FIRST RECORDS OF SIX SPECIES OF CRUSTACEANS FOR THE EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN SEA

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Özgen Ö., Açık Çınar Ş., Bakir K.

CRUSTACEANA, cilt.92, ss.1403-1414, 2019 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 92
  • Basım Tarihi: 2019
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1163/15685403-00003953
  • Dergi Adı: CRUSTACEANA
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.1403-1414
  • Dokuz Eylül Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

This paper deals with six crustacean species associated with Posidonia oceanica (Linnaeus) Delile, 1813 meadows along the Aegean coasts of Turkey: Caprella tavolarensis, Eriopisella ruffoi, Iphimedia vicina, Astacilla mediterranea, Apseudopsis minimus and Macropodia deflexa. Apseudopsis minimus is a new record for the Turkish coast of the Aegean Sea, the other five species are new records for the eastern Mediterranean. Brief descriptions of the species and their morphological and ecological characteristics are given.