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Abstract

Synurella osellai was described by Sandro Ruffo in 1974 from Giresun (Tirebolu) province of Turkey. S. osellai is collected from Fatsa in Ordu province, Turkey. We redescribed S. osellai in different locality from type locality. A detailed morphological redescription and illustrations of this species are given.

An overview on the distribution of Synurella genus in Turkey (Crustacea:Amphipoda)

“…5). After its original description, there was no record for a long time and then the second record of the species was given from Fatsa Town, in Ordu province (Ekinci and Miroğlu, 2017). The present record is the third one for this species.…”

When males and females belong to different genera: an interesting case of Synurella/Pontonyx (Crustacea: Amphipoda: Crangonyctidae) co-occurrence

“…In this regard, we believe that many of the previous descriptions require a thorough revision. For example, the records of both males and females of Synurella ocellai presented by Ekinci & Miro lu [2017] and Özbek [2018] from the north-western Turkey need to be revised in a view of the present study. Synurella philareti from the lower reaches of the Dnieper [Birštein, 1948] could also belongs to the genus Pontonyx (see above) and need to be re-examined on freshly collected material.…”