New Observations of Alien Foraminifera on the Turkish Coasts of the Aegean Sea (2008-2011)

Year 2015, Volume: 2 Issue: 2, 77 - 87, 03.08.2015

Engin Meriç M. Baki Yokeş Niyazi Avşar Feyza Dinçer

https://doi.org/10.30897/ijegeo.303546

Cited By: 5

Abstract

Invasion of the Mediterranean Sea by alien species is an
ongoing process. Each year new alien species are being recorded in the
Levantine basin. To date, 34 alien foraminifer species are known to inhabit
Turkish coastline. Because of low water temperature it is hard ot survive for
the thermophilic alien species in the Aegean Sea. Until 2008, only 12 alien
foraminifers have been reported from the Aegean coasts, however the recent
studies increasd this number to 31. The reports of İridia diaphana Heron-Allen and Earland, Quinqueloculina sp. C, Triloculina
affinis d’Orbigny, Triloculina sp.
A, Euthymonacha polita (Chapaman), Coscinospira acicularis (Batsch), Polymorphina fistulosa Cushman and Brizalina simpsoni (Heron-Allen ve
Earland) constitutes first records. Besides, 
Haddonia sp., Nodopthalmidium antillarum (Cushman), Spiroloculina antillarum d’Orbigny, Hauerina diversa  Cushman, Triloculina
fichteliana  d’Orbigny, Peneroplis arietinus (Batsch), Sorites variabilis Lacroix, Cymbaloporetta plana (Cushman), C. squammosa (d’Orbigny), Amphistegina lessonii d’Orbigny are first records for the Turkish
Aegean fauna.

Keywords

Foraminifera, Aegean Sea, Diversity

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