Scuba diving photography: a useful method for taxonomic and ecologic studies on fish parasites (cymothoidae)
Oktener, A.; Torcu Koç, H.; Erdogan, Z.; Trilles, J.P. (2010). Scuba diving photography: a useful method for taxonomic and ecologic studies on fish parasites (cymothoidae). The Journal of Marine Animals & Their Ecology 3(2): 3-9
In: The Journal of Marine Animals & Their Ecology. Oceanographic Environmental Research Society: Barrie, ON. ISSN 1911-8929; e-ISSN 1911-8929, more
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Diving > Scuba diving
Turkey
Cymothoidae Leach, 1814 [WoRMS]
Türkiye [Marine Regions]
Marine/Coastal |
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- Oktener, A.
- Torcu Koç, H.
- Erdogan, Z.
- Trilles, J.P.
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| Abstract |
This study emphasizes that underwater photography is useful for taxonomic and ecologic studies on parasitic cymothoidae. So, using this method, it reports potential new hosts for species of the genera Anilocra and Nerocila from the Sea of Marmara and the Aegean Sea coasts of Turkey. Underwater photographs were taken by scuba divers from 15 different fish hosts. Anthias anthias, Apogon imberbis, Gobius bucchichi, Symphodus mediterraneus, Tripterygion delaisi, T. melanurus and a lessepsian migrant Pempheris vanicolensis were identified as new hosts for the genus Anilocra. Nerocila bivittata was observed on Sciaena umbra and Scorpaena scrofa. |
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