The decapod crustacean fauna of the turkish seas

Since 1965, a total of 193 decapod species has been identified from Turkish seas, bringing the number of species to 220 (75 Natantia, 15 M. Reptantia, 36 Anomura, 94 Brachyura). Pandalina profunda and Richardina fredericii are recorded for the first time from the Eastern Mediterranean, and another 8 species (Acantephyra pelagica, Plesionika gigliolii, Stenopus spinosus, Gourretia denticulata, Bathynectes maravigna, Dorhynchus thomsoni, Latreillia elegans, Macropipus tuberculatus) are recorded for the first time from Turkish seas. © 2003 Taylor & Francis Group, LLC.