Marine interstitial and phytal miraciidae dana, 1846 (crustacea: copepoda: harpacticoida) inhabiting along the mediolittoral zone of Turkish coasts

Abstract

Phytal and interstitial miraciids inhabiting along the Turkish coasts were determined based on the previous collections as well as the newly collected materials, in order to determine the distribution and species diversity of the family. For this purpose miraciid samples collected from a total of 265 stations along the beaches of Black Sea (66 stations), Aegean Sea (110 stations) and Mediterranean Sea (89 stations) were morphologically examined in detail. As a result 17 species and 1 subspecies belonging to 14 genera were determined. The examination of the previous literature revealed that eight of the identified species (Diosaccus tenuicornis, Schizopera pratensis, Psammotopa vulgaris, Amonardia phyllopus, Metamphiascopsis hirsutus bermudae, Robertgurneya smithi, Paramphiascella robinsoni and Sarsamphiascus kawamurai) are new records for Turkish waters. On the other hand Sch. pratensis, R. smithi, M. hirsutus bermudae and S. kawamurai are reported for the first time from Mediterranean Sea.

Türkiye sahilleri boyunca yaşayan interstitial ve fital miraciidler, yayılış ve tür çeşitliliklerinin ortaya çıkarılması amacı ile, önceden toplanmış olan örnekler ve yeni toplanan örnekler kullanılarak belirlendi. Bu amaçla Karadeniz sahilleri (66 istasyon), Ege Denizi sahilleri (110 istasyon) ve Akdeniz sahillerinden (89 istasyon) toplam 265 istasyondan toplanan örneklerin detaylı morfolojik incelemeleri gerçekleştirildi. Sonuç olarak 14 cinse dahil 17 tür ve 1 alttür teşhis edildi. Yapılan literatür incelemesine göre, teşhis edilen türlerden sekizi (Diosaccus tenuicornis, Schizopera pratensis, Psammotopa vulgaris, Amonardia phyllopus, Metamphiascopsis hirsutus bermudae, Robertgurneya smithi, Paramphiascella robinsoni and Sarsamphiascus kawamurai) Türkiye sahillerinden ilk kez kaydedilmiştir. Bunun yanı sıra Sch. pratensis, R. smithi, M. hirsutus bermudae ve S. kawamurai tüm Akdeniz’den ilk kez rapor edilmiştir.