New records of Leptostracans (Crustacea, Phyllocarida) from the eastern Mediterranean
Articles > Article · 2010
Authors: Cengiz KOÇAK, Juan MOREIRA, TUNCER KATAĞAN
Turkish Journal of Zoology, Journal Indexed in SCI Expanded, International, WoS, 2010, vol 34, pp 69-77
DOI: 10.3906/zoo-0901-4
Summary
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. kocatasi Moreira, 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.