First Record of Algarvia alba García-Gómez & Cervera, 1989 (Gastropoda: Heterobranchia) in Eastern Libya

Abstract

The Mediterranean Sea's biodiversity has not yet been thoroughly investigated. Very little study has been done on mollusks along the coast of Libya. An individual of the aeolid nudibranch species Algarvia alba (García-Gómez & Cervera, 1989) was encountered during scuba diving at Al-Bardi region near the Libyan-Egyptian border. The sample was carefully transported to the lab in seawater, photographed, and identified. The current study revealed that Algarvia alba was recorded for the first time on the  east Libyan coast. Algarvia alba was previously described in Mediterranean is expected to be far more extensive in the zone. This note gives details about this observation.