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Turkish Journal of Zoology

Journal

2008

Ecology

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Differences In Ostracoda (Crustacea) Assemblages Between Two Maar Lakes And One Sinkhole Lake In The Konya Region Of Turkey, Derya Akdemi̇r Jan 2008

Differences In Ostracoda (Crustacea) Assemblages Between Two Maar Lakes And One Sinkhole Lake In The Konya Region Of Turkey, Derya Akdemi̇r

Turkish Journal of Zoology

For this study, ostracod samples collected from a total of 9 stations in 2 maar lakes (Acı and Meke) and 1 sinkhole lake (Meyil) in Konya, Turkey were investigated. Accordingly, 14 ostracod taxa (Darwinula stevensoni, Candona angulata, Candona sp. 1, Candona sp. 2, Pseudocandona marchica, Cypria sp., Ilyocypris gibba, I. bradyi, I. monstrifica, Heterocypris salina, Potamocypris sp., Limnocythere sp., Paralimnocythere sp., and Cythereis sp.) belonging to 10 genera were identified. Among them, only 2 species (I. bradyi and P. marchica) were collected alive, while the others were found in sub-fossil form, and some shells of D. stevensoni were found containing …


Ptenoglossa Species (Mollusca: Gastropoda) Distributed Along The Turkish Coast Of The Aegean Sea, Bi̇lal Öztürk, Alper Doğan, Banu Bi̇tli̇s, Mesut Önen Jan 2008

Ptenoglossa Species (Mollusca: Gastropoda) Distributed Along The Turkish Coast Of The Aegean Sea, Bi̇lal Öztürk, Alper Doğan, Banu Bi̇tli̇s, Mesut Önen

Turkish Journal of Zoology

This study was performed to determine Ptenoglossa species (Mollusca, Gastropoda) distributed along the Turkish coastline of the Aegean Sea. The examination of samples, taken between 1995 and 2005 from various biotopes and depths up to 300 m, yielded 249 specimens and 130 shells, belonging to 33 ptenoglossate species, of which Monophorus thiriotae Bouchet 1984, Similiphora similior (Bouchet and Guillemot 1978), Cerithiopsis diadema Monterosato 1874, Cerithiopsis jeffreysi Watson 1885, Krachia tiara (Monterosato 1874), Punctiscala cerigothana (Sturani 1896), Melanella boscii (Payraudeau 1826), and Nanobalcis nana (Monterosato 1878) were unrecorded from the Turkish coasts. Furthermore, M. thiriotae and K. tiara are new reports …