Genus Metasychis Light, 1991

(AL) Metasychis gotoi (Izuka, 1902)

DISTRIBUTION: NA, CA, SA.

LITERATURE RECORDS: Fauvel 1934; Vatova 1935; Fauvel 1940; Vatova 1943; Katzmann 1972; Marcuzzi 1972; Bellan 1976; Zavodnik et al. 1978; Amoureux 1983a; Avčin & Vrišer 1983; Zavodnik et al. 1985; Gillet 1986; Zavodnik & Vidaković 1987; Požar-Domac 1994; Zahtila 1995; Zavodnik & Kovačić 2000; Cantone & Di Pietro 2002; Aleffi et al. 2003; Castelli et al. 2008; La Porta et al. 2011.

NEW RECORDS: BM52, BM53, BM54.

OTHER REPORTED NAMES: Asychis gotoi Izuka, 1902 .

REMARKS: Alien species originated from the Indo-Pacific (Zenetos et al. 2010). In the Mediterranean it was recorded for the first time in the Adriatic Sea by Fauvel (1940), and considered to be a Lessepsian migrant. DEPOSITED MATERIAL: BM54, 28.03.2003., 2 spec. (PMR-17601). BM52, 0 2.12.2004., 1 spec. (PMR-17602). BM54, 27.02.2003., 1 spec. (PMR-17606).