Occurrence of Homola barbata (Fabricius, 1793) (Decapoda, Brachyura) in Finike Bay (Türkiye, Eastern Mediterranean Sea)

Year 2023, Volume: 8 Issue: 3, 159 - 167, 15.12.2023

Cengiz Koçak , Coşkun Menderes Aydın Aydın Ünlüoğlu

https://doi.org/10.28978/nesciences.1404924

Abstract

Bottom trawl samplings in Finike Bay revealed the existence of a brachyuran crab species, Homola barbata (Fabricius, 1793). H. barbata has been recorded only fourth time in Turkish waters, up to now. The existence of this rare species is recorded herein for the first time from the Finike Bay. It is the westernmost record of H. barbata on the Mediterranean coast of Türkiye. A distribution map of H. barbata in the eastern Mediterranean Sea is also presented, together with photographs of it.

Keywords

Brachyura, decapoda, Homola barbata, Finike Bay, Türkiye, eastern Mediterranean Sea

Supporting Institution

General Directorate of Agricultural Research and Policies of the Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Livestock

Project Number

TAGEM/HAYSUD/2015/A11/P-02/2

Thanks

We are very grateful to our colleagues from the Mediterranean Fisheries Research, Production and Training Institute (AKSAM), as well as the captain and crew of R/V Akdeniz Araştırma 1, for their assistance in sampling. Dr Sencer Akalın (Ege University, İzmir) deserves special thanks for his valuable contributions to the field. H. barbata specimen was provided from the project of TAGEM/HAYSUD/2015/A11/P-02/2 “Estimation of Sizes of Demersal Fish Stocks along the Mediterranean Coast of Türkiye”. Our gratitude also goes to the administration of AKSAM for their tremendous support in the project which was funded by the General Directorate of Agricultural Research and Policies of the Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Livestock.

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