Short communication, Note

https://doi.org/10.32582/aa.59.2.5.

First record of the invasive green alga Codium fragile ssp. fragile(Chlorophyta, Bryopsidales) in Abruzzi waters, central Adriatic Sea

Giancarlo Bellissimo orcid.org/0000-0001-5287-6686 ; Regional Agency for Environmental Protection of Sicily (ARPA Sicilia), Via Partanna Mondello 50/A, 90147 Palermo, Italy
Francesca Galfo ; Regional Agency for Environmental Protection of Sicily (ARPA Sicilia), Via Partanna Mondello 50/A, 90147 Palermo, Italy
Andrea Nicastro ; Regional Agency for Environmental Protection of Sicily (ARPA Sicilia), Via Partanna Mondello 50/A, 90147 Palermo, Italy
Roberto Costantini ; Via Risorgimento 14, Silvi Marina (Te), Italy
Luca Castriota ; Institute for Environmental Protection and Research (ISPRA), Lungomare Cristoforo Colombo n. 4521 (ex complesso Roosevelt), Località Addaura, 90149 Palermo, Italy

Abstract

The authors report for the first time on the invasive green alga Codium fragile ssp. fragile (Suringar) Hariot from the Adriatic coast of the Abruzzi Region of Italy (central Adriatic Sea). Several thalli have been found stranded on the beach of Silvi Marina since November 2015. This species, native to East Asia, has widely invaded several locations of the Mediterranean where it has been probably introduced through boating or shellfish aquaculture.

Keywords

central Adriatic Sea; Codium fragile ssp. fragile; first record; introduced species

Hrčak ID:

215091

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/215091

Publication date:

20.12.2018.

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