Affiliation:
1. Department of Hydrobiology, Fisheries Faculty, Ege University, TR-35100 Bornova, İzmir, Turkey
Abstract
Abstract
Among material collected in colonies of Spirobranchus triqueter (Linnaeus, 1758) from the Sea of Marmara in 2013, 825 individuals belonging to 13 species of isopods were found. Of these, Janira maculosa Leach, 1814 is represented by the highest number of specimens (45% of the total number of specimens). All species are being reported to be associated with the serpulid colony of S. triqueter herein for the first time.
Subject
Animal Science and Zoology,Aquatic Science
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