Freshwater Isopod Species (Crustacea) of Turkish Thrace and Their Distribution

Authors : Belgin ÇAMUR, Timur KIRGIZ

Pages : 17-22

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Publication Date : 0000-00-00

Article Type : Research Paper

Abstract :This study was undertaken to determine the freshwater Isopod fauna of Turkish Thrace. Samples were collected during the years 1985-1987, 1989-1992 and 1994-1997. According to the results, Asellus insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(Asellus); aquaticusinsert ignore into journalissuearticles values(L.); Racovitza, Asellus insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(Asellus); hilgendorfiBovallius, Asellus insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(Proasellus); infirmus Birstein belonging to the genus Asellus of the Asellidae family and Jaera insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(Jaera); sarsi Valkanov belonging to the genus Jaeraof the Janiridae family were determined. Of the species, Asellus insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(Asellus); hilgendorfi Bovallius, Asellus insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(Proasellus); infirmus Birstein and Jaera insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(Jaera); sarsi Valkanov are new records for Turkey. The worldwide distributions of these species are included.
Keywords : Faunistic, Freshwater, Isopoda, Turkish Thrace