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The invasive coral Oculina patagonica has not been recently introduced to the Mediterranean from the western Atlantic.
BMC evolutionary biology - 5 May 2015
Leydet Karine Posbic, Hellberg Michael E
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BACKGROUND: Effective policies, management, and scientific research programs depend on the correct identification of invasive species as being either native or introduced. However, many species continue to be misidentified. Oculina patagonica, first recorded in the Mediterranean Sea in 1966, is believed to have been introduced in anthropogenic times and expanding in a west to east direction. However, its present...
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