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A pycnogonid new to the eastern Mediterranean: Achelia langi (Pycnogonida: Ammotheidae)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 March 2009

Cengiz Koçak  and
Tuncer Katağan
Cengiz Koçak*
Affiliation:
Department of Hydrobiology, Faculty of Fisheries, Ege University, 35100 Bornova, İzmir, Turkey
Tuncer Katağan
Affiliation:
Department of Hydrobiology, Faculty of Fisheries, Ege University, 35100 Bornova, İzmir, Turkey
*
Correspondence should be addressed to: Cengiz Koçak, Department of Hydrobiology, Faculty of Fisheries, Ege University, 35100 Bornova, İzmir, Turkey email: cengiz.kocak@ege.edu.tr
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Abstract

The finding of a male specimen of Achelia langi in Candarli Bay, Turkish Aegean Sea is reported. This is the first report of the species in the eastern Mediterranean. Some morphological features of the species are illustrated and its distribution in the Mediterranean Sea is shown in Figure 1.

Keywords

PycnogonidaAchelia langiAmmotheidaeMediterranean Seaeastern Mediterranean
Type
Research Article
Information
Marine Biodiversity Records , Volume 1 , January 2008 , e93
Copyright
Copyright © Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 2007

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