Title of article :
New records of Leptostracans (Crustacea, Phyllocarida) from the eastern Mediterranean
Author/Authors :
KOÇAK, Cengiz Ege University - Fisheries Faculty - Department of Hydrobiology, Turkey , MOREIRA, Juan Universidade de Santiago de Compostela - Instituto de Acuicultura - Estación de Bioloxía Mariña da Graña, Casa do Hórreo e Casa da Estrela, Departamento de Zooloxía e Antropoloxía Física, SPAIN , KATAĞAN, Tuncer Ege University - Fisheries Faculty - Department of Hidrobiology, Turkey
Abstract :
Knowledge about leptostracans from the Mediterranean Sea is still scarce. Examination of samples collected from the Aegean Sea off Turkey and from Cyprus in the eastern Mediterranean Sea revealed new localities and range extensions for 2 species of leptostracans: Nebalia strausi Risso, 1826, and N. kocatasiMoreira, Koçak, and Katagan, 2007. The record of N. kocatasi is the first for Cyprus and for the Levantine Basin. Additional specimens (Nebalia sp. 1 and Nebalia sp. 2) might prove to belong to 2 new species but the lack of material prevents their formal description.
Keywords :
Leptostraca , Nebalia , eastern Mediterranean , distribution , new records
Journal title :
Turkish Journal of Zoology
Journal title :
Turkish Journal of Zoology
