Soft bottom Sipunculans in the Sea of Marmara

AÇIK ÇINAR Ş.

CAHIERS DE BIOLOGIE MARINE, vol.57, no.2, pp.151-160, 2016 (SCI-Expanded, Scopus) identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 57 Issue: 2
  • Publication Date: 2016
  • Doi Number: 10.21411/cbm.a.cee04421
  • Journal Name: CAHIERS DE BIOLOGIE MARINE
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Page Numbers: pp.151-160
  • Keywords: Sipuncula, Soft bottom, Morphology, Distribution, Sea of Marmara, Turkey
  • Dokuz Eylül University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

This study deals with the sipunculan species collected on soft substrata in the Sea of Marmara. The faunistic analysis of 10 benthic stations taken from 5 to 68 m depths yielded 9 sipunculan species and 237 individuals belonging to 6 genera. Four species, Golfingia (Golfingia) elongata, Golfingia (Golfingia) vulgaris vulgaris, Nephasoma (Nephasoma) constrictum and Aspidosiphon (Aspidosiphon) mexicanus, are new to the fauna of the Sea of Marmara. Onchnesoma steenstrupii steenstrupii is the most abundant (78.9%) and frequent species (60%) in the area. The soft bottom community included one alien species: Aspidosiphon (Akrikos) mexicanus. Brief descriptions of the species and their morphological, biometrical and distributional characteristics are given.