"Cyprus lies along the natural pathway of Indo-Pacific taxa spreading in the Mediterranean Sea via the prevail-ing currents and is in the middle of all previous records. Therefore, the presence of this species in the country was strongly awaited, although absence of regular field work and transparent colour and cryptic behaviour (as it gener-ally lives in caves and crevices) could have hindered the presence of the species in the area so far. Alternatively, its presence in Cyprus could be related to a ship-medi-ated transport, but this seems to be a remote possibility" (Tanduo and Savva 2021. In: Crocetta et al. 2021).