NEW RECORDS OF TWO SPECIES OF GNATHIID ISOPODS, PARAGNATHIA FORMICA (HESSE, 1864) AND GNATHIA MAXILLARIS (MONTAGU, 1804) (ISOPODA, GNATHIIDAE) FROM THE BLACK SEA

KOPUZ U., KIRKIM F., AĞIRBAŞ E., GÖZLER A. M.

CRUSTACEANA, vol.84, no.14, pp.1719-1725, 2011 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 84 Issue: 14
  • Publication Date: 2011
  • Doi Number: 10.1163/156854011x607088
  • Journal Name: CRUSTACEANA
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Page Numbers: pp.1719-1725
  • Recep Tayyip Erdoğan University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

During fieldwork on the southeastern Black Sea coast, in October 2009, two gnathiid isopods were found in their free-living stage, Paragnathia formica (Hesse, 1864) and Gnathia maxillaris (Montagu, 1804). These species are herein reported from the Black Sea for the first time.