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Amphipod biodiversity of the Tunisian coasts: update and distributional ecology

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 October 2009

Rym Zakhama-Sraieb ,
Yassine-Ramzi Sghaier  and
Faouzia Charfi-Cheikhrouha
Rym Zakhama-Sraieb*
Affiliation:
Unité de Recherche de Biologie Animale et Systématique Evolutive, Faculté des Sciences de Tunis, Tunisie, 2092, Manar II, Tunisie
Yassine-Ramzi Sghaier
Affiliation:
Unité de Recherche de Biologie Animale et Systématique Evolutive, Faculté des Sciences de Tunis, Tunisie, 2092, Manar II, Tunisie
Faouzia Charfi-Cheikhrouha
Affiliation:
Unité de Recherche de Biologie Animale et Systématique Evolutive, Faculté des Sciences de Tunis, Tunisie, 2092, Manar II, Tunisie
*
Correspondence should be addressed to: R. Zakhama-Sraieb, Unité de Recherche de Biologie Animale et Systématique Evolutive, Faculté des Sciences de Tunis, Tunisie, 2092, Manar II, Tunisie email: zakhamarym@yahoo.fr
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Abstract

In this study a checklist of the Amphipoda known from the Tunisian coasts up to the present is given. To establish this list, we reviewed all available records of Amphipoda on the Tunisian coasts. In addition, fieldwork conducted in 22 stations distributed along the Tunisian coasts allowed us to identify 70 species; among them 19 are newly reported in Tunisian waters. Information about the distribution and habitats preference of each species are also provided. By the end of this study, the number of amphipod species known on the Tunisian coasts reaches 133 species belonging to 72 genera and 29 families.

Keywords

AmphipodaCrustaceaTunisiaecologydistribution
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Marine Biodiversity Records , Volume 2 , January 2009 , e155
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Copyright © Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 2009

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