New record of the benthic marine mucilage aggregates Phaeocystis giraudii from Turkish Eastern Mediterranean Sea

09/30/2021 Arda Tonay

New record of the benthic marine mucilage aggregates Phaeocystis giraudii from Turkish Eastern Mediterranean Sea

Emine Şükran Okudan, Berrin Dural, Hüseyin Erdugan, Yelda Aktan, Volkan Demir, Veysel Aysel

ORCID IDs: E.Ş.O. 0000-0001-5309-7238; B.D. 0000-0002-9379-7922; H.E. 0000 0002 7047 6640; Y.A. 0000-0001-7920-8979; V.D. 0000-0002-8148-8647; V.A. 0000-0003-3668-7046

Faculty of Aquatic Sciences and Fisheries, Akdeniz University, Antalya, TURKEY
Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Ege University, İzmir, TURKEY
Department of Biology, Faculty of Sciences, Çanakkale Onsekiz Mart University, Çanakkale, TURKEY
Faculty of Aquatic Sciences, Istanbul University, Ordu Cad., 200, 34470, Laleli, Istanbul, TURKEY
Institute of Marine Sciences and Management, Istanbul University, Istanbul, TURKEY
Department of Biology, Faculty of Sciences, Dokuz Eylül University, Izmir, TURKEY

Abstract

This study presents a new record of Phaeocystis giraudii Derbes et Solier (Phaeocystales, Prymnesiophyceae), which forms gelatinous aggregates and is found as clusters in various sea substrates in the coastal zones of Turkey. The species has been observed at various locations in the central Aegean Sea (Sığacık, Gümüldür and Çeşme) and Mediterranean Sea (Kaş and Adrasan) since 1994. Mucilaginous aggregate colonies at these stations cover 5-60% of the substrate at a depth range of 8-25 m. This paper also discusses the taxonomic problems in the nomenclature of the species.

Keywords: Phaeocystis giraudii, Chrysoreinhardia graudii, new record, mucilage, sea snot, Turkey

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