AMMOTHEIDAE Dohrn, 1881

Koçak, Cengiz, Received, Naciye Alan & Online, Published, 2013, Pycnogonida (Arthropoda) from Mersin Bay (Turkey, eastern Mediterranean), Turkish Journal of Zoology 37 (3), pp. 367-371 : 367-370

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3.1. Family AMMOTHEIDAE Dohrn, 1881 View in CoL

3.1.1. Tanystylum orbiculare Wilson, 1878 ( Figures 2 and 3 View Figure 3 )

Material examined: St. 2, 36°27′27″N, 34°08′39″E, Corallina officinalis (Linnaeus) , Palisada perforata (Bory de Saint-Vincent) K.W. Nam , Liagora viscida (Forsskål) C. Agardh , 12 ♂♂ (1 ovigerous) ( EFSM –PYC/2011-1), 25.03.2011; 1 ♀ ( EFSM –PYC/2010-2), 27.12.2010. St. 4, 36°30′01″N, 34°11′29″E, C. officinalis , P. perforata , Jania rubens (Linnaeus) J.V. Lamouroux , Cystoseira sp. , 2 ♂ (1 ovigerous) ( EFSM –PYC/2011-2), 25.03.2011. St.

3, 36°29′08″N, 34°10′43″E, Cystoseira sp. , C. compressa (Esper) Gerloff & Nizamuddin , J. rubens , P. perforata , 2 ♀ ( EFSM –PYC/2011-3), 25.03.2011. St. 5, 36°36′10″N, 34°19′15″E, P. perforata , J. rubens , Cystoseira sp. , 4 ♀♀, 2 ovigerous ♂, 1 subadult ♂ ( EFSM –PYC/2010-3), 27.12. 2010. St. 1, 36°26′37″N, 34°06′48″E, C. officinalis , P. perforata , L. viscida , 5 ♀♀, 5 ♂♂ (2 ovigerous), 1 subadult ♀, 2 juveniles ( EFSM –PYC/2011-4), 25.03.2011; 5 ♀♀, 2 juveniles ( EFSM –PYC/2010-4), 21.07.2010. St. 3, 36°29′08″N, 34°10′43″E, 3 ♂♂ (1 ovigerous), 4 ♀♀, 1 subadult ♀ ( EFSM –PYC/2010-5), 21.07.2010. St. 8, 36°32′42″’N, 35°20′14″E, C. elongata J. Ellis & Solander , J. rubens , J. longifurca Zanardini , J. squamata (Linnaeus) J.H. Kim, Guiry & H.-G. Choi. 4 ♂♂, 6 ♀♀ ( EFSM –PYC/2011- 5), 24.08.2011.

This species was reported by Arnaud (1976) and Krapp et al. (2008) from the Aegean coast of Turkey and by Stock (1962) from the Mediterranean coast of Turkey, but this is the first record of this species from Mersin Bay.

General distribution: Both sides of the Atlantic Ocean (Massachusetts to Brazil and Portugal), Indo-Pacific; Mediterranean Sea (Müller, 1993).

3.1.2. Tanystylum conirostre (Dohrn, 1881) ( Figures 4 View Figure 4 and 5 View Figure 5 )

Material examined: St. 4, 36°30′01″N, 34°11′29″E, 1 ♂ ( EFSM –PYC/2011-6), 25.03.2011. St. 3, 36°29′08″N, 34°10′43″E, 1 ♀ ( EFSM –PYC/2011-7), 25.03.2011. St. 5, 36°36′10″N, 34°19′15″E, 1♀ ( EFSM –PYC/2010-6), 27.12.2010. St. 7, 36°47′24″N, 34°37′33″E, Ulva rigida C. Agardh , Hypnea musciformis (Wulfen) J.V. Lamouroux. 1 ♂ ( EFSM –PYC/2010-7), 21.07.2010. St. 6, 36°44′15″N, 34°32′11″E, Hypnea spinella (C. Agardh) Kützing 1 ♂ ( EFSM –PYC/2010-8), 21.07.2010.

This species was reported from the Aegean coast of Turkey by Arnaud (1976), Krapp et al. (2008), and Çinar et al. (2008), and by Demir (1952) from the Sea of Marmara and the Bosphorus. This is the first record of T. conirostre from Mersin Bay, the Mediterranean coast of Turkey, and the Levantine Sea.

General distribution: North Atlantic, Mediterranean Sea (Müller, 1993).

3.1.3. Ammothella longipes (Hodge, 1864) ( Figures 6 View Figure 6 and 7 View Figure 7 )

Material examined: St. 4, 36°30′01″N, 34°11′29″E, 1 ♂ ( EFSM –PYC/2011-8), 25.03.2011 GoogleMaps .

This species has been reported from the Aegean coast of Turkey by Arnaud (1976) and Krapp et al. (2008). This is the first record of A. longipes from Mersin Bay and the Mediterranean coast of Turkey.

General distribution: Atlantic, Mediterranean Sea (King, 1974).

3.1.4. Ammothella appendiculata (Dohrn, 1881) ( Figures 8 View Figure 8 and 9 View Figure 9 )

Material examined: St. 7, 36°47′24″N, 34°37′33″E, 1 ♂ ovigerous ( EFSM –PYC/2010-9), 21.07.2010 GoogleMaps .

This species was reported from the Aegean coast of Turkey by Krapp et al. (2008) and Çinar et al. (2008), but the present report represents a new record for A. appendiculata from Mersin Bay, the Mediterranean coast of Turkey, and the Levantine Sea.

General distribution: Cosmopolitan species ( Bamber, 2004), except for the polar oceans. Western Atlantic, Cape Verde Islands, Pacific, Mediterranean Sea, Red Sea ( Child, 1992).