Sea slug night fever: 39 new records of elusive heterobranchs in the western Mediterranean (Mollusca: Gastropoda)

Citizen (or community) science has provided copious and valuable information about charismatic marine taxa such as heterobranch gas- tropods, thus contributing enormously to the known geographic dis- tribution of many sea slug species. This study reports new records of elusive sea slugs in the coast...

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Autores: Salvador, Xavier, Fernández-Vilert, Robert, Moles, Juan
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión aceptada para publicación
Fecha de publicación:2022
País:España
Institución:Universidad de Barcelona
Repositorio:Dipòsit Digital de la UB
OAI Identifier:oai:diposit.ub.edu:2445/194354
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Palabra clave:Gastròpodes
Biodiversitat
Mediterrània occidental
Gastropods
Biodiversity
Western Mediterranean
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spelling Sea slug night fever: 39 new records of elusive heterobranchs in the western Mediterranean (Mollusca: Gastropoda)Salvador, XavierFernández-Vilert, RobertMoles, JuanGastròpodesBiodiversitatMediterrània occidentalGastropodsBiodiversityWestern MediterraneanCitizen (or community) science has provided copious and valuable information about charismatic marine taxa such as heterobranch gas- tropods, thus contributing enormously to the known geographic dis- tribution of many sea slug species. This study reports new records of elusive sea slugs in the coastal western Mediterranean (especially on the Catalan and French Mediterranean coasts) and contributes to new ecological information regarding their phenology, diet and behaviour. Out of 39 species reported here, 23 are new records for the Catalan coast (NE Spain), three are new records of pelagic pteropods for the Spanish Iberian coast, and eight are new records for the French Mediterranean coast. With 25 species found active at night, this study highlights the importance of sampling at night and in shallow, often under-sampled waters with high species diversity. Shallow waters usually have less diving activity and are harder to survey with heavy scuba equipment. We believe that the high-quality photos herein and the related species information will enable researchers, divers and the community to find and recognise these rare species in the Mediterranean basin.Taylor and Francis2022info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/acceptedVersionapplication/pdfhttps://hdl.handle.net/2445/194354Articles publicats en revistes (Biologia Evolutiva, Ecologia i Ciències Ambientals)reponame:Dipòsit Digital de la UBinstname:Universidad de BarcelonaInglésVersió postprint del document publicat a: https://doi.org/10.1080/00222933.2022.2040630Journal of Natural History, 2022, vol. 56, num. 5-8, p. 265-310https://doi.org/10.1080/00222933.2022.2040630(c) Taylor and Francis, 2022info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:diposit.ub.edu:2445/1943542026-05-27T06:46:51Z
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Sea slug night fever: 39 new records of elusive heterobranchs in the western Mediterranean (Mollusca: Gastropoda)
title Sea slug night fever: 39 new records of elusive heterobranchs in the western Mediterranean (Mollusca: Gastropoda)
spellingShingle Sea slug night fever: 39 new records of elusive heterobranchs in the western Mediterranean (Mollusca: Gastropoda)
Salvador, Xavier
Gastròpodes
Biodiversitat
Mediterrània occidental
Gastropods
Biodiversity
Western Mediterranean
title_short Sea slug night fever: 39 new records of elusive heterobranchs in the western Mediterranean (Mollusca: Gastropoda)
title_full Sea slug night fever: 39 new records of elusive heterobranchs in the western Mediterranean (Mollusca: Gastropoda)
title_fullStr Sea slug night fever: 39 new records of elusive heterobranchs in the western Mediterranean (Mollusca: Gastropoda)
title_full_unstemmed Sea slug night fever: 39 new records of elusive heterobranchs in the western Mediterranean (Mollusca: Gastropoda)
title_sort Sea slug night fever: 39 new records of elusive heterobranchs in the western Mediterranean (Mollusca: Gastropoda)
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Salvador, Xavier
Fernández-Vilert, Robert
Moles, Juan
author Salvador, Xavier
author_facet Salvador, Xavier
Fernández-Vilert, Robert
Moles, Juan
author_role author
author2 Fernández-Vilert, Robert
Moles, Juan
author2_role author
author
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Gastròpodes
Biodiversitat
Mediterrània occidental
Gastropods
Biodiversity
Western Mediterranean
topic Gastròpodes
Biodiversitat
Mediterrània occidental
Gastropods
Biodiversity
Western Mediterranean
description Citizen (or community) science has provided copious and valuable information about charismatic marine taxa such as heterobranch gas- tropods, thus contributing enormously to the known geographic dis- tribution of many sea slug species. This study reports new records of elusive sea slugs in the coastal western Mediterranean (especially on the Catalan and French Mediterranean coasts) and contributes to new ecological information regarding their phenology, diet and behaviour. Out of 39 species reported here, 23 are new records for the Catalan coast (NE Spain), three are new records of pelagic pteropods for the Spanish Iberian coast, and eight are new records for the French Mediterranean coast. With 25 species found active at night, this study highlights the importance of sampling at night and in shallow, often under-sampled waters with high species diversity. Shallow waters usually have less diving activity and are harder to survey with heavy scuba equipment. We believe that the high-quality photos herein and the related species information will enable researchers, divers and the community to find and recognise these rare species in the Mediterranean basin.
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