Paraonis fulgens (Annelida: Paraonidae), a new record for the marine fauna of Turkey

Articles > Article · 2020

Authors: Deniz Erdogan Dereli, Melih Ertan ÇINAR

Ege Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, Journal Indexed in ESCI, International, WoS, 2020, vol 37, pp 181-185

DOI: 10.12714/egejfas.37.2.09

Summary

This paper deals with the occurrence of Paraonis fulgens on the coast of Turkey. Three specimens of this species were found at 4 m on sandy mud bottom in İskenderun Bay, north-east Levantine Sea. The morphological and distributional features of the species were explained. The present study described a ventral lobe on chaetigers in the family Paraonidae for the first time.

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