Harpacticoida (Crustacea: Copepoda) of the Three Islands on Aegean Sea (Turkey) with Eight New Records

Authors : Nuran Özlem YILDIZ, Süphan KARAYTUĞ

Pages : 57-65

Doi:/medfar.v1i37150.406311

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Publication Date : 2018-05-30

Article Type : Research Paper

Abstract :Harpacticoid fauna inhabiting in the mediolittoral zone of the islands of Bodrum insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(Turkey); called Kara, Çatal and Tavşan was investigated. For this purpose, a total of 23 stations were sampled. As a result, 22 species belonging to 11 families   distributed within 20 genera were identified. These species are:  Pseudobradya robusta, Pseudobradya pelobates, Leptocaris biscayensis, Harpacticus  sp .,   Parastenhelia spinosa, Sarsamphiascus angustipes, Ameira tenuicornis, Psyllocamptus eridani,  Pseudameira breviseta, Leptomesochra infima, Pseudoleptomesochrella marina, Paramesochra helgalondica, Phyllopodopsyllus thiebaudi, Phyllopodopsyllus briani ,  Orthopsyllus sarsi,   Laophonte cornuta, Paralaophonte brevirostris, Echinolaophonte armiger, Klieonychocamptus kliei, Klieonychocamptus kliei adriaticus, Afrolaophonte pori, Lipomelum adriaticum and Neoleptastacus acanthus.  Also,  Pseudobradya robusta ,  Pseudobradya pelobates ,  Pseudameira breviseta ,  Leptomesochra infima ,  Pseudoleptomesochrella marina ,  Echinolaophonte armiger  are reported for the first time from Turkish coasts.
Keywords : Meiofauna, biodiversity, taxonomy, species

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