CIESM Atlas of Exotic Species in the Mediterranean

CIESM ATLAS OF EXOTIC SPECIES IN THE MEDITERRANEAN

The first three groups to appear in this collection are the fishes, the crustaceans decapods/stomatopods and the molluscs.
Our lists of species include both "Established" species and "Alien" species. Those lists are arranged by family name in the customary sequence and will provide direct access to the species sheets.
It is followed by an annotated list of species long considered "exotic" in the literature but now, after careful examination, excluded by the task force for various reasons (misidentification, indigenous species falsely identified as alien or exotic, lack of preserved material, habitat not sufficiently studied, doubtful records, deep water records, date cutoff, very old records & cryptogenic species, etc.).

Vol. 1 – Fishes
by D. Golani, L. Orsi-Relini, E. Massutí and J.P. Quignard

List of exotic fishes species in the Mediterranean
List of excluded fishes
Order CIESM Atlas of Exotic Species in the Mediterranean - Vol. 1. Fishes
(256 p. with original color illustrations - published in Apr 2002)

Vol. 2 – Crustaceans decapods and stomatopods
by B. Galil, C. Froglia and P. Noël

List of exotic crustaceans species in the Mediterranean
List of excluded crustaceans
Order CIESM Atlas of Exotic Species in the Mediterranean - Vol. 2. Crustaceans
(192 p. with original color illustrations - published in Oct 2002)

Vol. 3 – Molluscs
by A. Zenetos, S. Gofas, G. Russo and J. Templado

List of exotic molluscs species in the Mediterranean
List of excluded molluscs
Order CIESM Atlas of Exotic Species in the Mediterranean - Vol. 3. Molluscs
(376 p. with original color illustrations - published in Feb 2004)

NEW! Vol. 4 – Macrophytes (in preparation)
by M. Verlaque, S. Ruitton, F. Mineur and C.F. Boudouresque

List * of exotic macrophytes species with distribution maps

* to be followed soon by full species sheets and bibliography.

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Link to NISbase

Since September 2004, the CIESM Atlases of Exotic Species have joined NISbase, a distributed database managed by the Smithsonian Institute, aiming at a census of all non indigenous aquatic species introduced around the world.

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