The marine arthropods of Turkey

Bakir A. K., Katağan T., Aker H. V., Özcan T., Sezgin M., ATEŞ A. S., ...More

Turkish Journal of Zoology, vol.38, no.6, pp.765-831, 2014 (SCI-Expanded, Scopus, TRDizin) identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Review
  • Volume: 38 Issue: 6
  • Publication Date: 2014
  • Doi Number: 10.3906/zoo-1405-48
  • Journal Name: Turkish Journal of Zoology
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus, TR DİZİN (ULAKBİM)
  • Page Numbers: pp.765-831
  • Keywords: Aegean sea, Arthropoda, Black sea, Levantine sea, Sea of marmara, Turkey
  • Hatay Mustafa Kemal University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

This recent checklist of marine arthropods found on the coasts of Turkey represents a total of 1531 species belonging to 7 classes: Malacostraca (766 species), Maxillopoda (437 species), Ostracoda (263 species), Pycnogonida (27 species), Arachnida (26 species), Branchiopoda (7 species), and Insecta (5 species). Seventy-five species were classified as alien species in the region. This paper also includes the first record of the amphipod Melita valesi from the Levantine coast of Turkey (Kaş, Gulf of Antalya).