First records of two macrobenthic invertebrate species in the Black Sea: Marmara musculata (Cnidaria: Anthozoa) and Hydroides dianthus (Annelida: Polychaeta)
05/26/2026First records of two macrobenthic invertebrate species in the Black Sea: Marmara musculata (Cnidaria: Anthozoa) and Hydroides dianthus (Annelida: Polychaeta)
Güley Kurt, Melih Ertan Çınar, Ülgen Aytan
ORCID IDs: G.K. 0000-0002-9996-4365; M.E.Ç. 0000-0002-1802-2801; Ü.A. 0000-0002-6530-3083
Department of Biology, Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Sinop University, 57000, Sinop, TÜRKİYE
Department of Hydrobiology, Faculty of Fisheries, Ege University, 35100, Bornova/İzmir, TÜRKİYE
Department of Marine Biology, Faculty of Fisheries, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan University, Rize, TÜRKİYE
Abstract
The present study reports on two macrobenthic invertebrate species found along the Turkish coast of the Black Sea. An anthozoan species, Marmara musculata, was first encountered among hard-bottom materials collected in 2017 off Kıyıköy and then widely found among benthic materials collected at several locations at depths of 19-41 m along the Turkish Black Sea coast in 2022 and 2024. An invasive alien serpulid species, Hydroides dianthus, was determined on artificial substratum in and around harbour environments at 0.1-0.5 m in Samsun and on plastic surface at 28 m in Rize. Among the species, M. musculata is a new record for the Black Sea and H. dianthus for the Black Sea coast of Türkiye.
Keywords: Polychaetes, anthozoans, alien species, fouling species, Türkiye
Pages: 63-78
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