Open AccessOccurrence of the Blue Button Porpita porpita (Linnaeus, 1758) in the Iskenderun Bay, Northeastern Mediterranean Coast of Turkey
Author(s) -
Mevlüt Gürlek,
Ali Uyan,
Servet Ahmet Doğdu,
Serpil Karan,
Ahmet Gökçen,
Cemal Turan
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
acta adriatica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.372
H-Index - 21
eISSN - 1846-0453
pISSN - 0001-5113
DOI - 10.32582/aa.61.2.6
Subject(s) - bay , mediterranean climate , mediterranean sea , geography , oceanography , fishery , turkish , geology , archaeology , biology , linguistics , philosophy
The blue button Porpita porpita (Linnaeus, 1758) was observed for the first time in July 2018 in the Iskenderun Bay, Northeastern Mediterranean coast of Turkey. This is the third record of this species for Turkish marine waters, while it is the first record for Iskenderun bay. The presence of P. porpita in the northeastern Mediterranean coast of Turkey shows its extension from northwestern Mediterranean coast (Antalya Bay) of Turkey.