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First record of Idas simpsoni (Mollusca: Bivalvia: Mytilidae) in the Adriatic Sea

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 June 2005

J. Bolotin
Affiliation:
Institute of Oceanography and Fisheries, Laboratory in Dubrovnik, PO Box 83, 20000 Dubrovnik, Croatia
M. Hrs-Brenko
Affiliation:
Ruđer Bošković Institute, Center for Marine Research, G. Paliaga 5, 52210 Rovinj, Croatia
P. Tutman
Affiliation:
Institute of Oceanography and Fisheries, Laboratory in Dubrovnik, PO Box 83, 20000 Dubrovnik, Croatia
N. Glavić
Affiliation:
Institute of Oceanography and Fisheries, Laboratory in Dubrovnik, PO Box 83, 20000 Dubrovnik, Croatia
V. Kožul
Affiliation:
Institute of Oceanography and Fisheries, Laboratory in Dubrovnik, PO Box 83, 20000 Dubrovnik, Croatia
B. Skaramuca
Affiliation:
Institute of Oceanography and Fisheries, Laboratory in Dubrovnik, PO Box 83, 20000 Dubrovnik, Croatia
D. Lučić
Affiliation:
Institute of Oceanography and Fisheries, Laboratory in Dubrovnik, PO Box 83, 20000 Dubrovnik, Croatia
J. Lučić
Affiliation:
Institute of Oceanography and Fisheries, PO Box 500, 21000 Split, Croatia

Abstract

More than 127 specimens of the bivalve mollusc Idas simpsoni were collected from the skull of a fin whale Balaenoptera physalus. The skull was trawled up from a depth of 430 m near Mljet Island in the south Adriatic Sea. This is the first finding of I. simpsoni in the Adriatic Sea.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
2005 Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom

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