Decapod crustaceans new to the fauna of Cyprus
Makaleler > Tam Makale · 2008
Yazarlar: Alper DOĞAN, Tahir ÖZCAN, Fevzi KIRKIM, TUNCER KATAĞAN
Crustaceana, SCI Expanded İndekslerine Giren Dergi, Uluslararası, Wos, 2008, cilt 81, ss 759-762
DOI: 10.1163/156854008784513384
Özet
Cyprus is surrounded by the waters of the Levantine Sea, eastern Mediterranean, characterized by a higher temperature and salinity as compared to the rest of the Mediterranean Sea (Galil, 1992; Kocatas et al., 2001). The first study on the decapod crustacean fauna of the island was carried out by Heller (1863), and only 12 species had been reported by the late 19th century (see Unger & Kotschy, 1865; Plateau, 1884; Adensamer, 1898). Until recently, 150 species of decapods (44 Natantia, 11 Macrura Reptantia, 24 Anomura, 71 Brachyura) were known to occur along the Cyprus coasts (Lewinsohn & Holthuis, 1986; Kocatas et al., 2001). The study on which our present report is based, was conducted along the northern coast of Cyprus in the period 18.x.2003-03.xi.2003. Specimens were obtained by means of a Van Veen grab, a dredge, and a trawl employed over sandy-silt bottoms at depths between 11 and 225 m (fig. 1). The specimens, including those photographed, are preserved in 4% formaldehyde and deposited in the Museum of the Faculty of Fisheries, Ege University, Bornova-Izmir. With this report, the number species of Decapoda known to occur on the Cyprus coasts has increased to 152: Sicyonia carinata (Brunnich, 1768) and Upogebia mediterranea Noel, 1992 are new records for the decapod fauna of Cyprus. The nomenclature for these species follows Marine Species (2007).