Alien polychaete species (Annelida: Polychaeta) on the southern coast of Turkey (Levantine Sea, eastern Mediterranean), with 13 new records for the Mediterranean Sea
Author
Çinar, Melih Ertan
text
Journal of Natural History
2009
2009-09-11
43
37 - 38
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00222930903094654
journal article
10.1080/00222930903094654
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Glycinde bonhourei
Gravier, 1904
(
Figure 3D
)
Glycinde bonhourei
Gravier 1904: 474
;
Böggemann 2005: 226–230
, figs 132, 133.
Material examined
ESFM-POL/2005-1397
,
17 September 2005
,
Mersin
Bay, G
11,
36°45′47″ N
,
34°51′54″ E
,
5 m
, mud,
94 specimens
.
Remarks
This species differs from the native species
Glycinde nordmanni
(Malmgren, 1865)
by having proboscial area II-1 with unidentate papillae (
Figure 3D
) (tridentate in
G. nordmanni
).
Distribution
This species is distributed in the Pacific Ocean, Indian Ocean, Red Sea and Mediterranean (
Böggemann 2005
). In the Mediterranean, it was first reported from the Israeli coast (
Ben-Eliahu 1972
) and considered to be a Lessepsian migrant. It is new to the marine fauna of
Turkey
.