New information on distribution of a marine leech, Pontobdella muricata (Linnaeus, 1758), from the Mediterranean coast of Turkey
Author(s) -
Saadet Yağmur Bulguroğlu,
Jale Korun,
Mehmet Gökoğlu
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
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Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.276
H-Index - 22
ISSN - 1809-127X
DOI - 10.15560/11.2.1588
Subject(s) - leech , raja , geography , mediterranean sea , mediterranean climate , fishery , dorsum , hirudo medicinalis , biology , zoology , archaeology , botany , anatomy , world wide web , computer science
New information on distribution of marine leech, Pontobdella muricata (Linnaeus, 1758) is given here. One leech was observed on the dorsal surface of Thornback Ray, Raja clavata (Linnaeus, 1758) that was caught in 2013 in the Antalya, Turkey. This is a new record for the eastern Mediterranean coast of Turkey.
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