Alien polychaete species (Annelida: Polychaeta) on the southern coast of Turkey (Levantine Sea, eastern Mediterranean), with 13 new records for the Mediterranean Sea Author Çinar, Melih Ertan text Journal of Natural History 2009 2009-09-11 43 37 - 38 2283 2328 http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00222930903094654 journal article 10.1080/00222930903094654 1464-5262 5217190 Leonnates persicus Wesenberg-Lund, 1949 Leonnates persica Wesenberg-Lund 1949: 275–277 , figs 11,12; Day 1967: 328–329 , fig. 14.11.g–m. Leonnates persicus ; Qiu and Qian 2000: 1129–1133 , figs 8b,c, 9a–c, 10a–e, 11a–d; Çinar et al. 2002: 812–815 , figs 2,3. Material examined ESFM-POL/2005-242 , 9 September 2005 , I skenderun Bay , G3, 36°51′8″ N , 35°55′42″ E , 25 m , mud, 4 specimens ; ESFM-POL/05-708 , 10 September 2005 , I skenderun Bay , D19, 36°21′15″ N , 35°44′27″ E , 75 m , mud, 2 specimens ; ESFM- POL/05-779, 10 September 2005 , I skenderun Bay , D18, 36°23′38″ N , 35°39′26″ E , 100 m , mud, 1 specimen ; ESFM-POL/2005-38 , 10 September 2005 , I skenderun Bay , D15, 36°31′56″ N , 35°35′16″ E , 50 m , mud, 2 specimens ; ESFM-POL/2005- 101 , 10 September 2005 , I skenderun Bay , D20, 36°20′7″ N , 35°46′56″ E , 50 m , muddy sand, 1 specimen ; ESFM-POL/2005-141 , 10 September 2005 , I skenderun Bay , D16, 36°30′12″ N , 35°36′24″ E , 70 m , mud, 2 specimens ; ESFM-POL/2005- 254 , 10 September 2005 , I skenderun Bay , G4, 36°44′9″ N , 35°44′32″ E , 50 m , mud, 3 specimens ; ESFM-POL/2005-384 , 10 September 2005 , I skenderun Bay , G 5, 25 m , muddy sand, 36°43′44″ N , 35°43′39″ E , 1 specimen ; ESFM-POL/2005-1385 , 17 September 2005 , Mersin Bay, G 8, 36°44′22″ N , 34°39′02″ E , 25 m , mud, 3 specimens ; ESFM-POL/2005-821 , 17 September 2005 , Mersin Bay, D 23, 36°40′50″ N , 34°35′12″ E , 50, mud, 1 specimen ; ESFM-POL/2005-1323 , 19 September 2005 , K 19, 4 m , Halophila stipulacea , 1 specimen ; ESFM-POL/2005-987 , 22 September 2005 , Anamur , D27, 36°04′28″ N , 32°53′03″ E , 10 m , muddy sand, 1 specimen ; ESFM-POL/2005-1095 , 23 September 2005 , Anamur , D29, 36°01′17″ N , 32°48′14″ E , 50 m , muddy sand with Caulerpa racemosa , 2 specimens ; ESFM-POL/2005- 2066 , 30 September 2005 , Finike Bay , G17, 36°16′48″ N , 30°10′20″ E , 50 m , mud, 1 specimen . Distribution This species was previously known from the Indian Ocean, Pacific Ocean, Red Sea and Mediterranean ( Çinar et al. 2002 ). In the Mediterranean Sea, it was first reported from the Israeli coast at depths ranging from 10 to 15 m by Ben-Eliahu (1991) and considered to be a Lessepsian migrant. It was also reported from the Aegean ( Çinar et al. 2002 ) and Levantine coasts ( Ergev et al. 2003 ) of Turkey .