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First record of Ammothella longioculata (Pycnogonida: Ammotheidae) on the Cypriot coast (eastern Mediterranean)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 February 2009

Cengiz Kocak  and
Tuncer Katagan
Cengiz Kocak*
Affiliation:
Department of Hydrobiology, Faculty of Fisheries, Ege University, 35100 Bornova, Izmir, Turkey
Tuncer Katagan
Affiliation:
Department of Hydrobiology, Faculty of Fisheries, Ege University, 35100 Bornova, Izmir, Turkey
*
Correspondence should be addressed to: Cengiz Kocak, Department of Hydrobiology, Faculty of Fisheries, Ege University, 35100 Bornova, Izmir, Turkey email: cengiz.kocak@ege.edu.tr
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Abstract

A male specimen of Ammothella longioculata was found in Famagusta Bay (northern Cyprus) at 42 m in October 2003. It is illustrated and its distribution in the Mediterranean Sea is presented. This is the first record on Pycnogonida from the Cypriot coast. Ammothella longioculata is also recorded for the second time from the eastern Mediterranean.

Keywords

PycnogonidaAmmotheidaeAmmothella longioculataCyprusMediterranean Sea
Type
Research Article
Information
Marine Biodiversity Records , Volume 1 , January 2008 , e85
Copyright
Copyright © Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 2007

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