Correction: Slišković et al. A Systematic Analysis of the Mediterranean Sea (IHO Sea Area) in the WRiMS Database. Diversity 2024, 16, 358

In the published article [1], the authors identified some errors in

Table 2. Union concern species present in WRiMS records for Mediterranean Sea (continued).

Scientific Name	Author	Location	WRiMS Invasiveness
Plotosus lineatus (Thunberg, 1787)	[63]	Mediterranean Sea–Eastern Basin	uncertain
Plotosus lineatus (Thunberg, 1787)	[64]	Israeli part of the Mediterranean Sea–Eastern Basin	not specified
Plotosus lineatus (Thunberg, 1787)	[64]	Lebanese part of the Mediterranean Sea–Eastern Basin	not specified
Plotosus lineatus (Thunberg, 1787)	[65]	Lebanese part of the Mediterranean Sea–Eastern Basin	not specified
Plotosus lineatus (Thunberg, 1787)	[66]	Syrian part of the Mediterranean Sea–Eastern Basin	not specified
Plotosus lineatus (Thunberg, 1787)	[67]	Israeli part of the Mediterranean Sea–Eastern Basin	uncertain
Procambarus clarkii (Girard, 1852)	[68]	Italian part of the Adriatic Sea	not specified
Procambarus clarkii (Girard, 1852)	[69]	Italian part of the Adriatic Sea	not specified
Pseudorasbora parva (Temminck and Schlegel, 1846)	[70]	Italian part of the Tyrrhenian Sea	not specified
Rugulopteryx okamurae (E.Y. Dawson) I.K. Hwang, W.J. Lee and H.S. Kim, 2009	[64]	Moroccan part of the Alboran Sea	not specified
Rugulopteryx okamurae (E.Y. Dawson) I.K. Hwang, W.J. Lee and H.S. Kim, 2009	[64]	Moroccan part of the Strait of Gibraltar	not specified
Rugulopteryx okamurae (E.Y. Dawson) I.K. Hwang, W.J. Lee and H.S. Kim, 2009	[71]	Spanish part of the Strait of Gibraltar	not specified

and

Table 3. Species of Member States concern (EASIN).

Scientific Name	Member States Concern	High Impact
Acrothamnion preissii (Sonder) E.M.Wollaston, 1968	Spain	yes
Amphibalanus improvisus (Darwin, 1854)	Ireland	yes
Asparagopsis armata Harvey, 1855	Spain	yes
Asparagopsis taxiformis (Delile) Trevisan de Saint-Léon, 1845	Spain	yes
Caulerpa cylindracea Sonder, 1845	Spain	yes
Caulerpa taxifolia (M.Vahl) C.Agardh, 1817	Spain	yes
Codium fragile (Suringar) Hariot, 1889	Spain	yes
Cordylophora caspia (Pallas, 1771)	Spain	yes
Crepidula fornicata (Linnaeus, 1758)	Spain, Ireland	yes
Dyspanopeus sayi (Smith, 1869)	Spain	yes
Eriocheir sinensis H. Milne Edwards, 1853	Spain, Ireland	yes
Ficopomatus enigmaticus (Fauvel, 1923)	Spain	yes
Grateloupia turuturu Yamada, 1941	Spain	yes
Lophocladia lallemandii (Montagne) F.Schmitz, 1893	Spain	yes
Mnemiopsis leidyi A. Agassiz, 1865	Spain	yes
Percnon gibbesi (H. Milne Edwards, 1853)	Spain	yes
Procambarus clarkii (Girard, 1852)	Spain, Ireland	yes
Pseudorasbora parva (Temminck and Schlegel, 1846)	Estonia, Spain	yes
Rapana venosa (Valenciennes, 1846)	Ireland	yes
Rhithropanopeus harrisii (Gould, 1841)	Spain	yes
Rhopilema nomadica Galil, Spanier and Ferguson, 1990	Spain	yes
Sargassum muticum (Yendo) Fensholt, 1955	Spain, Ireland	yes
Styela clava Herdman, 1881	Ireland	yes
Stypopodium schimperi (Kützing) Verlaque and Boudouresque, 1991	Spain	yes
Undaria pinnatifida (Harvey) Suringar, 1873	Spain, Ireland	yes
Womersleyella setacea (Hollenberg) R.E.Norris, 1992	Spain	yes
Xenostrobus securis (Lamarck, 1819)	Spain	yes

and therefore wish to replace the file on the webpage of the Diversity journal.

The correct data for Table 2 and Table 3 were downloaded from the European Commission. However, some of the rows in Excel were hidden while working with the dataset intended for the tables. As a result, not all data were copied into the main text. This mistake does not affect the content of the article, as only a few sentences need to be corrected accordingly.

Introduction. On paragraph 7, in line 9, “two” should be replaced by “three”, in line 10, “is” should be replaced with “are” and in line 11, “followed by” should be deleted.

Results. In Chapter 3.1., on paragraph 1, row 2 “sinensisis” should be replaced with “sinensis”. On paragraph 2, the following text should be deleted from the second sentence: “While only one is of Ireland’s concern, and two are of Spain’s and Ireland’s concern”. On paragraph 3, the sentence should be corrected as follows: “Additionally, within the total number of analyzed species from WRiMS for the Mediterranean Sea, 118 (12%) species are categorized in the EASIN database as species of high impact (Table S1)”.

Discussion. On paragraph 6, in row 2, “sinensisis” should be replaced with “sinensis”. In row 4, “sinensisis” should be replaced with “sinensis” and reference “[73]” should be deleted. In row 6, reference “[74]” should be replaced with references “[82,83]” and “sinensisis” should be replaced with “sinensis”. In row 7, “[75]” should be replaced with “[82]”. In row 9, “sinensisis” should be replaced with “sinensis”. In row 14, the phrase “and Ireland” should be deleted and in row 15, “11%” should be replaced with “12%”.

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The authors apologize for any inconvenience this change may cause to the readers. The authors state that the scientific conclusions are unaffected. This correction was approved by the Academic Editor. The original publication has also been updated.