Check List 15(1): 219-224, doi: 10.15560/15.1.219
Significant occurrence of Musellifer profundus Vivier, 1974 (Gastrotricha, Chaetonotida) in the Black Sea
Nelli Sergeeva‡, Derya Ürkmez§, M. Antonio Antonio Todaro|‡ The A.O. Kovalevsky Institute of Marine Biological Research of RAS, Sevastopol, Russia§ Scientific and Technological Research and Application Center, Sinop University, Sinop, Turkey| Università di Modena e Reggio Emilia, Modena, Italy
Corresponding author: M. Antonio Todaro ( antonio.todaro@unimore.it ) Academic editor: Rafael B. de Moura © 2019 Nelli Sergeeva, Derya Ürkmez, M. Antonio Todaro. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY 4.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
Citation:
Sergeeva NG, Ürkmez D, Todaro MA (2019) Significant occurrence of Musellifer profundus Vivier, 1974 (Gastrotricha, Chaetonotida) in the Black Sea. Check List 15(1): 219-224. https://doi.org/10.15560/15.1.219 |  |
Abstract
Specimens of the gastrotrich genus Musellifer are recorded for the first time from the Black Sea. These specimens, identified as M. profundus Vivier, 1974, were found in sediment samples collected at various depths (22−135 m) and from waters characterized by low salinity (17.3−18.62‰) and varying levels of oxygen (2.43−299.59 μM). Three specimens were found from the Istanbul Strait (Bosphorus) outlet area of the Black Sea (Turkey) and 2 were found along the southern and southeastern shelf of the Crimean Peninsula (Russia), from the Yalta Gulf and the Feodosiya Gulf.
Keywords
Benthos, biodiversity, Bosphorus, Crimea, meiofauna, Russia, Turkey