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Although marine research on anthozoans began at the end of the 1800s with some reports on the occurrence in Turkey, comprehensive knowledge about their biotic features remains limited. This study is the first detailed diversity assessment of scleractinian corals inhabiting the Turkish waters. The surveys conducted on rocky habitats between 2011 and 2014 around the Dardanelles and Marmara Sea provided the distributional data of nine corals, five of which

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Keywords:Biochemical Sea cucumber Holothuria tubulosa Dardanelles Strait

Recent information indicates that the total amount of seafood (including fresh-water species and aquatic plants) is about 140 million