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Objavljeni brojevi Issue number: Natura Croatica, Vol. 33 No.1

Range expansion of the alien polychaete Branchiomma luctuosum (Grube, 1870) (Sabellidae) in Morocco (the southwestern Mediterranean Sea)

Authors: Youness Mabrouki, Abdelkhaleq Fouzi Taybi

Authors and affiliation

  • Youness Mabrouki Université Sidi Mohamed Ben Abdellah, Faculté des Sciences de Dhar El Mehraz, L aboratoire de Biotechnologie, Conservation et Valorisation des Ressources Naturelles, Fes, Morocco
  • Abdelkhaleq Fouzi Taybi Université Mohammed Premier, Faculté Pluridisciplinaire de Nador, Équipe de Recherche en Biologie et Biotechnologie Appliquées. Morocco

Abstract

During a field survey of marine alien species along the Mediterranean coast of Morocco, the invasive sabellid polychaete Branchiomma luctuosum (Grube, 1870) was detected for the first time in the Ramsar site of Marchica lagoon. This finding represents the second record of this species in the country and the westernmost record in the southern Mediterranean, indicating its rapid expansion along the Moroccan coast.

Keywords

North Africa, Marchica lagoon, alien fan worm, rapid expansion

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