Decapod crustaceans associated with the sponge Sarcotragus muscarum Schmidt, 1864 (Porifera: Demospongiae) from the Levantine coasts of Turkey

The present study was carried out to determine the Decapod Crustaceans fauna in association with Sarcotragus muscarum Schmidt, 1864 from the Levantine Sea coasts of Turkey studied between 13 September 2005 and 07 October 2005. As a result of the present study, a total of 711 specimens belonging to 12 decapod species were identified. Among the species determined, Synalpheus gambaroloides (Nardo, 1847) was the most dominant species represented with 616 individuals and dominance value of 86.64%. Alpheus rapacida de Man, 1908 is firstly encountered in association with the sponge species

Soft-bottom decapod and stomatopod crustaceans of Northern Cyprus coast

The first study on decapod and stomatopod crustacean fauna of Cyprus was carried out by Heller (1863). According to research studies, until recently 156 species of decapods are recorded (47 Natantia, 12 Macrura Reptantia, 24 Anomura, 73 Brachyura) (Kocataş et al., 2001; Doğan et al., 2008; Christodoulou et al., 2009). Cyprus is the only island in Levantine Basin and is surrounded by waters of Levantine Basin, eastern Mediterranean, which are characterized by higher temperature and salinity, in comparison to the rest of Mediterranean (Kocataş et al., 2001). Recently, one study was done on the nearshore soft bottom macrofauna around Cyprus (Hadjichristophorou et al., 1997). They analysed macrobenthic fauna of soft-bottoms in Cyprus coasts, and reported 429 species with 73 Crustacea (71 Decapods and 2 Stomatopods)

Boreomtsis Arctica (Krøyer), Espèce Nouvelle Pour La Mer De Marmara, Turquie (Mysidacea)

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