Some Brachyuran Crab Records from Coastal Waters of the Mersin Bay, Northeastern Mediterranean Coast of Turkey

Year 2019, Volume: 4 Issue: 2, 174 - 181, 17.05.2019

Deniz Ayas Moez Shaiek Nuray Çiftçi , Mısra Bakan

https://doi.org/10.28978/nesciences.567119

Cited By: 2

Abstract

Eight crab species (Eriphia verrucosa, Maja squinado, Calappa granulata, Charybdis
(Goniohellenus) longicollis, Callinectes sapidus, Atergatis roseus, Portunus segnis, Maja crispata)
were sampled from Mersin Bay (Northeastern Mediterranean) between September 2017 and April
2018. Three species belong to the family of Portunidae while two Maja species represent Majidae.
The other crabs represent the families of Calappidae, Xanthidae, and Eriphidae. All specimens
were preserved in ethanol and were deposited in the Museum of the Systematic, Faculty of
Fisheries, Mersin University (catalogue number:MEUDC-17-12-002 - MEUDC-18-12-009).
Previous records of these crabs in the Mediterranean Sea were determined as their distributions
were compared. All crab samples in the study are distributed in the Northeastern Mediterranean
Sea commonly. 

Keywords

Brachyuran crab, coastal waters, Mersin Bay, Turkey

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