Check List 11(2): e19186, doi: 10.15560/11.2.1588
New information on distribution of a marine leech, Pontobdella muricata (Linnaeus, 1758), from the Mediterranean coast of Turkey
expand article infoSaadet Yağmur Bulguroğlu‡, Jale Korun‡, Mehmet Gökoğlu‡
‡ Akdeniz University, Turkey

Corresponding author: Jale Korun ( jalekorun@akdeniz.edu.tr )

© 2017 Saadet Bulguroğlu, Jale Korun, Mehmet Gökoğlu.
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Citation: Korun J, Bulguroğlu S, Gökoğlu M (2015) New information on distribution of a marine leech, Pontobdella muricata (Linnaeus, 1758), from the Mediterranean coast of Turkey. Check List 11(2): 1588. https://doi.org/10.15560/11.2.1588
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Abstract
New information on distribution of marine leech, Pontobdella muricata (Linnaeus, 1758) is given here. One leech was observed on the dorsal surface of Thornback Ray, Raja clavata (Linnaeus, 1758) that was caught in 2013 in the Antalya, Turkey. This is a new record for the eastern Mediterranean coast of Turkey.
Keywords
marine leech; Pontobdella muricata; Thornback Ray; Raja clavata