Phoronida from the Eastern Mediterranean and Black Sea
Makaleler > Tam Makale · 2003
Yazarlar: CC Emig, Melih Ertan ÇINAR, Z Ergen
CAHIERS DE BIOLOGIE MARINE, SCI İndekslerine Giren Dergi, Uluslararası, Wos, 2003, cilt 44, ss 185-190
Özet
Faunistic analysis of benthic materials collected in various habitats at different depths in the eastern Mediterranean and the Black Sea revealed two phoronid species, Phoronis muelleri and P. psammophila, which were also known in many localities in the western Mediterranean. The Black Sea material comprised only Phoronis psammophila whereas the Aegean Sea and Levant Sea materials contained both P. psammophila and P. muelleri. The diagnosis and the ecological and reproductive features of these species as well as their associated polychaete fauna are provided. Our present knowledge of the biodiversity and geographic distribution of the three phoronid species occurring in the studied area, the third being P. australis, is developed including unpublished data.