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A new record in eastern Aegean Sea (Turkey): Polymorphina fistulosa

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 October 2012

Engın Merıç ,
Mehmet Bakı Yokes ,
Niyazı Avşar ,
Elmas Kırcı-Elmas  and
Feyza Dıncer
Engın Merıç
Affiliation:
Moda Hüseyin Bey Sk., No: 15/4 34710 Kadıköy
Mehmet Bakı Yokes*
Affiliation:
Halic University, Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics
Niyazı Avşar
Affiliation:
Çukurova University, Department of Geological Engineering
Elmas Kırcı-Elmas
Affiliation:
Istanbul University, Institute of Maritime Sciences and Management
Feyza Dıncer
Affiliation:
Nevsehir University, Department of Geological Engineering
*
Correspondence should be addressed to: B.Yokes, Haliç Üniversitesi Moleküler Biyoloji ve Genetik Bölümï Smacevizler, Cad. No. 29, Bomonti 34381, Istanbul, Turkey email: bakiyokes@halic.edu.tr
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Abstract

Numerous Indo-Pacific originated alien foraminifer species have been recorded in the eastern Mediterranean. Each year new species are being added. In the framework of a foraminiferal study conducted on the east Aegean coast the benthic foraminifer Polymorphina fistulosa is found in the foraminiferal assemblage around a hot water submarine spring in Ilıca Bay (Çesme, Turkey). It is also observed in one sediment sample collected from the western entrance of the Dardanelles (Çanakkale, Turkey). These records constitute the first record of this Pacific originated species in the Aegean Sea.

Keywords

Polymorphina fistulosaforaminferaalien speciesAegean SeaTurkey
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Research Article
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Marine Biodiversity Records , Volume 5 , August 2012 , e103
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Copyright © Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 2012

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