Contribution to the Knowledge on the Distribution of Malacostraca (Crustacea) Species of Central and Southern Anatolia, with Some Ecological Notes

Authors

MURAT ÖZBEK
SÜLEYMAN BALIK
ESAT T. TOPKARA

DOI

10.3906/zoo-0712-14

Abstract

In order to contribute to the knowledge on the distribution of Malacostraca (Crustacea) species inhabiting freshwaters of central and southern parts of Anatolia, Turkey, sampling was performed at 69 stations between 29 May and 4 June 2006 and between 19 and 25 June 2006. Malacostraca specimens were found at 26 out of the 69 stations and were represented by 11 taxa (Gammarus agrarius, Gammarus argaeus, Gammarus anatoliensis, Gammarus balcanicus, Gammarus mladeni, Gammarus pseudosyriacus, Echinogammarus antalyae, Asellus aquaticus, Palaemonetes antennarius, Atyaepyra desmaresti orientalis, and Astacus leptodactylus). The zoogeographical distribution and ecology of the determined taxa are presented herein.

Keywords

Freshwater, Amphipoda, Decapoda, Isopoda, distribution, Turkey

First Page

47

Last Page

55

Recommended Citation

ÖZBEK, MURAT; BALIK, SÜLEYMAN; and TOPKARA, ESAT T. (2009) "Contribution to the Knowledge on the Distribution of Malacostraca (Crustacea) Species of Central and Southern Anatolia, with Some Ecological Notes," Turkish Journal of Zoology: Vol. 33: No. 1, Article 7. https://doi.org/10.3906/zoo-0712-14
Available at: https://journals.tubitak.gov.tr/zoology/vol33/iss1/7