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The '''Lessepsian migration''' (also called '''Erythrean invasion''') is the [[migration (ecology)|migration]] of marine species across the [[Suez Canal]], usually from the [[Red Sea]] to the [[Mediterranean Sea]], and more rarely in the opposite direction. When the canal was completed in 1869, [[fish]], [[crustacean]]s, [[mollusk]]s, and other marine animals and plants were exposed to an artificial passage between the two naturally separate bodies of water, and cross-contamination was made possible between formerly isolated [[ecosystem]]s. The phenomenon is still occurring today. It is named after Ferdinand de Lesseps, the France diplomat in charge of the canal's construction. | The '''Lessepsian migration''' (also called '''Erythrean invasion''') is the [[migration (ecology)|migration]] of marine species across the [[Suez Canal]], usually from the [[Red Sea]] to the [[Mediterranean Sea]], and more rarely in the opposite direction. When the canal was completed in 1869, [[fish]], [[crustacean]]s, [[mollusk]]s, and other marine animals and plants were exposed to an artificial passage between the two naturally separate bodies of water, and cross-contamination was made possible between formerly isolated [[ecosystem]]s. The phenomenon is still occurring today. It is named after Ferdinand de Lesseps, the France diplomat in charge of the canal's construction. | ||
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| + | Image:PC041015 Trumpet Fish.JPG|(Trumpet Fish) | ||
| + | Image:PC040789 Moray.JPG|(Moray Eel) | ||
| + | Image:PC051186 Mackerel.JPG|(Mackerel) | ||
| + | Image:PC051144 Yellowstripe Goatfish.JPG|(Yellowstripe Goatfish) | ||
| + | </gallery> | ||
Revision as of 18:48, 1 September 2020
The Suez Canal, across which marine species migrate in the so-called Lessepsian migration
The Lessepsian migration (also called Erythrean invasion) is the migration of marine species across the Suez Canal, usually from the Red Sea to the Mediterranean Sea, and more rarely in the opposite direction. When the canal was completed in 1869, fish, crustaceans, mollusks, and other marine animals and plants were exposed to an artificial passage between the two naturally separate bodies of water, and cross-contamination was made possible between formerly isolated ecosystems. The phenomenon is still occurring today. It is named after Ferdinand de Lesseps, the France diplomat in charge of the canal's construction.
(Trumpet Fish)
(Moray Eel)
(Mackerel)
(Yellowstripe Goatfish)
