New Additions to the Jellyfish Fauna of the Sea of Marmara

Authors : Melek Işinibilir, Esin Yüksel, Ezgi Türkeri, Onur Doğan, Firdes Saadet Karakulak, Uğur Uzer, Cem Dalyan, Giulia Furfaro, Stefano Piraino

Pages : 53-57

Doi:10.26650/ASE2021981468

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Publication Date : 2022-01-01

Article Type : Other

Abstract :This manuscript reports on four new jellyfish species in the Sea of Marmara (Turkey) (the scyphozoans Mawia benovici and Drymonema dalmatinum, hydrozoan Aequorea forskalea, and thaliacean Salpa maxima) based on plankton collections made in the years 2019–2021. This is the first record of Mawia benovici in both Turkish coastal areas and the Sea of Marmara. The jellyfish that was previously re-corded as Drymonema sp. in the repetition Sea of Marmara was identified at the species level as D. dalmatinum. Furthermore, their possible introduction pathways are briefly discussed here
Keywords : Aequorea forskalea, Drymonema dalmatinum, Mawia benovici, Salpa maxima, the Sea of Marmara