title: Grandidierella bonnieroides Stephensen, 1948 (Amphipoda, Aoridae)-first record of an established population in the Mediterranean Sea.
abstract: The first record in the Mediterranean Sea of the invasive aorid amphipod crustacean Grandidierella bonnieroides is presented. A widespread circumtropical species, recorded off the Saudi coast of the Arabian Gulf, the Red Sea and the Suez Canal, it may have been introduced into the Mediterranean through the Suez Canal. This tube-builder species of soft bottoms recently established a population in the polluted Haifa Bay, Israel. Further, this is the first Mediterranean record of the genus.
authors.affiliation: Dept. STeBiCeF, Section of Animal Biology, University of Palermo, via Archirafi 18, 90123 Palermo, Italy.; Email: sabrina.lobrutto@unipa.it.
authors.forename: Sabrina Lo
authors.initials: SL
authors.lastname: Brutto
authors.affiliation: Dept. STeBiCeF, Section of Animal Biology, University of Palermo, via Archirafi 18, 90123 Palermo, Italy.; Email: unknown.
authors.forename: Davide
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Iaciofano
authors.affiliation: National Institute of Oceanography, Israel Oceanographic and Limnological Research, 31080 Haifa, Israel.; Email: unknown.
authors.forename: Hadas
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Lubinevsky
authors.affiliation: National Institute of Oceanography, Israel Oceanographic and Limnological Research, 31080 Haifa, Israel.; Email: unknown.
authors.forename: Bella S
authors.initials: BS
authors.lastname: Galil
mesh_terms: D033304:Amphipoda / Q000033:anatomy & histology* / Q000145:classification* / Q000502:physiology; D063147:Animal Distribution; D000818:Animals; D005260:Female; D008297:Male; D008522:Mediterranean Sea; D013045:Species Specificity