Alien polychaete species (Annelida: Polychaeta) on the southern coast of Turkey (Levantine Sea, eastern Mediterranean), with 13 new records for the Mediterranean Sea
Author
Çinar, Melih Ertan
text
Journal of Natural History
2009
2009-09-11
43
37 - 38
2283
2328
http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00222930903094654
journal article
10.1080/00222930903094654
1464-5262
5217190
Leonnates persicus
Wesenberg-Lund, 1949
Leonnates persica
Wesenberg-Lund 1949: 275–277
, figs 11,12;
Day 1967: 328–329
, fig. 14.11.g–m.
Leonnates persicus
;
Qiu and Qian 2000: 1129–1133
, figs 8b,c, 9a–c, 10a–e, 11a–d;
Çinar et al. 2002: 812–815
, figs 2,3.
Material examined
ESFM-POL/2005-242
,
9 September 2005
,
I
skenderun
Bay
, G3,
36°51′8″ N
,
35°55′42″ E
,
25 m
, mud,
4 specimens
;
ESFM-POL/05-708
,
10 September 2005
,
I
skenderun
Bay
, D19,
36°21′15″ N
,
35°44′27″ E
,
75 m
, mud,
2 specimens
;
ESFM- POL/05-779,
10 September 2005
,
I
skenderun
Bay
, D18,
36°23′38″ N
,
35°39′26″ E
,
100 m
, mud,
1 specimen
;
ESFM-POL/2005-38
,
10 September 2005
,
I
skenderun
Bay
, D15,
36°31′56″ N
,
35°35′16″ E
,
50 m
, mud,
2 specimens
;
ESFM-POL/2005- 101
,
10 September 2005
,
I
skenderun
Bay
, D20,
36°20′7″ N
,
35°46′56″ E
,
50 m
, muddy sand,
1 specimen
;
ESFM-POL/2005-141
,
10 September 2005
,
I
skenderun
Bay
, D16,
36°30′12″ N
,
35°36′24″ E
,
70 m
, mud,
2 specimens
;
ESFM-POL/2005- 254
,
10 September 2005
,
I
skenderun
Bay
, G4,
36°44′9″ N
,
35°44′32″ E
,
50 m
, mud,
3 specimens
;
ESFM-POL/2005-384
,
10 September 2005
,
I
skenderun
Bay
, G
5, 25 m
, muddy sand,
36°43′44″ N
,
35°43′39″ E
,
1 specimen
;
ESFM-POL/2005-1385
,
17 September 2005
,
Mersin
Bay, G
8,
36°44′22″ N
,
34°39′02″ E
,
25 m
, mud,
3 specimens
;
ESFM-POL/2005-821
,
17 September 2005
,
Mersin
Bay, D
23,
36°40′50″ N
,
34°35′12″ E
, 50, mud,
1 specimen
;
ESFM-POL/2005-1323
,
19 September 2005
, K
19, 4 m
,
Halophila stipulacea
,
1 specimen
;
ESFM-POL/2005-987
,
22 September 2005
,
Anamur
, D27,
36°04′28″ N
,
32°53′03″ E
,
10 m
, muddy sand,
1 specimen
;
ESFM-POL/2005-1095
,
23 September 2005
,
Anamur
, D29,
36°01′17″ N
,
32°48′14″ E
,
50 m
, muddy sand with
Caulerpa racemosa
,
2 specimens
;
ESFM-POL/2005- 2066
,
30 September 2005
,
Finike Bay
, G17,
36°16′48″ N
,
30°10′20″ E
,
50 m
, mud,
1 specimen
.
Distribution
This species was previously known from the Indian Ocean, Pacific Ocean, Red Sea and Mediterranean (
Çinar et al. 2002
). In the Mediterranean Sea, it was first reported from the Israeli coast at depths ranging from
10 to 15 m
by
Ben-Eliahu (1991)
and considered to be a Lessepsian migrant. It was also reported from the Aegean (
Çinar et al. 2002
) and Levantine coasts (
Ergev et al. 2003
) of
Turkey
.