Association between the Crab, Nepinnotheres pinnotheres (Linnaeus, 1758), and the Endangered Species Fan Mussel, Pinna nobilis (Linnaeus, 1758), from the Aegean Sea, Turkey

Year 2019, , 169 - 174, 31.12.2019

Sefa Acarlı Pervin Vural Ahmet Öktener

https://doi.org/10.28955/alinterizbd.639029

Cited By: 3

Abstract

Pinna nobilis,
commonly known as the fan mussel, is an endemic and endangered species found in
the Mediterranean Sea. The association between the crab, Nepinnotheres pinnotheres (Decapoda), and P. nobilis (Bivalvia) from the Aegean Sea, Turkey was examined in
this study. The crab samples were collected in the Urla Karantina Island, Izmir
Bay, the Aegean Sea. The biometric characters of bivalve and crab in this
coexistence were analyzed. 80% of the P.
nobilis was occupied by N. pinnotheres.

Keywords

Nepinnotheres, Pinna nobilis, pea crab, host, endangered species

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