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- Ascidonia Flavomaculata (Heller, 1864), a new record for the Portuguese marine invertebrate fauna (Decapoda, Pontoniidae)Publication . Oliveira, Frederico; Almeida, Cheila; Gonçalves, J. M. S.Several specimens of Ascidonia flavomaculata were collected during experimental fishing trials along the southern coast of Portugal. All specimens were associated with the solitary ascidian, Phallusia mammillata. The pontoniinae shrimp, A. flavomaculata is here recorded from the Portuguese coast for the first time, extending the species’ known distribution range further north along the coast of the eastern Atlantic Ocean.
- First record of the Mediterranean parrotfish, Sparisoma cretense in Ria Formosa (south Portugal)Publication . Abecasis, D.; Bentes, Luis; Ribeiro, Joaquim; Machado, Daniel; Oliveira, Frederico; Veiga, Pedro; Gonçalves, J. M. S.; Erzini, KarimSeveral juvenile specimens of Sparisoma cretense, a previously unrecorded species, were caught using beach seining in Ria Formosa.The hypothesis that these occurrences are related with climatic changes is discussed.