Research Article Turkish Journal of Maritime and Marine Sciences Volume: 1 Issue: 2 (2015) 102-106

Two Decapod Species, Pontonia pinnophylax (Otto, 1821) and Nepinnotheres pinnotheres (Linnaeus, 1758), Living Inside Pinna nobilis Linnaeus, 1758 in Izmir Bay (Aegean Sea, Turkey)

İzmir Körfezi’nde (Ege Denizi, Türkiye) Pinna nobilis Linnaeus, 1758 İçerisinde Yaşayan İki Dekapod Krustase Türü: Pontonia pinnophylax (Otto, 1821) ve Nepinnotheres pinnotheres (Linnaeus, 1758)

Türk Denizcilik ve Deniz Bilimleri Dergisi Cilt: 1 Sayı: 2 (2015) 102-106

Okan AKYOL1, *, Ali ULAŞ1 1 Ege University, Faculty of Fisheries, Urla, Izmir, TURKEY

ABSTRACT These rare species are being reported for Four specimens of Pontonia pinnophylax the first time in a certain area from the (Otto, 1821) and two specimens of Turkish seas. Nepinnotheres pinnotheres (Linnaeus, 1758) were collected from four noble pen Keywords: noble pen shell, Pontonia shells, Pinna nobilis Linnaeus, 1758 off pinnophylax, Nepinnotheres pinnotheres, Urla coasts, Izmir Bay, Aegean Sea. new record, Aegean Sea.

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Dört Pontonia pinnophylax (Otto, 1821) ve iki Nepinnotheres pinnotheres (Linnaeus, 1758) bireyi İzmir Körfezi (Ege Denizi) Urla kıyıları açıklarında dört pinadan (Pinna nobilis Linnaeus, 1758) toplanmıştır. Bu nadir türler, Türkiye denizlerinden belirgin bir alanda ilk kez rapor edilmektedir

Anahtar Kelimeler: pina, Pontonia pinnophylax, Nepinnotheres pinnotheres, yeni kayıt, Ege Denizi.

Article Info Received: 10 June 2015 Revised: 11 December 2015 Accepted: 15 December 2015 * (corresponding author) E-mail: [email protected]

102 1. Introduction it has never been seen again since then. Species of the genus Pontonia Latreille, Thus, both species can be accepted as very 1829 are distributed in tropical and rare. This short report contributes to the subtropical waters around the world, last knowledge and new material of two living in associated with either molluscan decapod , P. pinnophylax and or ascidian hosts and a total of 10 species N. pinnotheres associated with P. nobilis from the genus is described (Fransen, for Izmir Bay (Aegean Sea) fauna after a 2002). long time. The regular host for Pontonia pinnophylax is Pinna nobilis, and it inhabits the mantle 2. Pontonia pinnophylax (Otto, 1821) cavity of the living P. nobilis (Richardson Material examined: South of Hekim et al., 1997). P. pinnophylax has been Island, Izmir Bay (38°26’08’’N - observed to feed on the mixture of mucus 26°45’41’’E), sandy bottom with and food particles collected on the gill Posidonia meadows, 3 m depth, skin surfaces and on the mantle epithelium of diving, 13 April 2015, 1 ♂ and 1 P. nobilis and they assimilate carbon from ovigerous ♀ (Figure 1), Carapace length similar sources, and their association is (CL) 10 mm and 13 mm, respectively commensal (Kennedy et al., 2001). (ESFM-MAL/2015-01). A week later, P. pinnophylax distributes in the Esek Island, Izmir Bay (38°24’16’’N - Mediterranean from the east coast of 26°46’15’’E), sandy bottom with Spain to Turkey, not recorded from the Posidonia meadows, 4 m depth, skin North African coast and the species diving, 20 April 2015, 1 ♂ and 1 inhabits to depth of 0-137 m. Maximum ovigerous ♀, CL: 10 mm and 13 mm, postorbital carapace length 11 mm in respectively (ESFM-MAL/2015-01). males, 12.5 mm in females (Fransen, Remarks: P. pinnophylax in a Pinna 2002). species was first mentioned from Izmir Nepinnotheres pinnotheres is unique Bay by Hasselquist (1757). In one of his Nepinnotheres species in European waters letters to Linnaeus, he mentioned from (Manning 1993). N. pinnotheres usually Astacus minimus (as a Cancri species) in a occurs associated with a bivalve mollusk Pinna species in Izmir Bay. According to (i.e. Pinna nobilis) like Pontonia and it Holthuis (1961), this species refers to P. descends to 75 m (Manning 1993). pinnophylax. Additionally, Bakır et al. Both commensal species have been (2014) added amongst the marine recorded from Izmir Bay since XVIII. of Turkey that the species has Century. However, N. pinnotheres has also been reported from the Levantine Sea been several reported more in 1970s, and in 1961 by Holthuis.

103 Figure 1. Pontonia pinnophylax, collected from Izmir Bay (Scale bar=10 mm): above: male with obvious difference in size of the chelae; lower: gravid female (Photograph: O. Akyol)

3. Nepinnotheres pinnotheres Linnaeus, 1758 Material examined: Esek Island, Izmir (Constantinopoli) by Forskål (1775). Bay (38°24’16’’N - 26°46’15’’E), sandy Kocataş (1971) and Geldiay and Kocataş bottom with Posidonia meadows, 4 m (1972) collected some N. pinnotheres (as depth, skin diving, 20 April 2015, 1 ♀ Pinnotheres pinotheres) in the coasts of (with developing gonad), Total length Urla and Balıklıova during the trawl (TL) 14 mm, 1 ovigerous ♀ 17 mm TL surveys. (Figure 2) (ESFM-MAL/2015-02). In conclusion, occurrence of both decapod Remarks: Some little crabs were crustaceans indicates established mentioned first in the great silk muscle populations in the area in terms of shell (Pinna muricata Linnaeus, 1758), ovigerous females. P. pinnophylax, two by collected from Milo Island (Cyclades, two were living together inside of a Pinna Greece) during the 8th Smyrna expedition nobilis, while N. pinnotheres was in 1749 (Hasselquist, 1757). They must be severally living inside. All specimens N. pinnotheres. Before long, N. have the largest size in the Mediterranean. pinnotheres (as Cancer pinnotheres) was It needs the further researches on these also reported from both Izmir Bay poorly known species in the Bay of Izmir. (Smirnae) and the Bosphorus

104 Figure 2. Nepinnotheres pinnotheres, collected from Izmir Bay (Scale bar=10 mm) (Photograph: O. Akyol)

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