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ANNALES 5 1 Anali za istrske in mediteranske študije Annali di Studi istriani e mediterranei Annals for Istrian and Mediterranean Studies Series Historia Naturalis, 28, 2018, 1 Series Historia Naturalis, 28, 2018, 1 28, 2018, Naturalis, Series Historia 6 2 7 3 ISSN 1408-533X Cena: 11,00 EUR 8 UDK 5 Annales, Ser. hist. nat., 28, 2018, 1, pp. 1-92, Koper 2018 ISSN 1408-533X 4 UDK 5 I SSN 1408-533X Anali za istrske in mediteranske študije Annali di Studi istriani e mediterranei Annals for Istrian and Mediterranean Studies Series historia naturalis, 28, 2018, 1 KOPER 2018 ANNALES · Ser. hist. nat. · 28 · 2018 · 1 Anali za istrske in mediteranske študije - Annali di Studi istriani e mediterranei - Annals for Istrian and Mediterranean Studies ISSN 1408-533X UDK 5 Letnik 28, leto 2018, številka 1 UREDNIŠKI ODBOR/ Nicola Bettoso (IT), Christian Capapé (FR), Darko Darovec, Dušan COMITATO DI REDAZIONE/ Devetak, Jakov Dulčić (HR), Serena Fonda Umani (IT), Andrej BOARD OF EDITORS: Gogala, Daniel Golani (IL), Danijel Ivajnšič, Mitja Kaligarič, Marcelo Kovačič (HR), Andrej Kranjc, Lovrenc Lipej, Vesna Mačić (ME), Alenka Malej, Patricija Mozetič, Martina Orlando-Bonaca, Michael Stachowitsch (AT), Tom Turk, Al Vrezec Glavni urednik/Redattore capo/ Darko Darovec Editor in chief: Odgovorni urednik naravoslovja/ Lovrenc Lipej Redattore responsabile per le scienze naturali/Natural Science Editor: Urednica/Redattrice/Editor: Martina Orlando-Bonaca Lektor/Supervisione/Language editor: Polona Šergon (sl.), Petra Berlot (angl.) 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Vsi članki so v barvni verziji prosto dostopni na spletni strani: http://zdjp.si/p/annalesshn/ All articles are freely available in color via website: http://zdjp.si/en/p/annalesshn/ ANNALES · Ser. hist. nat. · 28 · 2018 · 1 Anali za istrske in mediteranske študije - Annali di Studi istriani e mediterranei - Annals for Istrian and Mediterranean Studies UDK 5 Letnik 28, Koper 2018, številka 1 ISSN 1408-533X VSEBINA / INDICE GENERALE / CONTENTS FAVNA IHTIOLOGIJA FAUNA ITTIOLOGIA FAUNA ICHTHYOLOGY Mirta KUČIĆ & Leo LANČA Francesco TIRALONGO, Giuseppina MESSINA, First record of alien seaslug Godiva Salvatore COCO & Bianca Maria LOMBARDO quadricolor (Barnard, 1927) (Gastropoda: On the presence of a well-established Nudibranchia) in the eastern Adriatic Sea population of Lobotes surinamensis (Bloch, Prvi zapis o pojavljanju tujerodnega polža 1790) in the central Mediterranean Sea zaškrgarja vrste Godiva quadricolor O naturalizirani populaciji triplavutnice (Barnard, 1927) (Gastropoda: Nudibranchia) Lobotes surinamensis (Bloch, 1790) v vzhodnem Jadranu ............................................. 1 v osrednjem Sredozemskem morju ....................... 31 Ahmet ÖKTENER, Dilek TÜRKER & Ali ALAŞ Emna SOUFI-KECHAOU, Khadija OUNIFI-BEN First record of Ceratothoa oxyrrhynchaena AMOR, Jamila BEN SOUISSI, Sihem (Isopoda: Cymothoidae) from Turkish RAFRAFI-NOUIRA & Christian CAPAPÉ marine waters Additional record of tripletail Lobotes Prvi zapis o pojavljanju zajedalskega raka surinamensis (Osteichthyes: Lobotidae) enakonožca vrste Ceratothoa oxyrrhynchaena in Tunisian waters (central Mediterranean Sea) (Isopoda: Cymothoidae) v turških vodah .............. 7 Novi zapis o pojavljanju triplavutarice Lobotes surinamensis (Osteichthyes: Lobotidae) Nicola BETTOSO, Marin KIRINČIĆ, v tunizijskih vodah (osrednje Borut MAVRIČ & Lovrenc LIPEJ Sredozemsko morje) ............................................. 37 On the rare and less known shamefaced crab Calappa granulata (Brachyura, Calappidae) Borut MAVRIČ & Branko DRAGIČEVIĆ in the northern Adriatic Sea First record of the meagre, Argyrosomus O redki in manj znani vrsti rakovice Calappa regius (Asso, 1801), in Slovenian coastal granulata (Brachyura, Calappidae) waters with additional records from v severnem Jadranu .............................................. 15 the Croatian part of the Adriatic Sea Prvi primer pojavljanja hame, Argyrosomus SREDOZEMSKI MORSKI PSI regius (Asso, 1801),v slovenskem obalnem SQUALI MEDITERRANEI morju z dodatnimi zapisi pojavljanja MEDITERRANEAN SHARKS iz hrvaškega dela Jadrana ..................................... 43 Emna SOUFI-KECHAOU, Khadija OUNIFI-BEN Sihem RAFRAFI-NOUIRA, Jamila BEN SOUISSI & AMOR, Jamila BEN SOUISSI, Mohamed Mourad Christian CAPAPÉ BEN AMOR & Christian CAPAPÉ About teleost species from deep marine The capture of a large predatory shark, Tunisian waters: with additional records Carcharhinus plumbeus (Chondrichthyes: of Sloane’s viperfish Chauliodus sloani Carcharhinidae), off the Tunisian coast and confirmed occurrence of blackfin (central Mediterranean) sorcerer Nettastoma melanurum Ulov velikega primerka sivega morskega psa O ribah kostnicah iz globokomorskega Carcharhinus plumbeus (Chondrichthyes: okolja ob Tuniziji: novi podatki o vrsti Carcharhinidae) v tunizijskih vodah Chauliodus sloani in potrjen zapis o vrsti (osrednje Sredozemsko morje) ............................. 23 Nettastoma melanurum ........................................ 51 ANNALES · Ser. hist. nat. · 28 · 2018 · 1 FLORA OBLETNICE FLORA ANNIVERSARI FLORA ANNIVERSARIES Amelio PEZZETTA Jadran FAGANELI Le Orchidaceae del Comune città Sedemdeset let profesorice Alenke Malej .............. 81 di Capodistria (Slovenia) Kukavičevke koprske občine ................................. 61 Navodila avtorjem ................................................ 83 Istruzioni per gli autori .......................................... 85 OCENE IN POROČILA Instruction to authors ............................................ 87 RECENSIONI E RELAZIONI REVIEWS AND REPORTS Kazalo k slikam na ovitku ..................................... 90 Index to images on the cover ................................ 90 Petar KRUŽIĆ Book review: Polži zaškrgarji slovenskega morja ... 75 Lovrenc LIPEJ Book review: Atlas ptica Istre ................................ 76 ANNALES · Ser. hist. nat. · 28 · 2018 · 1 short scientifi c article DOI 10.19233/ASHN.2018.01 received: 2018-04-12 FIRST RECORD OF ALIEN SEASLUG GODIVA QUADRICOLOR (BARNARD, 1927) (GASTROPODA: NUDIBRANCHIA) IN THE EASTERN ADRIATIC SEA Mirta KUČIĆ & Leo LANČA Mirta Kučić, Vresikovo 4, Mali Lošinj 51550, Croatia e-mail: [email protected] ABSTRACT A specimen of the alien sea slug Godiva quadricolor (Barnard, 1927) was recorded in Rovinj (Croatia, Adriatic Sea) in February 2017. It was found on a rope at 0.5 m depth in the ACI marina. This is the fi rst record of this sea slug species in the north-eastern Adriatic Sea. Key words: alien sea slug, Godiva quadricolor, fi rst record, north-eastern Adriatic Sea PRIMO RITROVAMENTO DEL NUDIBRANCO ALIENO GODIVA QUADRICOLOR (BARNARD, 1927) (GASTROPODA: NUDIBRANCHIA) NELL’ADRIATICO ORIENTALE SINTESI Un esemplare del nudibranco alieno Godiva quadricolor (Barnard, 1927) è stato ritrovato a Rovigno (Croazia, mare Adriatico a febbraio del 2017. Il mollusco è stato trovato su una corda, a 0,5 m di profondità nella marina ACI. Questa è il prima segnalazione di questa specie di nudibranchi nell’Adriatico nord-orientale. Parole chiave: nudibranco alieno, Godiva quadricolor, primo ritrovamento, Adriatico nord-orientale 1 ANNALES · Ser. hist. nat. · 28 · 2018 · 1 Mirta KUČIĆ & Leo LANČA: FIRST RECORD OF ALIEN SEASLUG GODIVA QUADRICOLOR (BARNARD, 1927) (GASTROPODA: NUDIBRANCHIA) IN ..., 1–6 INTRODUCTION RESULTS AND DISCUSSION Recently, the nudibranchs and other sea slugs started to This is the fi rst record of G. quadricolor in the east- deserve increasing attention by malacologists. According ern Adriatic Sea. This is a small nudibranch species, to the last published survey of the opisthobranch fauna of generally 30 mm to 50 mm in total length, occasionally the Adriatic Sea at least 223 species of seaslugs were up 70 mm. The body is slender with a long tail with the to date recorded, with some 163 species reported for the typical white band with bluish line. Oral tentacles are Croatian part (Zenetos et al., 2016). In the same survey smooth, long and slender, whereas rhinophores are authors reported 7 seaslugs as non indigenous species much shorter and annulated.
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