Murat SEZGİN, A. Suat ATEŞ, Tuncer KATAĞAN, Kerem BAKIR, Şükran Yalçin ÖZDİLEK

Türkiye’nin Akdeniz ve Ege kıyılarında bir deniz kaplumbağasında rapor edilen amfipodlar, Caprella andreae Mayer, 1890 ve Podocerus chelonophilus (Chevreux & Guerne, 1888) üzerine notlar

Mevcut çalışma doğu Akdeniz’de (Levantin Denizi) dağılım gösteren iri deniz kaplumbağası, Caretta caretta (Linnaeus, 1758)’nın karapası üzerinde görülen iki amfipod türü, Caprella andreae Mayer, 1890; Podocerus chelonophilus Chevreux & Guerne, 1888’un varlığını rapor etmektedir. Amfipod bireyleri 07 Nisan 2007’de Samandağ, Hatay (Akdeniz’in Türkiye kıyıları) açıklarında yürütülen deneysel dip çalışması sırasında yakalanan Caretta caretta (Linnaeus, 1758)’nın üzerinden bulunmuştur. İlave olarak, amfipod, Caprella andreae Mayer 1890 Seferihisar (doğu Ege Denizi) (38°11´32˝N, 26°38´07˝E) kıyılarındaki balık kafeslerinin ağları üzerinden toplanmıştır. C. andreae Türkiye Denizleri amfipod faunası için yenidir.

Notes on amphipods Caprella andreae Mayer, 1890 and Podocerus chelonophilus (Chevreux & Guerne, 1888) collected from the loggerhead sea turtle, Caretta caretta, off the Mediterranean and the Aegean coasts of Turkey

The present study reports the occurrence of 2 amphipod species, Caprella andreae Mayer, 1890 and Podocerus chelonophilus Chevreux & Guerne, 1888, that appeared on the carapace of the loggerhead turtle Caretta caretta (Linnaeus, 1758) in the eastern Mediterranean Sea (Levantine Sea). The amphipod specimens were found on a male Caretta caretta captured during experimental bottom studies conducted off Samandağ, Hatay (the Turkish Mediterranean coast) on 7 April 2007. In addition, Caprella andreae Mayer 1890 was collected from the nets of fish cages off the Seferihisar (Aegean Sea) coast (38°11'32"N, 26°38'07"E). C. andreae is a first report for the amphipod fauna in Turkish seas.

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Key words: Amphipod, Crustacea sea turtle, epibiont, eastern Aegean Sea, eastern Mediterranean Sea, Turkey,

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