The marine arthropods of Turkey

Authors

AHMET KEREM BAKIR
TUNCER KATAĞAN
HALİM VEDAT AKER
TAHİR ÖZCAN
MURAT SEZGİN
ABDULLAH SUAT ATEŞ
CENGİZ KOÇAK
FEVZİ KIRKIM

DOI

10.3906/zoo-1405-48

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).

Keywords

Arthropoda, Black Sea, Sea of Marmara, Aegean Sea, Levantine Sea, Turkey

First Page

765

Last Page

831

Recommended Citation

BAKIR, AHMET KEREM; KATAĞAN, TUNCER; AKER, HALİM VEDAT; ÖZCAN, TAHİR; SEZGİN, MURAT; ATEŞ, ABDULLAH SUAT; KOÇAK, CENGİZ; and KIRKIM, FEVZİ (2014) "The marine arthropods of Turkey," Turkish Journal of Zoology: Vol. 38: No. 6, Article 6. https://doi.org/10.3906/zoo-1405-48
Available at: https://journals.tubitak.gov.tr/zoology/vol38/iss6/6