TurkJZool 30(2006)361-372 ©TÜB‹TAK ContributiontotheKnowledgeoftheFree-Living IsopodsoftheAegeanSeaCoastofTurkey FevziKIRKIM1,AhmetKOCATAfi1,TuncerKATA⁄AN2,MuratSEZG‹N1 1EgeUniversity,FacultyofFisheries,DepartmentofHydrobiology,35000Bornova,‹zmir-TURKEY 2OndokuzMay›sUniversity,FacultyofFisheries,DepartmentofHydrobiology,57000,Sinop-TURKEY Received:29.07.2005 Abstract: ThisresearchwascarriedoutalongtheTurkishAegeanSeacoast(fromSarosBayinthenorthtoTurunç-Marmarisin thesouth)inordertodeterminetheIsopodfauna.Atotalof163samplingswereconductedat23stationsand17differentbiotopes, fromwhich3209specimenswerecollectedbelongingto18families,29generaand50species. Amongthespeciesdetermined,18arenewrecordsfortheTurkishfauna( Anthuragracilis,Apanthuracorsica,Asellusaquaticus, Janiropsisbreviremis,Uromunnapetiti,Cirolanacranchii,Eurydiceaffinis,E.inermis,E.pulchra,Cymodocehanseni,Dynamene bifida,Ischyromenelacazei,Lekanesphaeramonodi,Sphaeromapulchellum,Emethaaudouinii,Rocineladumerilii,Astacilla longicornis, andHalophilosciacouchi),and20arenewfortheTurkishAegeanSeacoast(bytheadditionofI.metallica andS.walkeri totheabovelist). KeyWords: Isopoda,Crustacea,taxonomy,AegeanSea,Turkey Türkiye’ninEgeDeniziK›y›lar›n›nSerbestYaflaml›IsopodFaunas›naKatk›lar Özet: Buçal›flmaTürkiye’ninEgeDenizik›y›lar›n›n(KuzeydeSarozKörfezi’ndenGüneydeTurunç-Marmaris’ekadar)Isopodfaunas›n› belirlemekamac›ylagerçeklefltirilmifltir.17farkl›biotopve23istasyondagerçeklefltirilen163örneklemede3209bireyeldeedilmifl ve18familya29genusve50türtespitedilmifltir. Belirlenentürleraras›nda18tür( Anthuragracilis,Apanthuracorsica,Asellusaquaticus,Janiropsisbreviremis,Uromunnapetiti, Cirolanacranchii,Eurydiceaffinis,E.inermis,E.pulchra,Cymodocehanseni,Dynamenebifida,Ischyromenelacazei,Lekanespha era monodi,Sphaeromapulchellum,Emethaaudouinii,Rocineladumerilii,Astacillalongicornis,Halophilosciacouchi) Türkiyefaunas›için ve20türde(I.metallica veS.walkeri’ninlisteyeeklenmesiyle)Türkiye’ninEgeDenizik›y›lar›içinyenikay›tt›r. AnahtarSözcükler: Isopoda,Crustacea,taksonomi,EgeDenizi,Türkiye Introduction 1976,1982;Papoutsoglou,1976;Dounasand ThefirststudiesontheisopodsofTurkishseaswere Koukouras,1986). carriedoutbyColombo(1885),Sowinsky(1898), Inventorystudiesonisopodswerealsocarriedoutin Collinge(1916)andMonod(1931),followedbyDemir theDardanelles,SeaofMarmaraandtheBosphorus (1952),GeldiayandKocatafl(1972),Kühne(1972), (Ostroumoff,1896;Sowinsky,1898;Collinge,1916), Kocatafl(1976)andVeuilleandKocatafl(1978,1979). andtheBlackSeacoastofRussia(Birstein,1951;Pauli, Guerin(1832)wasthefirsttoreportisopodsfrom 1954;Kussakin,1969;KussakinandMalyutina,1989). theAegeanSea.Severalisopodspecieswereincludedin AlongtheeasternMediterraneancoastline,including thefaunabyadditionalstudies(Stephensen,1915; Turkey,severalstudieshavebeenperformed(Omer- Kiseleva,1963;Jones,1969;Schmalsfuss,1974,1975, Cooper,1924;Monod,1931,1932;Larwood,1940; *E-mail:[email protected] 361 ContributiontotheKnowledgeoftheFree-LivingIsopodsoftheAegeanSeaCoastofTurkey Larwood,1954;Masry,1970;Glynn,1972;Pretzmann, characterizingtheisopodfaunaoftheentireTurkish 1975;PapernaandPor,1976;Botosaneanuand seas. Notenboom,1992). IsopodsofthecentralandwesternMediterraneanare MaterialsandMethods welldocumented,andinformationonthesystematics, biologyandecologyofbenthic,benthoplanktonicand Thestudywasconductedbetween1992and1997,in parasiticisopodsisavailable(Stock,1959;Lemercier, ordertodeterminetheisopodspeciesdistributedalong 1960;Ledoyer,1968;Bellan-Santini,1969;Macquart- theTurkishAegeanSeacoast.Forthispurpose,atotalof Moulin,1969;Schultz,1969;Roman,1970;Menzies, 163samplingswerecarriedoutat23stationslocated 1972;Charmantier,1974;PrunusandPantoustier, betweenSarosBayinthenorthandMarmarisinthe 1976;Rezig,1977;Cals,1978;Veuille,1979;Kaim- south(Figure,Table1).Samplingswereperformedin Malka,1980;Wagele,1981;1982;Bourdon,1982; boththebenthiczoneandthepelagiczone. Riedl,1983;Müller,1989;BrandandWagele,1991; Guarinoetal.,1993;AbelloandFrankland,1997). Benthicsamplings Theaimofthepresentstudywastoidentifythe Coastalsamplingswereperformedeitherbyhand isopodspeciesoftheTurkishAegeancoast,andto collectionorbyskindivingatthesupralittoral, providenewdatathatwouldbeusefulintheprocessof mediolittoralandupperinfralittoralzonesatdepthsof0 27° Table1.Stationdetails(Location,Date). 41° StationNo. Location Date 1 MarmaraSea 2 1 Sazl›dere(Sarosbay) 22.07.1996 3 2 Güneyli(Sarosbay) 05.07.1995 3 ÇanakkaleMonument 05.07.1995 N A 4 Alt›noluk(Edremitbay) 06.07.1995 E 4 5 CundaIsland(Ayval›k) 06.07.1995 G 6 Dikili 07.07.1995 5 E 7 fiakran 07.07.1995 6 A 7 8 Foça 08.05.1996 N 12 9 EskiFoça 07.07.1995 9 8 10 ‹nciralt›(‹zmirbay) 22.06.1995 11 Urla-KarantinaIsland(‹zmirbay) 14.06.1995 13 11 10 S 12 Yeniport(Karaburun) 09.05.1996 14 15 E 13 Ild›r(Çeflme) 20.09.1995 38° A 14 Alaçat›(Çeflme) 20.09.1995 16 15 Si¤ac›k(Seferihisar) 22.06.1995 17 18 16 Kufladas› 23.07.1995 17 Akbük(Didim) 23.07.1995 20 19 18 Güllük(Bodrum) 22.07.1995 21 19 Torba(Bodrum) 22.07.1995 22 23 20 Bodrum 22.07.1995 21 Körmenport(Datça) 20.07.1995 22 Datça 20.07.1995 Figure.MapoftheAegeanSea,indicatingthesamplingstations. 23 Turunç(Marmaris) 21.07.1995 362 F.KIRKIM,A.KOCATAfi,T. KATA⁄AN,M. SEZG‹N to5m.Randomlycollectedstones(bothbareandalgae ANTHURIDEA covered)werescrapedwithaspatula,thenwashedusing FAM:ANTHURIDAE 1%-2%formalinwithseawaterinaplasticwashbasin andsievedthroughamesh(0.5mminsize).Thesame Anthuragracilis (Montagu,1808)* procedurewasperformedforquadratesamplings(20x Material: 4¶¶;sta.16(1¶;3m),sta.17(1¶;4m), 20cm)fromalgaeandphanerogamecovered sta.20(2¶¶;1m). substratum.Samplesfromthesandybottomswere ThespeciesisknownfromtheMediterranean collectedbyaplasticpipe15cmindiameterandsieved (Monod,1923;Perrier,1930;Neogescu,1980;Wagele, throughthesamemesh.Someisopodswerecollectedby 1980),butishithertounrecordedfromtheTurkish barehandfrom Pinnanobilis (Bivalvia),Sarcotragus cf. AegeanSeacoastandTurkishseas. muscarum and Verongiaaerophoba (Porifera),which wereencounteredatcertainstations. Apanthuracorsica Amar,1953* Offshoresamplingswerecarriedoutonboardthe Material: 1¶;sta.22(1¶;3-4m) researchvesselsK.PiriReis,EgesüfandHippocampus. Thespeciesisreportedfromvariouspartsofthe Samplingsfromsoftsubstratesweremadeeitherby Mediterranean(Amar,1953;Neogescu,1980;Wagele, dredgeorvanVeengrab.Allmaterialcollectedwasfixed 1980),butishithertounrecordedfromtheTurkish in5%formalin.Thefishspecimenscaughtduring AegeanSeacoastandTurkishseas. trawlingbytheresearchvesselswerealsoexaminedand Cyathuracarinata (Kroyer,1847) parasiticisopodswerecollectedfromthemouth,gill openingorskinoffishes. Material:4¶¶;sta.16(2¶¶;1m),sta.23(2¶¶;0.5 m) Pelagicsamplings FAM:PARANTHURIDAE Pelagicsamplesweremostlyobtainedfromhorizontal planktonhaulsduringthenight.Alightsourcewasalso Paranthuracostana Bate&Westwood,1868 usedtoattractisopods,whichwerecollectedbyascoop Material: 25,27¶¶;sta.2(1,1¶;1-2m),sta. madeofaplanktonnet. 3(3 ,4 ¶¶;0.5-1m),sta.5(2 ,3 ¶¶;0.5-1m), Thematerialobtainedfrombenthicandpelagic sta.9(2 ,4 ¶¶;0.5-1m),sta.11(1 ,3 ¶¶;0.5-1 samplingswassortedandanalyzedinthelaboratory. m),sta.15(7,7¶¶;1-5m),sta.17(1;10-15m), Bodyextremitiesessentialforspeciesidentificationand sta.19(4,4¶¶;0.5m),sta.20(3;1m),sta.23 drawingsweredissected.Drawingswerecreatedusingan (1,1¶;1m). Olympusmicroscopeandacameralucidamountedona Paranthuranigropunctata (Lucas,1846) stereomicroscope. Material: 9,11 ¶¶;sta.6(2 ,1 ¶;1m),sta. 11(2 ;20-30m),sta.15(1 ,2 ¶¶;0.5-1m),sta. Results 16(2¶¶;1m),sta.17(2 ,1¶;2-50m),sta.18(2 ,2¶¶;1-25m),sta.22(2;0.5-1m),sta.23(1¶; Taxonomicfindings 1m). TheclassificationusedinthisstudyfollowsGrüner (1965),andERMS(2005)forspeciesnames.According totheexaminationof59speciesamongorders,1species ASELLOTA belongstoGnathiidea,28toFlabellifera,6toValvifera, FAM:ASELLIDAE 11toAsellotaand4toOniscoidea.Amongallthespecies Asellusaquaticus Linnaeus,1758* determined,18(*)arerecordedforthefirsttimefrom Material: 82,38¶¶;sta.4(6,2¶¶;0-0.5m), Turkey,and20species(withtheadditionof Sphaeroma sta.9(11 ,4¶¶;0-0.5m),sta.11(11 ,7¶¶;0- walkeri andIdoteametallica)forthefirsttimefromthe 0.5m),sta.13(12,4¶¶;0-0.5m),sta.18(7,5 TurkishAegeanSeacoast. ¶¶;0-0.5m),sta.23(35 ,16¶¶;0-0.5m). 363 ContributiontotheKnowledgeoftheFree-LivingIsopodsoftheAegeanSeaCoastofTurkey RecordsareavailablefromtheMediterranean Jaeranordmannimassiliensis Lemercier,1960 (Perrier,1930;Remy,1941)andtheAegeanSeacoast Material: 9,3¶¶;sta.14(1,1¶;0.5-1m),sta. ofGreece(Schmalfus,1975).Thisisthefirstrecordof 15(6;2¶¶;0.5-1m),sta.23(2 ;0.5-1m). thespeciesfromtheTurkishAegeanSeacoastand Turkishseas. Janiramaculosa Leach,1814 Material: 72,45¶¶;sta.3(7,4¶¶;5-40m), sta.4(2,3¶¶;4-30m),sta.5(4,2¶¶;20-25m), FAM:JANIRIDAE sta.9(4,2¶¶;5-35m),sta.11(18,16¶¶;4-30 Carpiasstebbingi(Monod,1933) m),sta.12(9 ,5¶¶;5-80m),sta.13(13 ,3¶¶; Material: 154,137¶¶;sta.1(3,6¶¶;4-5m), 5-50m),sta.16(1 ¶;35m),sta.17(3 ,2¶¶;5-50 sta.2(3,2¶¶;1-2m),sta.3(8 ,10¶¶;1-2m), m),sta.18(5 ,2¶¶;50-60m),sta.19(2 ,2¶¶; sta.7(19 ,10¶¶;0.5-2m),sta.8(6 ,7¶¶;1-2 4-5m),sta.21(3 ,1¶;4-5m),sta.22(2 ;2¶¶; m),sta.9(2,4¶¶;0.5-1m),sta.11(23 ,23¶¶; 5-6m). 0.5-1m),sta.13(5 ,3¶¶;1m),sta.15(21 ,10 ¶¶;0.5-2m),sta.17(2,5¶¶;0.5-1m),sta.19(12 FAM:JOEROPSIDAE ,11¶¶;1-5m),sta.20(14,18¶¶;0.5-1m),sta. 21(12,9¶¶;4-5m),sta.22(9 ,5¶¶;0.5-1m), Joeropsisbrevicornislittoralis Amar,1949 sta.23(15,14¶¶;3-10m). Material: 36,31¶¶;sta.3(5,2¶¶;0.5-1m), Janiropsisbreviremis (Sars,1883)* sta.4(7,4¶¶;3-5m),sta.6(1 ;25m),sta.9(6 ,8 ¶¶;0.5-1m),sta.11(3 ,1 ¶¶;0.5-1m),sta. Material: 19,10 ¶¶;sta.5(2 ,2 ¶¶;5-6m), 13(2¶¶;1m),sta.16(5,3¶¶;0.5-1m),sta.19(2 sta.13(3,4¶¶;4-5m),sta.17(3