Amphipholis squamata (delle Chiaje, 1828)

Material examined. ESFM-ECH/2005-7, 15.9.2005, Iskenderun Bay, K11, 1 m, on Jania rubens, 5 specimens; ESFM-ECH/2005-8, 15.9.2005, Iskenderun Bay, K11, 2 m, on Cystoseira elegans, 2 specimens; ESFM-ECH/2005-9, 20.9.2005, Bogsak, K20, 25 m, on Jania rubens, 3 specimens; ESFM-ECH/ 2005-10, 10.9.2005, Iskenderun Bay, G5, 25 m, muddy sand, 1 specimen.

Distribution. The species is widely distributed in the Mediterranean Sea (Pérez-Ruzafa & López-Ibor 1988), which is also its type locality (at Naples, Italy). It has long been assumed to have a cosmopolitan distribution, but recent molecular studies suggest that it is a cryptic species complex (Le Gac et al. 2004). Morphological differences between the genetic clades remain to be discovered.