Notes on amphipods Caprella andreae Mayer, 1890 and Podocerus chelonophilus (Chevreux & Guerne, 1888) collected from the loggerhead sea turtle, Caretta caretta, off the Mediterranean and the Aegean coasts of Turkey

Authors

MURAT SEZGİN
A. SUAT ATEŞ
TUNCER KATAĞAN
KEREM BAKIR
ŞÜKRAN YALÇIN ÖZDİLEK

DOI

10.3906/zoo-0807-3

Abstract

The present study reports the occurrence of 2 amphipod species, Caprella andreae Mayer, 1890 and Podocerus chelonophilus Chevreux & Guerne, 1888, that appeared on the carapace of the loggerhead turtle Caretta caretta (Linnaeus, 1758) in the eastern Mediterranean Sea (Levantine Sea). The amphipod specimens were found on a male Caretta caretta captured during experimental bottom studies conducted off Samandağ, Hatay (the Turkish Mediterranean coast) on 7 April 2007. In addition, Caprella andreae Mayer 1890 was collected from the nets of fish cages off the Seferihisar (Aegean Sea) coast (38^{°}11^{'}32^{"}N, 26^{°}38^{'}07^{"}E). C. andreae is a first report for the amphipod fauna in Turkish seas.

Keywords

Amphipod, Crustacea, sea turtle, epibiont, eastern Aegean Sea, eastern Mediterranean Sea, Turkey

First Page

433

Last Page

437

Recommended Citation

SEZGİN, MURAT; ATEŞ, A. SUAT; KATAĞAN, TUNCER; BAKIR, KEREM; and ÖZDİLEK, ŞÜKRAN YALÇIN (2009) "Notes on amphipods Caprella andreae Mayer, 1890 and Podocerus chelonophilus (Chevreux & Guerne, 1888) collected from the loggerhead sea turtle, Caretta caretta, off the Mediterranean and the Aegean coasts of Turkey," Turkish Journal of Zoology: Vol. 33: No. 4, Article 8. https://doi.org/10.3906/zoo-0807-3
Available at: https://journals.tubitak.gov.tr/zoology/vol33/iss4/8