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The occurrence of Bathynectes maravigna (Decapoda: Brachyura: Portunidae) in the Turkish part of the Levantine Sea

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 May 2009

Tahir Özcan ,
Erhan Irmak ,
A. Suat Ateş  and
Tuncer Katağan
Tahir Özcan*
Affiliation:
Department of Hydrobiology, Fisheries Faculty, Mustafa Kemal University, 31200 Iskenderun, Hatay, Turkey
Erhan Irmak
Affiliation:
Department of Hydrobiology, Fisheries Faculty, Çanakkale Onsekiz Mart University, 17100 Çanakkale, Turkey
A. Suat Ateş
Affiliation:
Department of Hydrobiology, Fisheries Faculty, Çanakkale Onsekiz Mart University, 17100 Çanakkale, Turkey
Tuncer Katağan
Affiliation:
Department of Hydrobiology, Fisheries Faculty, Ege University, 35100 Bornova-İzmir, Turkey
*
Correspondence should be addressed to: T. Özcan, Department of Hydrobiology, Fisheries Faculty, Mustafa Kemal University, 31200 Iskenderun, Hatay, Turkey email: [email protected]
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Abstract

The deep-sea portunid crab Bathynectes maravigna, previously known from the Aegean Sea coast of Turkey, is reported for the first time from Mersin Bay on the Levantine Sea coast of Turkey. The record is based on three adult males and two adult females collected by trawling on a sandy bottom at depths between 300 and 450 m in Mersin Bay.

Keywords

Bathynectes maravignaMersin BayLevantine Sea
Type
Research Article
Information
Marine Biodiversity Records , Volume 2 , January 2009 , e101
Copyright
Copyright © Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 2009

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