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Year 2022, Volume: 37 Issue: 1, 53 - 57, 01.01.2022
https://doi.org/10.26650/ASE2021981468

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New Additions to the Jellyfish Fauna of the Sea of Marmara

Year 2022, Volume: 37 Issue: 1, 53 - 57, 01.01.2022
https://doi.org/10.26650/ASE2021981468

Abstract

This manuscript reports on four new jellyfish species in the Sea of Marmara (Turkey) (the scyphozoans Mawia benovici and Drymonema dalmatinum, hydrozoan Aequorea forskalea, and thaliacean Salpa maxima) based on plankton collections made in the years 2019–2021. This is the first record of Mawia benovici in both Turkish coastal areas and the Sea of Marmara. The jellyfish that was previously re-corded as Drymonema sp. in the repetition Sea of Marmara was identified at the species level as D. dalmatinum. Furthermore, their possible introduction pathways are briefly discussed here

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Primary Language English
Subjects Hydrobiology
Journal Section Short Communication
Authors

Melek İşinibilir 0000-0002-1200-6878

Esin Yüksel 0000-0002-1651-7229

Ezgi Türkeri This is me 0000-0003-2017-6137

Onur Doğan This is me 0000-0002-5576-2331

Firdes Saadet Karakulak 0000-0002-6053-5256

Uğur Uzer 0000-0002-7038-6469

Cem Dalyan 0000-0002-7386-5641

Giulia Furfaro This is me 0000-0001-8184-2266

Stefano Piraino 0000-0002-8752-9390

Publication Date January 1, 2022
Submission Date August 11, 2021
Published in Issue Year 2022 Volume: 37 Issue: 1

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APA İşinibilir, M., Yüksel, E., Türkeri, E., Doğan, O., et al. (2022). New Additions to the Jellyfish Fauna of the Sea of Marmara. Aquatic Sciences and Engineering, 37(1), 53-57. https://doi.org/10.26650/ASE2021981468
AMA İşinibilir M, Yüksel E, Türkeri E, Doğan O, Karakulak FS, Uzer U, Dalyan C, Furfaro G, Piraino S. New Additions to the Jellyfish Fauna of the Sea of Marmara. Aqua Sci Eng. January 2022;37(1):53-57. doi:10.26650/ASE2021981468
Chicago İşinibilir, Melek, Esin Yüksel, Ezgi Türkeri, Onur Doğan, Firdes Saadet Karakulak, Uğur Uzer, Cem Dalyan, Giulia Furfaro, and Stefano Piraino. “New Additions to the Jellyfish Fauna of the Sea of Marmara”. Aquatic Sciences and Engineering 37, no. 1 (January 2022): 53-57. https://doi.org/10.26650/ASE2021981468.
EndNote İşinibilir M, Yüksel E, Türkeri E, Doğan O, Karakulak FS, Uzer U, Dalyan C, Furfaro G, Piraino S (January 1, 2022) New Additions to the Jellyfish Fauna of the Sea of Marmara. Aquatic Sciences and Engineering 37 1 53–57.
IEEE M. İşinibilir, “New Additions to the Jellyfish Fauna of the Sea of Marmara”, Aqua Sci Eng, vol. 37, no. 1, pp. 53–57, 2022, doi: 10.26650/ASE2021981468.
ISNAD İşinibilir, Melek et al. “New Additions to the Jellyfish Fauna of the Sea of Marmara”. Aquatic Sciences and Engineering 37/1 (January 2022), 53-57. https://doi.org/10.26650/ASE2021981468.
JAMA İşinibilir M, Yüksel E, Türkeri E, Doğan O, Karakulak FS, Uzer U, Dalyan C, Furfaro G, Piraino S. New Additions to the Jellyfish Fauna of the Sea of Marmara. Aqua Sci Eng. 2022;37:53–57.
MLA İşinibilir, Melek et al. “New Additions to the Jellyfish Fauna of the Sea of Marmara”. Aquatic Sciences and Engineering, vol. 37, no. 1, 2022, pp. 53-57, doi:10.26650/ASE2021981468.
Vancouver İşinibilir M, Yüksel E, Türkeri E, Doğan O, Karakulak FS, Uzer U, Dalyan C, Furfaro G, Piraino S. New Additions to the Jellyfish Fauna of the Sea of Marmara. Aqua Sci Eng. 2022;37(1):53-7.

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