Soft bottom Sipunculans in the Sea of Marmara

AÇIK ÇINAR Ş.

CAHIERS DE BIOLOGIE MARINE, cilt.57, sa.2, ss.151-160, 2016 (SCI-Expanded) identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 57 Sayı: 2
  • Basım Tarihi: 2016
  • Dergi Adı: CAHIERS DE BIOLOGIE MARINE
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.151-160
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: Sipuncula, Soft bottom, Morphology, Distribution, Sea of Marmara, Turkey, ECOLOGY, TURKEY, COASTS, PART
  • Dokuz Eylül Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

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.