Metasychis gotoi ( Izuka, 1902 )

Çinar, Melih Ertan, 2009, Alien polychaete species (Annelida: Polychaeta) on the southern coast of Turkey (Levantine Sea, eastern Mediterranean), with 13 new records for the Mediterranean Sea, Journal of Natural History 43 (37 - 38), pp. 2283-2328 : 2312

Metasychis gotoi ( Izuka, 1902)

Maldane gotoi Izuka 1902: 109–111 , figs 1–8.

Aychis gotoi ; Fauvel 1953: 387, fig. 200; Imajima and Shiraki 1982: 75–77, fig. 36. Metasychis gotoi ; Light 1991: 141.

Material examined

ESFM-POL/05-727 , 10 September 2005, I skenderun Bay , D19, 36°21′15″ N, 35°44′27″ E, 75 m, mud, 2 specimens ; ESFM-POL/2005-1923 , 6 October 2005, Fethiye Bay , G30, 36°39′24″ N, 29°04′44″ E 50 m, sandy mud, 2 specimens ; ESFM- POL/2005-1962, 6 October 2005, Fethiye Bay , G29, 36°39′29″ N, 29°06′02″ E, 25 m, sandy mud, 1 specimen ; ESFM-POL/2005-1995 , 6 October 2005, Fethiye Bay , G31, 36°38′56″ N, 29°03′38″ E, 75 m, muddy sand, 2 specimens .

Distribution

This species was previously reported from the Pacific Ocean, Indian Ocean and Mediterranean Sea ( Imajima and Shiraki 1982). In the Mediterranean, it was first reported from the Adriatic Sea by Fauvel (1940) and considered as a Lessepsian migrant. This species is new to the fauna of the Turkish Levantine coast.