New alien foraminifer guests in the Eastern Aegean Sea (Turkey) | Zendy

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New alien foraminifer guests in the Eastern Aegean Sea (Turkey)

Author(s) -

Engın Merıç,

Mehmet Baki Yokeş,

Niyazı Avşar,

Zeki Ünal Yümün,

Feyza DİNÇER

Publication year - 2017

Publication title -

international journal of environment and geoinformatics

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

ISSN - 2148-9173

DOI - 10.30897/ijegeo.348776

Subject(s) - bay , alien , fauna , range (aeronautics) , oceanography , mediterranean sea , geography , mediterranean climate , sediment , ecology , geology , biology , archaeology , paleontology , population , demography , materials science , sociology , composite material , census

15.00 Normal 0 21 false false false TR X-NONE X-NONE Four alien foraminifer species are found in the recent sediment samples collected from the Aegean coast of Turkey. Nodobaculariella cristobalensis McCulloch and N. galapagosensis McCulloch are observed in Gulluk Bay (Mugla), Karsiyaka (Izmir) and Babakale (Balikesir). These two species have not yet been recorded in the Mediterranean. Their absence in the Indian Ocean fauna suggests an introduction via ballast waters. Two individuals of Indo-Pacific originated foraminifer species, Pseudonodosaria brevis (d'Orbigny, 1846) are found in the recent sediment samples from Ildir Bay (Izmir) and Akkoy (Aydin). This constitutes the first records of these species in the Mediterranean Sea. Cornuspiroides striolata (Brady) specimens are observed in grab samples collected from seven different stations in Ildir Bay. This is the second record of this species from the Turkish coastline and extends its range of distribution.

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