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- Title
THE SEA OF MARMARA: NEW LOCALITY FOR LEPEOPHTHEIRUS EUROPAENSIS ZEDAM, BERREBI, RENAUD, RAIBAUT AND GABRION, 1988 (COPEPODA, SIPHONOSTOMATOIDA, CALIGIDAE) FROM TURKEY.
- Authors
ALAŞ, Ali; ÖKTENER, Ahmet; TÜRKER, Dilek
- Abstract
Lepeophtheirus europaensis Zeddam, Berrebi, Renaud, Raibaut and Gabrion, 1988 (Copepoda, Siphonostomatoida, Caligidae) an ectoparasite of flatfishes, was reported for the first time in the Sea of Marmara Coasts. Some morphological characters of this parasitic copepod are given using original photographs and drawings. The general morphology, the mouth parts (antenna, mandible, maxillule, maxilla, and maxilliped), the outgrowth developed between the post-antennary process and the antenna, the setal and spinal formula from first leg to fourth leg in this study are compatible according to the specific literature.
- Subjects
SEA of Marmara (Turkey); LEPEOPHTHEIRUS; COPEPODA; EUROPEAN flounder; PLATICHTHYS
- Publication
Transylvanian Review of Systematical & Ecological Research, 2017, Vol 19, Issue 3, p29
- ISSN
1841-7051
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1515/trser-2017-0019