Notomastus mossambicus ( Thomassin, 1970 )

Çinar, Melih Ertan, 2009, Alien polychaete species (Annelida: Polychaeta) on the southern coast of Turkey (Levantine Sea, eastern Mediterranean), with 13 new records for the Mediterranean Sea, Journal of Natural History 43 (37 - 38), pp. 2283-2328 : 2310-2311

Notomastus mossambicus ( Thomassin, 1970)

Paraleiocapitella mossambica Thomassin 1970: 87 ,88, fig. 9.

Notomastus mossambicus ; Çinar 2005: 155–156, figs. 3, 4.

Material examined

ESFM-POL/05-325 , 8 September 2005, I skenderun Bay, D3, 36°36′38″ N, 36°10′51″ E, 25 m, mud, 2 specimens ; ESFM-POL/05-680 , 9 September 2005, I skenderun Bay, D5, 36°51′04″ N, 36°03′30″ E, 11 m, pebbles, 1 specimen ; ESFM-POL/2005-267 , 9 September 2005, I skenderun Bay, G2, 36°43′19″ N, 36°09′30″ E, 50 m, mud, 1 specimen ; ESFM-POL/2005-239 , 9 September 2005, I skenderun Bay, G3, 36°51′08″ N, 35°55′42″ E, 25 m, mud, 9 specimens ; ESFM-POL/05-298 , 10 September 2005, I skenderun Bay, D14, 36°32′51″ N, 35°34′37″ E, 25 m, muddy sand, 20 specimens ; ESFM-POL/05-601 , 10 September 2005, I skenderun Bay, D11, 36°46′00″ N, 35°47′45″ E, 10 m, muddy sand, 14 specimens ; ESFM-POL/2005-11 , 10 September 2005, I skenderun Bay, D12, 36°43′37″ N, 35°42′44″ E, 9 m, muddy sand, 30 specimens ; ESFM-POL/2005-35 , 10 September 2005, I skenderun Bay, D15, 36°31′56″ N, 35°35′16″ E, 50 m, mud, 2 specimens ; ESFM-POL/05-748 , 10 September 2005, I skenderun Bay, D19, 36°21′15″ N, 35°44′27″ E, 75 m, mud, 1 specimen ; ESFM- POL/2005-399, 10 September 2005, I skenderun Bay, G5, 36°43′44″ N, 35°43′39″ E, 25 m, muddy sand, 75 specimens; ESFM-POL/2005-501 , 17 September 2005, Mersin Bay, G 7, 36°46′41″ N, 34°39′39″ E, 10 m, mud, 88 specimens ; ESFM-POL/2005-982 , 22 September 2005, Anamur, D27, 36°04′28″ N, 32°53′03″ E, 10 m, muddy sand, 1 specimen ; ESFM-POL/2005-1627 , 27 September 2005, Antalya Bay, G 12, 36°50′17″ N, 30°36′31″ E, 10 m, mud, 1 specimen ; ESFM-POL/2005-2697 , 27 September 2005, Antalya Bay, D 37, 36°49′53″ N, 30°37′08″ E, 25 m, muddy sand, 1 specimen ; ESFM- POL/2005-2053, 30 September 2005, Finike Bay , G17, 36°16′48″ N, 30°10′20″ E, 50 m, mud, 1 specimen .

Distribution

This species was previously reported from the Indian Ocean and Mediterranean Sea ( Cyprus) (Çinar 2005). The present study extends its distributional range to the northern part of the Levantine Sea. This species is considered to be a Lessepsian migrant (Çinar 2005).