Some deep-sea decapod crustaceans from the International Waters of Mersin Bay (North Levant Basin, Turkey)
2019
ÇİFTÇİ, Nuray | AYAS, Deniz | SHAİEK, Moez | BAKAN, Mısra
The deep-seedecapod crustacean species sampled from trawling operations carried out in theopen waters of Mersin Bay (Coordinates: 36.24853N-34.36491E,36.18839N-43.38847E, 36.17065N-34.40686E, and 36.07227N-34.53326E) in May 2018 wereidentified. Samples were preserved in ethyl alcohol and were deposited in theMuseum of the Systematic, Faculty of Fisheries, Mersin University, (cataloguenumber: MEUDC-17-11-001, MEUDC-18-12-010-014). In total 13 trawling operations,6 deep-sea decapod crustacean species were caught. Plesionika edwardsii belonging to family of Pandalidae, Polycheles typhlops belonging toPolychelidae family, Geryon longipesfrom Geryonidae family, Medorippe lanatafrom Dorippidae family, Pasiphaea sivadofrom Pasiphaeidae family and Parapenaeus longirostrisfrom Penaeidae family were caught from a depth of 274 m to 641 m. P. typhlops have a wide distribution inthe Atlantic, Pacific and Indian Ocean waters, while other species are of the Atlanto-Mediterraneanorigin. While P. longirostris and P. edwardsii are the target species fordeep-sea trawl operations in Mersin Bay, P.typhlops, P. sivado andbrachyuran crabs are by-catch species.
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