TurkJZool 28(2004)91-94 ©TÜB‹TAK ContributionsToTheKnowledgeofMalacostraca(Crustacea) FaunaoftheTaurusMountainsDistrict(SouthernAnatolia) M.RuflenUSTAO⁄LU,SüleymanBALIK,MuratÖZBEK EgeUniversity,FisheriesFaculty,HydrobiologySection,35100,Bornova,‹zmir-TURKEY Received:28.05.2003 Abstract: InordertodeterminetheMalacostracafaunaofwaterbodiesintheTaurusMountains,southernAnatolia,2fieldstudies wereconductedin1996and1997.Asaresult, Asellusaquaticus (L.1758), Gammarusbalcanicus Schäferna1922, Gammarus longipedisG.S.Karaman&Pinkster1987andStygobromusambulans (F.Müller1846)weredeterminedfromtheinvestigatedarea. Allthedeterminedtaxaarerecordedforthefirsttimefromtheselocalities. KeyWords: Malacostraca, Fauna,TaurusMountains,Turkey TorosDa¤lar›Bölgesi’nin(GüneyAnadolu)MalacostracaFaunas›’naKatk›lar Özet: Torosda¤larındaki,güneyAnadolu,bazısuyapılarınınMalacostracafaunasınıbelirlemekamacıyla1996ve1997yıllarındaiki araziçalıflmasıyapılmıfltır.Sonuçolarak,arafltırmabölgesinden Asellusaquaticus (L.1758),Gammarusbalcanicus Schäferna1922, Gammaruslongipedis G.S.Karaman&Pinkster1987ve Stygobromusambulans (F.Müller1846)türleritanımlanmıfltır.Tespit edilentürlerintümüsözkonusulokaliteleriçinilkdefakayıtedilmektedir. AnahtarSözcükler: Malacostraca,Fauna,Torosda¤ları,Türkiye Introduction Mountains.BothS.Karaman(1950)andG.Karaman From9to16July,1996abiologicalexpeditionwas (1973)latergaveitasanindependentspecies: N.tauri carriedoutonanumberofwaterbodiesofthecentral tauri intheformerstudy,N.tauri inthelatterone. middleandwesternTaurusMountains,southern Ruffo(1974)reportedtheexistenceof S.ambulans Anatolia,Turkey.Thegoaloftheexpeditionwasto from4localities(AbantLake,nearSinop,BeyflehirLake collectandtaxonomicallydetermineMalacostraca andKızılcada¤nearAntalya)inAnatolia. specimensaswellastoidentifythephysico-chemical characteristicsofthewaterbodies.Inthisexpedition, samplesweretakenfromseverallakeslocatedupto MaterialsandMethods 2500minaltitude.Thesecondphaseoftheresearch Malacostracaspecimenswerecollectedbya500µ programmeonfaunisticdiversitywasaccomplished meshhand-netfromthestations(Table1). from9to14July1997,intheareaofthecentraland Collectedspecimenswerefirstfixedin4%formalin easternTaurusregion,inordertoobtainadditional solutioninthefieldandthenpreservedin70%ethanolin distributiondataaboutMalacostracaspeciesfromwater thelaboratoryanddepositedinthecollectionofthe bodiesathighaltitudes. FacultyofFisheriesatEgeUniversity. LittledataontheMalacostracafaunaofthisregion hasbeenpublishedsofar.Onlyafewrecordsconcerning thetaxonomyoffreshwaterMalacostracafaunaofthis ResultsandDiscussion regionareavailable.Schellenberg(1933),inhis Malacostracaspecimenswerefoundin7of16 pioneeringstudy,determinedanewsubspecies, N. stationsintheTaurusMountainsregion.Alistofthe aquilextauri ,ofthegenusNiphargusfromtheTaurus localitiesandsamplingdatesisgiveninTable1. 91 ContributionsToTheKnowledgeofMalacostraca(Crustacea)FaunaoftheTaurusMountainsDistrict(SouthernAnatolia) Table1.Investigatedlocalitiesandsamplingdates. STATNO LOCALITIES SAMPLINGDATES 1 YAZIRLAKE 09.07.1996 -- 2 YEfi‹LLAKE 10.07.1996 -- 3 KARINLAKE 14.07.1996 13.07.1997 4 KARINCALILAKE 14.07.1996 13.07.1997 5 KÜLLÜKLAKE 14.07.1996 14.07.1997 6 DURUCALAKE 15.07.1996 14.07.1997 7 SUSAMLAKE 15.07.1996 14.07.1997 8 ‹LVATLAKE 15.07.1996 14.07.1997 9 D‹PS‹ZLAKE(BOZKIR) 16.07.1996 14.07.1997 10 SÜLÜKLÜLAKE(BOZKIR) 16.07.1996 -- 11 KOVALILAKE(SEYD‹fiEH‹R) 17.07.1996 -- 12 D‹PS‹ZLAKE(SEYD‹fiEH‹R) 17.07.1996 -- 13 SÜLÜKLÜLAKE(SEYD‹fiEH‹R) 17.07.1996 -- 14 GAVURLAKE(SEYD‹fiEH‹R) 17.07.1996 -- 15 KARAGÖL(BOLKAR) 11.07.1997 -- 16 Ç‹N‹L‹GÖL(BOLKAR) 11.07.1997 -- Becauseofthehighaltitude,mostofthelocalities localities(fieldobservation),thisspecieswasfoundin studiedwerecoveredbyalayerofsnowandicefor7-8 onlyafewlocalities:KüllükLake,DipsizLake(Seydiflehir) monthsoftheyearingeneral;onlyinwarmmonths,i.e. andGavurLake(Seydiflehir). JulyandAugust,doesthelayermeltbutsnowmasses Order:Amphipoda nearthelakesremainalmostthroughouttheyearand meltingsnowfeedsthelakesduringthewarmperiod. Family:Gammaridae Someofthelakeshavesimilarecological Gammarusbalcanicus SCHÄFERNA,1922 characteristics;forexample,noaquaticvegetationwas PreviousrecordsfromTurkey: ErciyesMountain(S. observedinmostofthemandmanyhadacoldcharacter. Karaman,1934);Turkey(nolocalitywasgiven)(G.S. Becauseofthis,lessthanexpectednumbersof KaramanandPinkster,1987). Malacostracaspecieswerefoundintheinvestigationarea. G.balcanicus wasthemostabundantspeciesinthe Asaconsequence,4speciesbelongingto2orderswere sampledlocalities;manyspecimens(morethan500) identified;allofthemareepigeanspeciesandare werecollectedfromYeflilLake,SülüklüLake(Bozkır)and recordedforthefirsttimeintheirgivenlocalities. KüllükLake.Thisspecieswasmostlyfoundintheupper Order:Isopoda partsofbrooks,springsandotherwaterbodieswitha Family:Asellidae coldcharacter. Asellusaquaticus (L.,1758) GammaruslongipedisG.S.KARAMANand PINKSTER,1987 PreviousrecordsfromTurkey: ‹zmir,Mu¤la,Aydın, BurdurandKonya(Henryetal.,1996);Güzelhisarand PreviousrecordsfromTurkey: Konya(SuÇıktı¤ı Bakırçaystreams(Balıketal.,1999);Edirne,Kırklareli, Cave-Hadim),Isparta(ZindanCave)(Karamanand Tekirda¤and‹stanbul(ÇamurandKırgız,2000);‹zmir Pinkster,1987). andadjacentareas(ÖzbekandUstao¤lu,2001);Gökova Afewlocalitiesweregivenasitsdistributionareaso springs-Mu¤la(Ustao¤luetal.,2002). far(KaramanandPinkster,1987).Duringthestudy,this Becauseofthecoldcharacteroftheinvestigated Anatolianendemicspecieswasfoundin2localities localitiesandinsufficientorganicdetritusinmost (SusamLake,KarıncalıLake)inthesamplingarea. 92 M.R.USTAO⁄LU,S.BALIK,M.ÖZBEK Stygobromusambulans (F.MÜLLER,1846) arathertolerantspeciesandcanbefoundinallkindsof PreviousrecordsfromTurkey: AbantLake-Bolu, surfacewatersaslongastheycontainenoughoxygen Sinop,BeyflehirLake,Kızılcada¤-Antalya(Ruffo,1974). (likekarsticsprings,brooks,riversandlakes)andtheir salinitylevelsarenottoohigh(KaramanandPinkster, FivespecimenswerefoundinGavurLakeonly.The 1987). speciesisrelativelyrareinAnatolianfreshwaters.Asa consequenceofthestudiesreportedtodate,only4 Our G.balcanicus specimensshowedobvious localitieshavebeengivenasthedistributionareain differencesintheirbodylength;mostofthemwere Anatolia(Ruffo,1974). smallerthan10mm.Somedifferenceswereencountered incertainpopulationslikea2-segmented(firstsegment Inadditiontothelakesinvestigated,therearealso almost2-3timeslongerthanthesecondone)accessory somesmallwaterbodiessuchasfountainsandcreeks flagellumwasseeninallspecimenscollectedfromYeflil wheresamplingswasperformed.Theresultsofthe GölandSö¤ütçükYaylası,whereasthenumberofthese samplingaregiveninTable2. segmentswasgivenas3or4inthedescriptionof topotypicmaterial(KaramanandPinkster,1987).Three- Table2. SomeothersmallwaterbodiesandtheirMalacostracafauna or4segmentedaccessoryflagellawerealsoseenin fromtheinvestigatedarea. specimenscollectedfromotherlakes. Locality Type SamplingDate Taxa BecauseoftheircharacteristicelongatebasisofP5-7, unarmedmesoandmetasomesegments,low,not MacarPlateau Fountain 12.07.1996 G.balcanicus elevatedurosomeandsmalleyes,G.longipedis specimens SuluçukurPlateau Fountain 12.07.1996 G.longipedis wereeasilydistinguishedfromothers.Karamanand SarımazıPlateau Fountain,creek 12.07.1996 G.longipedis Pinkster(1987)reported G.longipedis specimensfrom Sö¤ütçükPlateau Fountain 13.07.1996 G.balcanicus* cavewaters(SuCiktigiCave,Konya-HadimandZindan Cave,Isparta)inthesouthernpartofAsiaMinorat *Thesespecimenshavea2-segmentedaccessoryflagellum. altitudesupto1700mandcalleditahypogeanspecies, butwefoundthespecimensin2epigeanlakesat altitudesofapproximately2000m. A.aquaticus ,awellknownaquaticisopodfrom Turkishfreshwaters,hasawidedistributionareawhich S.ambulans,alesserknownspeciesfromTurkish coversGermany,theAlps,Anatolia,theBalkanPeninsula, continentalwaters,hasbeenreportedfromlakesAbant aroundtheBaltic,WesternEurope,WesternGreenland, andBeyflehirandfromnearSinopbyRuffo(1974)so Denmark,theEuropeanformerpartoftheUSSR,France, far.Ithasrelativelyrestricteddistributionarea,which England,Iran,Ireland,Sweden,Italy,Iceland,Hungary, coverstheBalkanPeninsula,middleandEastern NorwayandtheformerYugoslavia(ÇamurandKırgız, Europe(BarnardandBarnard,1983).Itiseasyto 2000).Inpreviousrecords,thisspecieswasreported distinguish S.ambulans specimensfromgammarids manytimesfromTurkishfreshwatersbothbyforeign becauseoftheircharacteristicundividedtelsonand andTurkishresearchers(Henryetal.,1996;Balıketal., shorteneduropod3. 1999;ÇamurandKırgız,2000;ÖzbekandUstao¤lu, Asaresultofthestudy,4taxaofMalacostracawere 2001;Ustao¤luetal.,2002).Itwasalsoobservedin determined.Allthedeterminedtaxaarerecordedforthe almostallkindsofwaterbodiesincentral,southern, firsttimefromthelocalitiesmentioned. westernandnorthernAnatolianinlandwatersbythe authorsduringfieldstudies(unpublisheddata). 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