Thalamita poissonii (Savigny, 1817)

Yokes, Baki & Galil, Bella S., 2006, New records of alien decapods (Crustacea) from the Mediterranean coast of Turkey, with a description of a new palaemonid species, Zoosystema 28 (3), pp. 747-755 : 752

Thalamita poissonii (Savigny, 1817)

MATERIAL EXAMINED. — Turkey. Tekirova, 5-6 m depth, 25.X.2003, 2 juv. cl 7.1, 6.8 mm ( TAU). — Fakdere, Kaş, 4 m depth, night dive, 27.XI.2003, 1 ♂ cl 16.1 mm ( TAU).

REMARKS

Thalamita poissonii was first collected in Turkey in 1959 at Selimiye, just east of the peninsula ( Holthuis 1961). It was later collected off the Aegean coast of Greece ( Kalopissis & Kalopissis 1984, as Thalamita admete (Herbst, 1803)) , and off the western coast of Crete (d’Udekem d’Acoz 1994).

NEW RECORDS ESTABLISHED ON THE BASIS OF PHOTOGRAPHED MATERIAL

Melicertus hathor (Burkenroad, 1959) ( Fig. 2C )

MATERIAL PHOTOGRAPHED. — Turkey. Tatlisu Limani, 4 m depth, sand, night dive, IX.2002.

REMARKS

Figures

FIG. 2. — A, B, Urocaridella pulchella n. sp.; A, Güvercin Ada, Kaş, 12 m depth, rocky bottom, night dive, VIII.2003; B, Kaş, 10-15 m depth,rocky bottom,night dive,XI.2003;C, Melicertus hathor (Burkenroad,1959), Tatlisu Limani, 4 m depth, sand, night dive,IX.2002; D, Metapenaeopsis aegyptia Galil, 1990, Fakdere, Kaş, 4 m depth, Posidonia meadow, night dive, IX.2002; E, Carupa tenuipes Dana, 1851, Dalyan, Muğla, 8 m depth,in a cave, night dive, 30.X.1996; F, Charybdis (Charybdis) hellerii (A. Milne-Edwards, 1867), Tekirova, 7 m depth, rocky bottom, night dive, VIII.2001.