New records of non-indigenous molluscs from the eastern Mediterranean Sea
We report new findings of non-indigenous Indo-Pacific molluscs from shallow water habitats off Israel, Greece and Egypt, eastern Mediterranean Sea. The bivalves Zorina, 1978 and (Issel, 1869) were collected from sandy bottoms off Israel, whereas cf. (Issel, 1869) was recovered from a buoy originating from Port Said, Egypt, and stranded on the Israeli coast. The three species are first records for the Mediterranean Sea. Additionally, we report range extensions for several gastropods: (A. Adams, 1855) is recorded from Israel, (Alder and Hancock, 1864) from southern Israel (Ashqelon), and cf. Jousseaume, 1884 from Israel and Crete. Shells and valves of an unidentified lucinid bivalve morphologically distinct from any known Mediterranean species were found along the Israeli Mediterranean shore.
First record of the Neotropical cladoceran in the Great Lakes basin
The ctenopod has been reported primarily from the Neotropical region and occasionally from the southern United States. was collected in the Great Lakes basin (the Maumee River, Western Lake Erie, and Lake Michigan) in 2015 and 2018, far north from its previously known distribution. The occurrence of this southern species in the Maumee River and Great Lakes may be the result of an anthropogenic introduction, although a natural range expansion cannot be excluded. This report documents the northernmost record of in the Nearctic region, extending the known distribution of the species to 42°N, which is a notable increase of 11 degrees latitude. Our detection of is the first record of this southern species from the Laurentian Great Lakes drainage.