Occurrence of the alien sea hare Aplysia dactylomela Rang, 1828 (Opisthobranchia, Aplysiidae) in Israel

Aquatic Invasions

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 437-440

  Pasternak, Galia ^a   Galil, Bella S ^b  

^a Israel Ministry of the Environmental Protection   (Israel)

^b ISRAEL OCEANOGRAPHIC AND LIMNOLOGICAL RESEARCH   (Israel)

Author keywords

Aplysia dactylomela; Invasive alien; Mediterranean; Mollusca; Opisthobranchia

Indexed keywords

EID: 84861573147     PISSN: 17986540     EISSN: 18185487     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3391/ai.2010.5.4.14     Document Type: Article

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