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First documented record of Amphiura filiformis (Echinodermata: Ophiuroidea) from the Black Sea

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  22 September 2009

Murat Sezgin  and
Ertan Dağlı
Murat Sezgin*
Affiliation:
Sinop University, Fisheries Faculty, Department of Hydrobiology, TR57000, Sinop, Turkey
Ertan Dağlı
Affiliation:
Ege University, Fisheries Faculty, Department of Hydrobiology, TR35100, Bornova-İzmir, Turkey
*
Correspondence should be addressed to: M. Sezgin, Sinop University, Fisheries Faculty, Department of Hydrobiology, TR57000, Sinop, Turkey email: msezgin@sinop.edu.tr
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Abstract

In this study, an ophiuroid species was reported from the Sinop coast (Black Sea, Turkey). They were photographed and brief diagnoses and descriptions, general distributions and ecology are presented. The occurrence of the ophiuroid Amphiura filiformis in the Black Sea was confirmed for the first time. This finding extends the known geographical distribution of this species in the Mediterranean basin.

Keywords

first documented recordAmphiura filiformisBlack Sea
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Research Article
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Marine Biodiversity Records , Volume 2 , January 2009 , e147
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Copyright © Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 2009

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