sea; Levantine Sea; Polychaeta; Turkey