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First record of Abludomelita aculeata (Crustacea: Amphipoda) from the eastern Mediterranean

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 April 2010

Kerem Bakir,
Murat Sezgin and
Tuncer Katağan
Kerem Bakir
Affiliation:
Ege University, Fisheries Faculty, Department of Hydrobiology, TR35100, Bornova-İzmir, Turkey
Murat Sezgin*
Affiliation:
Sinop University, Fisheries Faculty, Department of Hydrobiology, TR57000, Sinop, Turkey
Tuncer Katağan
Affiliation:
Ege University, Fisheries Faculty, Department of Hydrobiology, TR35100, Bornova-İzmir, Turkey
*
Correspondence should be addressed to: M. Sezgin email: msezgin@sinop.edu.tr

Abstract

The amphipod Abludomelita aculeata, previously known from the western Mediterranean and the Lusitanian region of the eastern Atlantic, is reported for the first time from the eastern Mediterranean. The record is based on two adult males collected off İzmir, Turkey.

Keywords

Abludomelita aculeataAmphipodaTurkeyeastern Mediterranean

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Type
Research Article
Information
Marine Biodiversity Records , Volume 3 , June 2010, e33
Copyright
Copyright © Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 2009

The genus Abludomelita was described by G.S. Karaman (Reference Karaman1981). Abludomelita is represented in the Mediterranean Sea by three species, though the presence of one, A. obtusata, is considered dubious and needs confirmation (Ruffo, Reference Ruffo and Bellan-Santini1982: 252). The genus is distinguished from other genera of the family Melitidae by the following characters: gnathopod II much larger than gnathopod I. Antenna I peduncle very elongated, art II as long as or longer than art I. Uropod III outer ramus two articulate. Maxilla II inner plate with medial row of setae (G.S. Karaman, Reference Karaman1981). The most abundant and widely distributed species is A. gladiosa (Bate, 1862) and previously known from France (Ledoyer, Reference Ledoyer1968; Bellan-Santini & Ledoyer, Reference Bellan-Santini and Ledoyer1973; G.S. Karaman, Reference Karaman1979; Dauvin & Bellan-Santini, Reference Dauvin and Bellan-Santini2002), the Tyrrhenian coast of Italy (Della Valle, Reference Della Valle1893; Cecchini & Parenzan, Reference Cecchini and Parenzan1935; G.S. Karaman, Reference Karaman1979), former Yugoslavia (Grube, Reference Grube1864; Heller, Reference Heller1866; Ruffo, Reference Ruffo1946; G.S. Karaman, Reference Karaman1979), Turkey (Kocataş & Katağan, Reference Kocataş and Katağan1978) and Algeria (Chevreux, Reference Chevreux1911).

In April 2008, two male specimens of A. aculeata (total lengths 5.2 and 5.3 mm respectively) were collected in İzmir Bay, 38°40′35″N 26°31′17″E, on the Aegean coast of Turkey (Figure 1). The sample was collected at a depth of 71 m on fine sand. The specimens were identified using Ruffo (Reference Ruffo and Bellan-Santini1982) (Figures 2 & 3). The specimens are preserved at the Fisheries Faculty Museum, Ege University, Izmir (ESFM-MAL/2008-999). Previously, A. aculeata was known only from the western part of the Mediterranean [France (Catta, Reference Catta1875; Dauvin & Bellan-Santini, Reference Dauvin and Bellan-Santini2002), Corsica (Chevreux, Reference Chevreux1902), Algeria (Bakalem & Dauvin, Reference Bakalem and Dauvin1995) and Tunisia (Chevreux, Reference Chevreux1911)]. The present records extend its distribution area to the eastern Mediterranean. The species was considered a Mediterranean endemic (Ruffo, Reference Ruffo and Bellan-Santini1982), but recent records from the Portuguese continental shelf (Cunha et al., Reference Cunha, Sorbe and Bernardes1997) and the Bay of Biscay (Dewicke, Reference Dewicke2002) suggest it has a wider distribution.

Fig. 1.

The distribution of Abludomelita aculeata (Chevreux, Reference Chevreux1911) along the Mediterranean coasts. , present study; , previous records.

Fig. 2.

Abludomelita aculeata: (A) pleon and urosome segments; (B) lateral view.

Fig. 3.

Pleon (Pl) and urosome (Us) segments of Abludomelita aculeata (original).

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Fig. 1.The distribution of Abludomelita aculeata (Chevreux, 1911) along the Mediterranean coasts. , present study; , previous records.

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Fig. 2.Abludomelita aculeata: (A) pleon and urosome segments; (B) lateral view.

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Fig. 3.Pleon (Pl) and urosome (Us) segments of Abludomelita aculeata (original).