First record of a non-native pelagiid jellyfish (Scyphozoa: Pelagiidae: Chrysaora) in the easternmost mediterranean sea

Jacob Douek; Guy Paz; Baruch Rinkevich; Roy Gevili; Bella S. Galil

doi:10.3391/bir.2020.9.3.04

First record of a non-native pelagiid jellyfish (Scyphozoa: Pelagiidae: Chrysaora) in the easternmost mediterranean sea

Jacob Douek, Guy Paz, Baruch Rinkevich, Roy Gevili, Bella S. Galil

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Abstract

A single specimen of a pelagiid jellyfish collected next to Ashdod port, Israel, is referred to the genus Chrysaora Péron and Lesueur, 1810 based on molecular examinations. Despite the inability to check morphological features of diagnostic value, molecular analyses based on the mitochondrial barcoding gene cytochrome oxidase sub unit I (COI), 16S and 28S ribosomal DNA reveal marked dissimilarities from both the Northeast Atlantic-Mediterranean native Chrysaora hysoscella (Linnaeus, 1767) and the closest GeneBank/BoLD available congener, the West African C. africana (Vanhöffen, 1902). It is suggested that the species is new to science and non-native to the Mediterranean Sea, possibly the sixth introduced scyphozoan species reported in the Levant Sea.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	482-489
Number of pages	8
Journal	BioInvasions Records
Volume	9
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.3391/bir.2020.9.3.04
State	Published - Sep 2020
Externally published	Yes

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Keywords

Alien species
Chrysaora pseudoocellata
Citizen science
Levant Sea
Molecular tools
Scyphomedusae

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Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
Ecology

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First record of a non-native pelagiid jellyfish (Scyphozoa: Pelagiidae: Chrysaora) in the easternmost mediterranean sea

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