The Anomura Species Found in Edremit Bay in the Aegean Sea

This study was carried out to determine anomura species in Edremit Bay and some of their ecological properties. The samples were collected from 31 stations between 2001 and 2003, from depths of 0.5-60 m, by using scoop net, dredge, beam-trawl and trammel net. A total of 19 anomura species belonging to 4 families were identified during the course of this study. One of these [Galathea strigosa (Linnaeus,1767)] was first reported from the Turkish territorial waters of the Aegean Sea. Primary hydrographic conditions, such as temperature (13.0-29.0 ºC), salinity (35.9-38.9 ‰) and dissolved oxygen (2.76-9.82 mg l-1) were recorded on each sampling occasion.
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