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First record of Halidrys siliquosa on the Portuguese coast: counter-intuitive range expansion?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 March 2009

Fernando P. Lima*
Affiliation:
CIBIO, Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos, Campus Agrário de Vairão, 4485-661 Vairão, Portugal Departamento de Zoologia-Antropologia, Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade do Porto, 4099-002 Porto, Portugal Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom, The Laboratory, Citadel Hill, Plymouth, PL1 2PB, UK
Nuno Queiroz
Affiliation:
CIBIO, Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos, Campus Agrário de Vairão, 4485-661 Vairão, Portugal Departamento de Zoologia-Antropologia, Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade do Porto, 4099-002 Porto, Portugal School of Oceanographic Sciences, University of Wales, Bangor, Menai Bridge, Anglesey, Wales, UK
Pedro A. Ribeiro
Affiliation:
CIBIO, Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos, Campus Agrário de Vairão, 4485-661 Vairão, Portugal Departamento de Zoologia-Antropologia, Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade do Porto, 4099-002 Porto, Portugal Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom, The Laboratory, Citadel Hill, Plymouth, PL1 2PB, UK
Raquel Xavier
Affiliation:
CIBIO, Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos, Campus Agrário de Vairão, 4485-661 Vairão, Portugal Departamento de Zoologia-Antropologia, Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade do Porto, 4099-002 Porto, Portugal
Stephen J. Hawkins
Affiliation:
Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom, The Laboratory, Citadel Hill, Plymouth, PL1 2PB, UK School of Oceanographic Sciences, University of Wales, Bangor, Menai Bridge, Anglesey, Wales, UK
António M. Santos
Affiliation:
CIBIO, Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos, Campus Agrário de Vairão, 4485-661 Vairão, Portugal Departamento de Zoologia-Antropologia, Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade do Porto, 4099-002 Porto, Portugal
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Correspondence should be addressed to: Fernando P. Lima, CIBIO, Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos, Campus Agrário de Vairão, 4485-661 Vairão, Portugal email: fplima@fc.up.pt
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Abstract

The occurrence of the pod weed, Halidrys siliquosa, is recorded for the first time on the Portuguese coast. Several specimens of this brown algae were observed attached to the rocky surface in tide pools at 41º44′10″N 8º52′34″W, extending southward its previously known geographical distribution. The observed shift is inconsistent with general predictions of species migrations under warming climate conditions, which anticipate poleward shifts rather than southern expansions. Although more data will be required to undoubtedly uncover its cause, the recently observed range expansion raises important questions about the generalization of the previously stated biogeographic rules.

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Copyright © Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 2009

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Present address: School of Biological Sciences, University of South Carolina, SC 29208, USA

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