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Presence of Stereoderma kirschbergi (Echinodermata: Holothuroidea) on Sinop Peninsula coast, Turkey: first record from Turkish Black Sea

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 February 2009

Murat Sezgin ,
Fatih Şahin  and
Levent Bat
Murat Sezgin*
Affiliation:
Department of Hydrobiology, Fisheries Faculty, Ondokuz Mayıs University, TR-57 000 Sinop, Turkey
Fatih Şahin
Affiliation:
Department of Hydrobiology, Fisheries Faculty, Ondokuz Mayıs University, TR-57 000 Sinop, Turkey
Levent Bat
Affiliation:
Department of Hydrobiology, Fisheries Faculty, Ondokuz Mayıs University, TR-57 000 Sinop, Turkey
*
Correspondence should be addressed to: Murat Sezgin, Department of Hydrobiology, Fisheries Faculty, Ondokuz Mayıs University, TR-57 000 Sinop, Turkey email: [email protected]
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Abstract

The marine biota of the Sinop coast of Turkey (southern Black Sea) was studied by SCUBA diving during 2005 and 2006. During this study one species was found that has not been previously reported in Turkish Black Sea waters, namely Stereoderma kirschbergi, which is here documented.

Keywords

EchinodermatabiodiversitytaxonomyTurkeyBlack Sea
Type
Research Article
Information
Marine Biodiversity Records , Volume 1 , January 2008 , e64
Copyright
Copyright © Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 2007

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