Original scientific paper

https://doi.org/10.32582/aa.60.1.4

A new record of the genus Trygaeus Dohrn, 1881 and species Trygaeus communis Dohrn, 1881 (Arthropoda, Pycnogonida) from Turkey (Eastern Mediterranean)

Cengiz Kocak ; Department of Hydrobiology, Fisheries Faculty, Ege University, TR 35100, Bornova-Izmir, Turkey

Abstract

Sampling studies in the Turkish Aegean Sea revealed the occurrence of the sea spider species, Trygaeus communis Dohrn, 1881. The genus Trygaeus and species Trygaeus communis Dohrn, 1881 are recorded for the first time from Turkey. The genus and species are also recorded for the second time from the Eastern Mediterranean Sea. Distribution map of the species in the Eastern Mediterranean Sea is provided, together with photographs and line drawing of the species. This record further extends the known distribution of the species to Turkey in the Eastern Mediterranean.

Keywords

Pycnogonida; Trygaeus communis; Turkey; Eastern Mediterranean; Mediterranean Sea

Hrčak ID:

223118

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/223118

Publication date:

15.7.2019.

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