Contributions To The Knowledge of Malacostraca (Crustacea) Fauna of the Taurus Mountains District (Southern Anatolia)

Authors : M Ruşen USTAOĞLU, Süleyman BALIK, Murat ÖZBEK

Pages : 91-94

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Publication Date : 0000-00-00

Article Type : Research Paper

Abstract :In order to determine the Malacostraca fauna of water bodies in the Taurus Mountains, southern Anatolia, 2 field studies were conducted in 1996 and 1997. As a result, Asellus aquaticus insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(L. 1758);, Gammarus balcanicus Schäferna 1922, Gammarus longipedis G.S. Karaman & Pinkster 1987 and Stygobromus ambulans insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(F. Müller 1846); were determined from the investigated area. All the determined taxa are recorded for the first time from these localities.
Keywords : Malacostraca, Fauna, Taurus Mountains, Turkey