Cephalopod Fauna of the Eastern Mediterranean

Authors

ALP SALMAN
TUNCER KATAĞAN
HÜSEYİN AVNİ BENLİ

DOI

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Abstract

Studies on the cephalopods of Turkish coasts have been going on since 1988. As a result of these studies, a total of 43 species have been determined, comprising 11 species from the Sea of Marmara, 38 from the Aegean Sea and 24 from the Mediterranean Sea. With respect to other studies carried out excluding Turkish coasts, the eastern Mediterranean cephalopod fauna has increased to 51 species. Among the species determined, Ancistrocheirus lesueurii and Ancistroteuthis lichtensteini are new records for the eastern Mediterranean; Sepietta obscura, Ancistrocheirus lesueurii, Ancistroteuthis lichtensteini and Tremoctopus violaceus for the Aegean Sea; and Alloteuthis media, Rossia macrosoma and Eledone cirrhosa for the Mediterranean coast of Turkey.

Keywords

Cephalopoda, Fauna, Turkish seas, Eastern Mediterranean.

First Page

47

Last Page

52

Recommended Citation

SALMAN, ALP; KATAĞAN, TUNCER; and BENLİ, HÜSEYİN AVNİ (2002) "Cephalopod Fauna of the Eastern Mediterranean," Turkish Journal of Zoology: Vol. 26: No. 1, Article 6. Available at: https://journals.tubitak.gov.tr/zoology/vol26/iss1/6