Parhyale Explorator Arresti, 1989 (Amphipoda, Talitroidea): First Mediterranean Record of this Atlantic Amphipod

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Authors: Ahmet Kerem BAKIR, TUNCER KATAĞAN, Murat Sezgin

Crustaceana, Journal Indexed in SCI Expanded, International, WoS, 2008, vol 81, pp 557-562

DOI: 10.1163/156854008784092247

Summary

The known geographical distribution of the amphipod, Parhyale explorator Arresti, 1989 has been extended with a new record from the Mediterranean Sea. This amphipod was found in September 2005 at the coast of Iskenderun Bay (Levantine Sea, Turkey). The new record reported here is the first confirmation of P. explorator currently living in the Mediterranean Sea.

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