Faunistic assessment of the marine Harpacticoida (Crustacea: Copepoda) fauna of Turkey with remarks on harpacticoid diversity in the eastern Mediterranean Sea

Interstitial harpacticoid (Copepoda, Harpacticoida) fauna inhabiting mediolittoral zone of the Gulf of Saros (Turkey)

“…The families Ameiridae, Miraciidae and Ectinosomatidae are known to be sediment associated and eurytopic [37,38]. Therefore, they are the most common families in many faunistic studies carried out on the interstitial habitat in worldwide [39][40][41][42][43][44] as well as in Turkey [11,12,22,27,34]. In this study, in terms of species richness the family Ameiridae ranked first followed by Miraciidae and Ectinosomatidae.…”

“…List of harpacticoids and their localities determined in these study and comparison with the previous records from Turkey. A: Noodt [8], B: Karaytuğ & Huys [25], C: Huys et al [26], D: Karaytuğ & Sak [27], E: Sak et al [28], F: Pulat et al [29], G: Alper et al [22], H: Sönmez et al [30], I: Kaymak et al [31], J: Sönmez et al [32], K: Köroğlu et al [33], L: Alper et al [34], M: Sönmez et al [35], N: Karaytuğ & Koçak [11], O: Yıldız & Karaytuğ [12], P: Sönmez et al [36], Q: Alper et al [13]. ---------- ---------- ).…”

“…Two more studies were carried out until the beginning of the 2000's by Băcescu [9] and Gündüz [10], and only three harpacticoid species were added to Turkish fauna. After that the studies have accelerated and many literatures about harpacticoids were published in Turkey (see [11]) thus the number of harpacticoid species identified from the Turkish Seas was raised to 210 [12]. Recently six new species were added by several authors [13][14][15][16][17] so the number of species has reached to 216.…”