A Pycnogonid Species New for the Mediterranean Coast of Türkiye: Achelia langi (Dohrn, 1881) (Arthropoda, Pycnogonida)

Year 2022, Volume: 18 Issue: 4, 513 - 517, 01.12.2022

Cengiz Koçak

https://doi.org/10.22392/actaquatr.1153151

Abstract

A male specimen of Achelia langi (Dohrn, 1881) was found in Antalya Bay (Turkish coast of the Mediterranean Sea) at 1.5 m depth in July 2019. A distribution map of the species in the Mediterranean Sea is provided, together with a photograph and line drawing of the species. A. langi is reported in this study for the first time from Antalya Bay and the Mediterranean coast of Türkiye and also the third time from the eastern Mediterranean Sea. The record further extends the known distribution of this species from the Aegean Sea to the Mediterranean coast of Türkiye in the eastern Mediterranean Sea.

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Pycnogonida, Ammotheidae, Achelia langi, Mediterranean Sea, Mediterranean coast of Türkiye

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Türkiye’nin Akdeniz Kıyıları İçin Yeni Bir Piknogonid Türü: Achelia langi (Dohrn, 1881) (Arthropoda, Pycnogonida)

Abstract

Achelia langi (Dohrn, 1881) türüne ait bir erkek birey Temmuz 2019 tarihinde 1.5 m derinlikten Antalya Körfezi’nden tespit edilmiştir. Türün Akdeniz’deki dağılımı, fotoğraf ve çizimi çalışmada verilmiştir. A. langi, Antalya Körfezi’nden ve Türkiye’nin Akdeniz kıyılarından ilk kez, doğu Akdeniz’den ise üçüncü kez bu çalışmada rapor edilmektedir. Bu kayıt, doğu Akdeniz’de türün bilinen dağılımını Ege Denizi’nden Türkiye’nin Akdeniz kıyılarına kadar genişletmektedir.

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Pycnogonida, Ammotheidae, Achelia langi, Akdeniz, Türk Akdeniz kıyıları

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