First observations of two talitrid crustaceans (Amphipoda: Talitridae) from Gokceada island (NE Aegean Sea)

The present paper reports the occurrence of Talitrus saltator (Montagu, 1808) and Orchestia gammarellus (Pallas, 1766) which are the first records from Gokceada (Imbroz) Island (NE Aegean Sea). It should be noted that, T. saltator is a new record for the Aegean Sea coast of Turkey

Freshwater and brackish amphipods (Crustacea: Amphipoda) from Turkish thrace region (Including Çanakkale Province)

In order to determine the fresh and brackish water amphipod species of the Turkish Thrace Region, specimens were sampled from 68 localities in ?stanbul, Edirne, Tekirda?, K?rklareli and Çanakkale Provinces. Totally, 16 amphipod taxa were identified: Gammarus arduus G. Karaman, 1975, G. komareki Schäferna, 1922, G. pulex pulex (L., 1758), G. fossarum Koch, 1836, G. balcanicus Schäferna, 1922, G. aequicauda (Martynov, 1931), G. subtypicus Stock, 1966, G. uludagi Karaman, 1975, G. gonensis Özbek, 2016, G. kesanensis Özbek & Çamur-Elipek, 2010, Dikerogammarus istanbulensis Özbek & Özkan, 2011, Amathillina cristata Sars, 1894, Orchestia cavimana Heller, 1865, Synurella ambulans F. Müller, 1846, Pontogammarus robustoides Sars, 1894 and Niphargus sp. All the determined species were previously recorded from Turkey. This is the first record of Gammarus gonensis in Europe. Information about the sampling localities and a distribution map of the species are presented. © 2017 Bulgarian Academy of Sciences. All rights reserved