First record of Phyllorhiza punctata von Lendenfeld, 1884 (Cnidaria: Scyphozoa, Mastigiidae) in Mexico

Abstract

The Japanese shore crab Hemigrapsus sanguineus is recorded for the first time from a Black Sea locality: Tomis Marina in Constanţa, Romania. The suggested vector of introduction is as adults in the hull fouling of yachts. The species has not established and salinity requirements for larval development make it unlikely that it will ever establish in the Black Sea.

Versuriga anadyomene, a newly recorded scyphozoan jellyfish (Scyphozoa: Rhizostomae) in Chinese waters

“…The dispersal of the scyphozoans can be achieved in two ways: local dispersal by physical transport in the pelagic medusa stage and global transport via ships, barges, and offshore drilling platforms in the benthic polyp stage (Dawson et al, 2005;Bayha and Graham, 2009). Recently, a growing number of newly-recorded scyphozoan species have been reported in different areas of the world's oceans (e.g., Çevik et al, 2006;Gershwin and Zeidler, 2008;Ocaña-Luna et al, 2010;Yahia et al, 2013;Deidun et al, 2017;. Some species were confirmed as invasive or alien species, including Phyllorhiza punctata, Rhopilema nomadica, Marivagia stellata, Cotylorhiza erythraea, and Cassiopea andromeda in the Mediterranean (Çevik et al, 2006;Galil et al, 2009Galil et al, , 2010Yahia et al, 2013;Deidun et al, 2017), and P. punctata in the Gulf of Mexico (Ocaña-Luna et al, 2010).…”

“…Recently, a growing number of newly-recorded scyphozoan species have been reported in different areas of the world's oceans (e.g., Çevik et al, 2006;Gershwin and Zeidler, 2008;Ocaña-Luna et al, 2010;Yahia et al, 2013;Deidun et al, 2017;. Some species were confirmed as invasive or alien species, including Phyllorhiza punctata, Rhopilema nomadica, Marivagia stellata, Cotylorhiza erythraea, and Cassiopea andromeda in the Mediterranean (Çevik et al, 2006;Galil et al, 2009Galil et al, , 2010Yahia et al, 2013;Deidun et al, 2017), and P. punctata in the Gulf of Mexico (Ocaña-Luna et al, 2010). Dispersal in the South China Sea is not restricted, and thus we infer that the rhizostome jellyfish V. anadyomene in the Beibu Gulf may have been transported from the waters of Southeast Asia, i.e., Malaysia, the Philippines, or Indonesia.…”

Zooplâncton da Baía da Babitonga e plataforma continental adjacente: diagnóstico e revisão bibliográfica

“…Phyllorhiza punctata é uma espécie considerada nativa da Austrália, com vários registros de invasões em regiões costeiras de diversas localidades, principalmente no Atlântico e Mediterrâneo (e.g. Ocaña-Luna et al, 2010;Durgham, 2011), incluindo Brasil. Na Babitonga foi registrada em abundância na entrada do estuário e plataforma adjacente entre 2001 e 2005 , não tendo sido avistada posteriormente (Nogueira-Júnior, 2012).…”

Occurrence of the hydromedusa Moerisia cf. inkermanica (Hydrozoa, Moerisiidae) in the ballast water of oil tankers in the Gulf of Mexico

“…Hence, maritime transport has been constant in the Gulf of Mexico throughout history (Botello et al ., 1997), impacting some ecosystems due to the introduction of non-native species (Graham et al ., 2003; Brockinton et al ., 2022). In the last few years, the presence of some non-native invertebrates in the Gulf of Mexico has been reported; some examples include Phyllorhiza punctata (Graham et al ., 2003; Ocaña-Luna et al ., 2010), Blackfordia virginica (Ocaña-Luna et al ., 2021), Tubastraea coccinea (Fenner and Banks, 2004; Derouen et al ., 2020), Penaeus monodon (Wakida-Kusunoki et al ., 2013), and the bryozoans Hippoporina indica , Arbopercula bengalensis , Sinoflustra annae , and Celleporaria pilaefera (McCann et al ., 2007). Unfortunately, few studies have evaluated their potential economic and ecological impact in the region (Graham et al ., 2003), so the status of their populations and their establishment as invasive species is uncertain.…”