Atys angustatus E.A. Smith, 1872

Albano, Paolo G., Steger, Jan, Bakker, Piet A. J., Bogi, Cesare, Bosnjak, Marija, Guy-Haim, Tamar, Huseyinoglu, Mehmet Fatih, LaFollette, Patrick I., Lubinevsky, Hadas, Mulas, Martina, Stockinger, Martina, Azzarone, Michele & Sabelli, Bruno, 2021, Numerous new records of tropical non-indigenous species in the Eastern Mediterranean highlight the challenges of their recognition and identification, ZooKeys 1010, pp. 1-95 : 1

Atys angustatus E.A. Smith, 1872 Figure 31

New records.

Greece • 1 sh; Crete, Plakias; 35.1796°N, 24.3957°E; depth 15 m; 21 Sep. 2017; Posidonia oceanica rhizomes; suction sampler (sample Rh.15_5M); size: H 2.6 mm, W not available because of broken aperture.

Remarks.

Atys angustatus was first recorded in the Mediterranean Sea in 1974, based on specimens collected at Haifa, Israel ( Aartsen and Goud 2006). It has been reported from Mersin, Turkey, since 1986 ( Aartsen and Goud 2006) and multiple records from Israel followed from several locations along its coast ( Micali et al. 2016). To the best of our knowledge, this is the first record from Greece.

Figures

Figure 31. Atys angustatus E. A. Smith, 1872, Plakias, Crete, Greece (sample Rh. 15 _ 5 M): front view. Scale bar: 0.5 mm.