First record of a praniza larva of the family Gnathiidae (Crustacea, Isopoda) living on Chromogobius zebratus (Pisces, Gobiidae) in the eastern Mediterranean Sea

07/19/2022 Arda Tonay

First record of a praniza larva of the family Gnathiidae (Crustacea, Isopoda) living on Chromogobius zebratus (Pisces, Gobiidae) in the eastern Mediterranean Sea

Furkan Durucan

ORCID ID: 0000-0002-6168-2135

German Centre for Marine Biodiversity Research (DZMB), Senckenberg am Meer, Wilhelmshaven, GERMANY
Department of Aquaculture, Isparta University of Applied Sciences, Isparta, 32260, TÜRKİYE

Abstract

In this study, a praniza larva of a gnathiid isopod was reported for the first time from the eastern Mediterranean Sea of Turkey, Antalya. In particular, it was found on caudal peduncle of the fish Chromogobius zebratus (Kolombatovic, 1891).

Keywords: Ectoparasite, Gnathiidae, Turkey, Levantine Sea

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