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

ÖZBEK M., ÖZKAN N., Camur-Elipek B.

Acta Zoologica Bulgarica, cilt.69, sa.4, ss.493-499, 2017 (SCI-Expanded, Scopus) identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 69 Sayı: 4
  • Basım Tarihi: 2017
  • Dergi Adı: Acta Zoologica Bulgarica
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.493-499
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: Amphipoda, Dikerogammarus, Gammarus, Ponto-Caspian species
  • Trakya Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

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.