First Record of the Nudibranch Tenellia adspersa (Nordmann, 1845) in Portugal, Associated with the Invasive Hydrozoan Cordylophora caspia (Pallas, 1771)

Encarnação, João; Seyer, Thomas; Teodósio, Maria Alexandra; Leitão, Francisco; Encarnação, João; Gaspar, Miguel B.; Teodósio, Maria Alexandra

New Marine Species of the Algarve

Short Title

NEMA

Coordination

CCMAR

Coordinator

João Encarnação

Date

04/2019

Organiza

Main info

NEMA - New Marine Species of the Algarve - is a citizen science initiative aiming at increasing our knowledge on some marine species that are new to the south coast of Portugal (Algarve). Some of these species may have been introduced by Humans, other are expanding their geographical distribution to Northern latitudes because of climate change, and others are native to our coast yet their abundance or distribution may be changing as a result of habitat change or climate change.

Local communities, with their own local ecological knowledge, can effectively contribute to advance scientific studies. We count on the public to let us know if they spotted new marine species in the Algarve region. All the submitted observations are available in the citizen science platform BioDiversity4All, where everyone can check what other citizens have found in our coast: https://www.biodiversity4all.org/projects/nemalgarve.

Any doubts, contact us directly by NEMAlgarve@gmail.com, or through our social media channels.

More information can be found at www.NEMAlgarve.com.

Members

Enroll

Current

Name	Position
Alexandra Teodósio	Senior Researcher
Vânia Baptista	Investigador
Joana Cruz	Research Assistant

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Name:

Alexandra Teodósio

Position:

Senior Researcher

Name:

Vânia Baptista

Position:

Investigador

Name:

Joana Cruz

Position:

Research Assistant

Publications

Encarnação J, Morais P, Baptista V, Cruz J, Teodósio MAlexandra. New Evidence of Marine Fauna Tropicalization off the Southwestern Iberian Peninsula (Southwest Europe). Diversity. 2019;11(4):48. doi:10.3390/d11040048

Vasconcelos P, Carvalho AN, Piló D, et al. Recent and Consecutive Records of the Atlantic Blue Crab (Callinectes sapidus Rathbun, 1896): Rapid Westward Expansion and Confirmed Establishment along the Southern Coast of Portugal. Thalassas: An International Journal of Marine Sciences. 2019;35(2):485 - 494. doi:10.1007/s41208-019-00163-1

Encarnação J, Seyer T, Teodósio MAlexandra, Leitão F. First Record of the Nudibranch Tenellia adspersa (Nordmann, 1845) in Portugal, Associated with the Invasive Hydrozoan Cordylophora caspia (Pallas, 1771). Diversity. 2020;12(6):214. doi:10.3390/d12060214

News

SPOTLIGHT: New Evidence of Marine Fauna Tropicalization off the Southwestern Iberian Peninsula (Southwest Europe)

Records of tropical and sub-tropical species in the Portuguese Southwest coast points to a poleward shift in species distribution.

CCMAR participates in the 1st edition of the National Week on Invasive Species

CCMAR's NEMA project participates with the organization of two Underwater FotoBlitz. The initiative takes place across the country from 10 to 18 October.