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On the occurrence of Chelonibia patula (Cirripedia) on the coasts of Turkey

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  30 July 2010

Kerem Bakır ,
Tahır Özcan  and
Tuncer Katağan
Kerem Bakır*
Affiliation:
Department of Marine Biology, Fisheries Faculty, Ege University, TR-35100 Bornova-Izmir, Turkey
Tahır Özcan
Affiliation:
Department of Hydrobiology, Fisheries Faculty, Mustafa Kemal University31200, Iskenderun, Hatay, Turkey
Tuncer Katağan
Affiliation:
Department of Marine Biology, Fisheries Faculty, Ege University, TR-35100 Bornova-Izmir, Turkey
*
Correspondence should be addressed to: K. Bakir, Department of Marine Biology, Fisheries Faculty, Ege University, TR-35100 Bornova-Izmir, Turkey email: kerembakir13@gmail.com

Abstract

Some specimens of the blue crab are bearing barnacles which have been identified as Chelonibia patula. Although generally known in the Mediterranean Sea this is the first report of C. patula from the Turkish coasts. It has been photographed and some morphometric measurements are provided.

Keywords

Chelonibia patulabarnacleepibiosisTurkeyMediterranean Sea

Information

Type
Research Article
Information
Marine Biodiversity Records , Volume 3 , June 2010 , e80
Copyright
Copyright © Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 2010

Chelonibia patula (Ranzani, 1820) is a cosmopolitan species. It was reported on artificial subtratum (Relini, Reference Relini1980; Frazier & Margaritoulis, Reference Frazier and Margaritoulis1990) and there are also many host-basibionts for this species in the world's oceans. Some of these are sea turtles (Ross & Jackson, Reference Ross and Jackson1972; Jones et al., Reference Jones, Hewitt and Sampey2000; Kitsos et al., Reference Kitsos, Christodoulou, Kalpakis, Noidou and Koukouras2003), portunid crabs (Williams & Porter, Reference Williams and Porter1964; Mahjabeen & Mustaquim, Reference Mahjabeen and Mustaquim1994; Pasternak et al., Reference Pasternak, Abelsono and Achituv2002), gastropods (Darwin, Reference Darwin1854) and manatees (Cintrón de Jesús, Reference Cintrón de Jesús2001). Chelonibia patula has been known from the western and central Mediterranean Sea and the Levantine Basin (Koukoura & Matsa, Reference Koukoura and Matsa1998; Pasternak et al., Reference Pasternak, Abelsono and Achituv2002) and has been reported on the sea turtle Caretta caretta (Linnaeus, 1758) in Greece (Kitsos et al., Reference Kitsos, Christodoulou, Kalpakis, Noidou and Koukouras2003, Reference Kitsos, Christodoulou, Arvanitidis, Mavidis, Kirmitzoglou and Koukouras2005), on the caparace of Portunus pelagicus (Linnaeus, 1758) in Israel (Pasternak et al., Reference Pasternak, Abelsono and Achituv2002), and on some artificial materials in Italy (Relini, Reference Relini1980; Frazier & Margaritoulis, Reference Frazier and Margaritoulis1990). Four female specimens of the blue crab (Callinectes sapidus), which are bearing Chelonibia patula on their carapaces (Figure 1) have been collected on a trammel net off Adana on the Mediterranean coast of Turkey. Some smaller individuals have been found to hold onto the shells of the larger individuals on the crab carapace (Figure 1). Sampling coordinates are 36°44′32″N 35°41′26″E. The specimens have been deposited at the Ege University, Faculty of Fisheries Museum, Turkey and the Collection No. is ESFM-MAX/2009-2218.

Fig. 1.

Specimens of Chelonibia patula and their host Callinectes sapidus.

Chelonibia patula is reported for the first time from the Turkish coasts. Furthermore, some morphometric measurements of the specimens are given in Table 1.

Table 1.

Morphometric measurements of Callinectes sapidus and Chelonibia patula.

CW, carapace width in cm; W, weight of crab; N, number of C. patula on a crab; Max., maximum; Min., minimum; Ø, basal diameter of C. patula specimens in mm.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

We thank to Dr Ertan Dağli for his assistance in the field study.

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Fig. 1. Specimens of Chelonibia patula and their host Callinectes sapidus.

Figure 1

Table 1. Morphometric measurements of Callinectes sapidus and Chelonibia patula.