Herdem Aslan CİHANGİR, Andres Izquierdo MUNOZ, Maria A. Pancucci PAPADOPOULOU, A. Alfonso Ramos ESPLA, Elif YILMAZ CAN

Microcosmus polymorphus heller, 1877 (tunicata: ascidiacea: pyuridae)- a new addition to the fauna of the Turkish coasts

Bu çalışmada, Atlanto-Mediterranean bir tür olan Microcosmus polymorphus’un Türkiye kıyılarından ilk kaydı verilmektedir. Söz konusu tür sadece bir birey olarak İzmir Körfezi’nden Temmuz 2007’de 50 m derinlikte trol ile elde edilmiştir.

Anahtar Kelimeler:

Türkiye, fauna, kıyılar

Türkiye kıyı faunasına yeni bir katkı - (Microcosmus polymorphus heller, 1877 (tunicata: ascidiacea: pyuridae)

Microcosmus polymorphus, an Atlanto-Mediterranean ascidian, is here recorded for the first time from the Turkish Seas. One specimen was obtained from Izmir Bay by trawling at the depth of 50 m in July 2007.

Keywords:

Turkey, fauna, coasts,

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