Notes on amphipods Caprella andreae Mayer, 1890 and Podocerus chelonophilus (Chevreux & Guerne, 1888) collected from the loggerhead sea turtle, Caretta caretta, off the Mediterranean and the Aegean coasts of Turkey

The present study reports the occurrence of 2 amphipod species,\udCaprella andreae\udMayer, 1890 and\udPodocerus\udchelonophilus\udChevreux & Guerne, 1888, that appeared on the carapace of the loggerhead turtle\udCaretta caretta\ud(Linnaeus,\ud1758) in the eastern Mediterranean Sea (Levantine Sea). The amphipod specimens were found on a male\udCaretta caretta\udcaptured during experimental bottom studies conducted off Samanda?, Hatay (the Turkish Mediterranean coast) on 7\udApril 2007. In addition,\udCaprella andreae\udMayer 1890 was collected from the nets of fish cages off the Seferihisar (Aegean\udSea) coast (38?11 ?32 ?N, 26?38 ?07 ?E).\udC. andreae\udis a first report for the amphipod fauna in Turkish seas.Mevcut ?al??ma do?u Akdeniz?de (Levantin Denizi) da??l?m g?steren iri deniz kaplumba?as?,\udCaretta caretta\ud(Linnaeus, 1758)?n?n karapas? ?zerinde g?r?len iki amfipod t?r?,\udCaprella andreae\udMayer, 1890;\udPodocerus chelonophilus\udChevreux & Guerne, 1888?un varl???n? rapor etmektedir. Amfipod bireyleri 07 Nisan 2007?de Samanda?, Hatay\ud(Akdeniz?in T?rkiye k?y?lar?) a??klar?nda y?r?t\ud?len deneysel dip ?al??mas? s?ras?nda yakalanan\udCaretta caretta\ud(Linnaeus,\ud1758)?n?n ?zerinden bulunmu?tur. ?lave olarak, amfipod,\udCaprella andreae\udMayer 1890 Seferihisar (do?u Ege Denizi)\ud(38?11 ?32 ?N, 26?38 ?07 ?E) k?y?lar?ndaki bal?k kafeslerinin a?lar? ?zerinden toplanm??t?r.\udC. andreae\udT?rkiye Denizleri\udamfipod faunas? i?in yenidir