First record of Montagu’s sea snail Liparis montagui (Donovan, 1804) in Belgian waters

Abstract

Montagu’s sea snail Liparis montagui (Donovan, 1804) is a demersal fish species from the Liparidae family, occurring in the inshore waters of the North East Atlantic. It is found around southern Iceland and from the Barents Sea southwards through the North Sea and the Baltic Sea and along European coasts. young specimens are also found in the wadden Sea (1, 2, 3, 4). L. montagui occurs from the intertidal to 30 m, under stones at low tide, in rock pools or clinging to algae (e.g., Fucus). It feeds primarily on gammarid amphipods in intertidal areas and shrimps and small crabs in subtidal areas (2, 3, 5, 6).