Crustacean Diversity Among the Cystoseira Facies of the Aegean Coast of Turkey
Articles > Article · 2004
Authors: Ahmet Kocataş, Tuncer Katağan, Murat Sezgi̇n, Fevzi Kırkım, Cengiz KOÇAK
\n Volume: 28, Issue: 4\n 309-316\n \n, International, 2004, vol 28, pp 309-316
Summary
This study focused on the crustacean fauna of Cystoseira facies in the upper infralittoral zone of the Turkish Aegean coast. Investigations were carried out at 9 stations along a depth gradient of 2 to 5 m in June and July 1995. A total of 2179 specimens belonging to 81 species were identified. Among the species encountered, Ampithoe ramondi was the most common, with a dominance value of 11%, followed by Leptochelia savignyi (7%). Caprella rapax is recorded for the first time from the Aegean coast of Turkey; Corophium acutum, Corophium rotundirostre and Hippolyte varians are new records for the entire Turkish coast.