Ceratonereis mirabilis Kinberg, 1866

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 : 2292-2294

Ceratonereis mirabilis Kinberg, 1866

Ceratonereis mirabilis Kinberg 1866: 170 ; Fauvel 1953: 200, fig. 103a–c; Day 1967: 324, fig. 14.14a–g.

Material examined

ESFM-POL /2005-72, 9 September 2005, I skenderun Bay, D4, 36°43′32″ N, 36°10′03″ E, 25 m, muddy sand, 2 specimens; ESFM-POL /05-669, 9 September 2005, I skenderun Bay, D5, 36°43′03″ N, 36°11′28″ E, 11 m, pebbles, 1 specimen; ESFM-POL /2005-54, 9 September 2005, I skenderun Bay, D8, 36°51′45″ N, 35°55′01″ E, 10 m, on muddy sand with Caulerpa prolifera , 1 specimen; ESFM-POL / 2005-160, 9 September 2005, I skenderun Bay, D10, 36°45′40″ N, 35°48′29″ E, 50 m, mud with shell fragments, 1 specimen; ESFM-POL /05-722, 10 September 2005, I skenderun Bay, D19, 36°21′15″ N, 35°44′27″ E, 75 m, mud, 1 specimen; ESFM- POL/2005-166, 10 September 2005, I skenderun Bay, D21, 36°20′43″ N, 35°48′8″ E, 25 m, muddy sand, 78 specimens; ESFM-POL /05-789, 10 September 2005, I skenderun Bay, D22, 36°20′57″ N, 35°48′43″ E, 10 m, muddy sand, 6 specimens; ESFM- POL/05-412, 12 September 2005, K 1, 1 m, rocks, 1 specimen; ESFM-POL /05-196, 13 September 2005, K6, 0–2 m, rocks, 1 specimen; ESFM-POL /05-450, 13 September 2005, K7, 0–3 m, rocks, 1 specimen; ESFM-POL /05-254, 14 September 2005, K9, 0.1– 2 m, rocks, 4 specimens; ESFM-POL /05-471, 14 September 2005, K8, 1– 3 m, stones, 2 specimens; ESFM-POL /05-552, 15 September 2005, K10, 0–1 m, rocks, 1 specimen; ESFM-POL /05-651, 15 September 2005, K11, 0.1– 3 m, stones with algae, 1 specimen; ESFM-POL /2005-705, 19 September 2005, K19, 0.1– 5 m, rocks, 2 specimens; ESFM-POL /2005-1245, 19 September 2005, K19, 0.1 m, Co. mediterranea , 9 specimens; ESFM-POL /2005-1303, 19 September 2005, K 19, 4 m, Halophila stipulacea , 12 specimens; ESFM-POL /2005-771, 20 September 2005, K22, 0.1– 5 m, rocks, 2 specimens; ESFM-POL /2005-605, 21 September 2005, K24, 0.1– 5 m, rocks, 5 specimens; ESFM-POL /2005-648, 22 September 2005, K26, 0.1– 3 m, rocks, 1 specimen; ESFM-POL /2005-1340, 22 September 2005, K27, 0.1– 5 m, rocks, 1 specimen; ESFM-POL /2005-751, 22 September 2005, BT4, 36°04′33″ N, 32°52′36″ E, 3 m, mud, 2 specimens; ESFM-POL /2005-986, 22 September 2005, D27, 36°04′28″ N, 32°53′03″ E, 10 m, muddy sand, 6 specimens; ESFM-POL /2005-968, 22 September 2005, K27, 0.2 m, Brachidontes pharaonis , 1 specimen; ESFM-POL /2005-1218, 22 September 2005, K 27, 2 m, Sarcotragus sp. , 1 specimen; ESFM-POL /2005-862, 23 September 2005, Anamur, D28, 36°03′37″ N, 32°53′11″ E, 25 m, muddy sand with Udotea petiolata and Caulerpa prolifera , 3 specimens; ESFM-POL /2005-1481, 29 September 2005, K39, 0.1 m, sand, 1 specimen; ESFM-POL /2005-2251, 25 September 2005, K33, 0.1 m, J. rubens , 1 specimen; ESFM-POL /2005-2642, 25 September 2005, K33, 0.1 m, Co. mediterranea , 1 specimen; ESFM-POL /2005-2713, 26 September 2005, K 34, 1 m, port’s piling, 1 specimen; ESFM-POL /2005-2344, 28 September 2005, K36, 0.3 m, Cy. elegans , 8 specimens; ESFM-POL /2005-1756, 30 September 2005, G15, 36°17′3″ N, 30°09′33″ E, 10 m, Z. marina, 3 specimens; ESFM-POL / 2005-2219, 3 October 2005, K44, 0.1 m, J. rubens , 11 specimens; ESFM-POL /2005- 2307, 3 October 2005, K44, 0.1 m, Cy. elegans , 103 specimens; ESFM-POL /2005- 2662, 3 October 2005, K44, 0.1 m, Co. mediterranea , 5 specimens; ESFM-POL /2005- 2421, 3 October 2005, K 44, 2 m, Sarcotragus sp. , 2 specimens; ESFM-POL /2005- 2738, 3 October 2005, K45, 0–3 m, rocks, 12 specimens; ESFM-POL /2005-2511, 3 October 2005, K 45, 9 m, P. oceanica , 1 specimen; ESFM-POL /2005-2259, 3 October 2005, K45, 0.2 m, Amphiroa rigida , 11 specimens; ESFM-POL /2005-2674, 6 October 2005, Fethiye Bay, BT7, 36°37′44″ N, 29°04′39″ E, 10 m, on P. oceanica , 12 specimens; ESFM-POL /2005-1630, 6 October 2005, Fethiye Bay, BT11, 36°38′23″ N, 29°06′46″ E, 10 m, mud, 1 specimen; ESFM-POL /2005-1739, 6 October 2005, Fethiye Bay, G27, 36°37′46″ N, 29°06′32″ E, 5 m, muddy sand, 8 specimens; ESFM-POL /2005-2271, 7 October 2005, K53, 0.1 m, Cy. elegans , 28 specimens; ESFM-POL /2005-2358, 7 October 2005, K 53, 3 m, Z. marina, 2 specimens; ESFM-POL /2005-2439, 7 October 2005, K 53, 2 m, Sarcotragus sp. , 4 specimens; ESFM-POL /2005-2459, 7 October 2005, K 53, 3 m, Aplysina aerophoba , 22 specimens.

Distribution

This species was previously reported from the Red Sea, western Atlantic, Indian Ocean, Pacific Ocean and Mediterranean ( Day 1967). In the Mediterranean, It was first reported from the Israeli coast (near Haifa, collection date: 1974–1975) by Amoureux (1976) and considered to be a Lessepsian migrant. It has also been found on the coast of Cyprus between 20 and 210 m depths (Çinar 2005). The present study extends its distributional range to Turkey.