Crustacean Diversity Among the Cystoseira Facies of the Aegean Coast of Turkey

Authors

AHMET KOCATAŞ
TUNCER KATAĞAN
MURAT SEZGİN
FEVZİ KIRKIM
CENGİZ KOÇAK

DOI

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Abstract

This study focused on the crustacean fauna of Cystoseira facies in the upper infralittoral zone of the Turkish Aegean coast. Investigations were carried out at 9 stations along a depth gradient of 2 to 5 m in June and July 1995. A total of 2179 specimens belonging to 81 species were identified. Among the species encountered, Ampithoe ramondi was the most common, with a dominance value of 11%, followed by Leptochelia savignyi (7%). Caprella rapax is recorded for the first time from the Aegean coast of Turkey; Corophium acutum, Corophium rotundirostre and Hippolyte varians are new records for the entire Turkish coast.

Keywords

Diversity, Cystoseria, Crustacea, Aegean Sea, Turkey

First Page

309

Last Page

316

Recommended Citation

KOCATAŞ, AHMET; KATAĞAN, TUNCER; SEZGİN, MURAT; KIRKIM, FEVZİ; and KOÇAK, CENGİZ (2004) "Crustacean Diversity Among the Cystoseira Facies of the Aegean Coast of Turkey," Turkish Journal of Zoology: Vol. 28: No. 4, Article 5. Available at: https://journals.tubitak.gov.tr/zoology/vol28/iss4/5