Filling a Levantine Gap: First Record of Dactylonida curvimana (A. Milne-Edwards & Bouvier, 1894) in Lebanese Waters (Eastern Levantine Mediterranean Sea)
Received Date: Apr 01, 2026 / Accepted Date: Apr 30, 2026 / Published Date: Apr 30, 2026
Abstract
The squat lobster Dactylonida curvimana (A. Milne-Edwards & Bouvier, 1894) is a rare and poorly documented species in the Mediterranean Sea, with only sporadic records in the Levantine Basin. The present study reports the first occurrence of this species in Lebanese waters (Levantine Eastern Mediterranean Sea) based on a specimen collected at 70 m depth off Amchit (northern Lebanon) in September 2025. The specimen was identified based on distinctive morphological characters, particularly its extremely elongated chelipeds. This finding extends the known distribution of the species within the Mediterranean, especially in the eastern Levantine region, and highlights the importance of citizen science–based biodiversity monitoring programs in documenting rare deep-water taxa.
Citation: Badreddine A, Fatfat S, Aguilar R (2026) Filling a Levantine Gap: First Record of Dactylonida curvimana (A. Milne-Edwards & Bouvier, 1894) in Lebanese Waters (Levantine Eastern Mediterranean Sea). J Fisheries Livest Prod 13: 701. Doi: 10.4172/2332-2608.1000701
Copyright: © 2026 Badreddine A, et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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