Taxonomical and ecological observations on Pycnogonida from Apulian coasts (southern Italy)

Pycnogonids (Arthropoda: Pycnogonida) of Portofino, Ligurian Sea (North-Western Mediterranean Sea)

“…For the Eastern Mediterranean, there are less studies published and the number of species known is lower: for example, in the Turkish waters, only 11 species are recorded (Koçak 2013). Few cases of in-depth research on the Pantopoda of a specific area are known in the Italian literature and they are all focused on South-Central and Southern Italy (Krapp 1973;Chimenz Gusso et al 1978;Chimenz et al 1979Chimenz et al , 1993Chimenz & Cottarelli 1986;Piscitelli & Barone 2000). In the Ligurian Sea, mainly based on sporadic collections (Faraggiana 1940;Krapp 1975;Arnaud 1987; Chimenz Gusso 2000), 17 species have been recorded (Bartolino & Chimenz 2010).…”

Common littoral pycnogonids of the Mediterranean Sea

“…Giltay 1929, Helfer 1936, Faraggiana 1940, Bourdillon 1954, Stock 1958, Bacescu 1959, Stock 1962, Stock and Soyer 1965, Stock 1966, Zavodnik 1968, Krapp 1973, Schüller 1989, Pérez-Ruzafa and Munilla 1992, Chimenz et al 1993, Munilla 1993, Munilla and Nieto 1999, Chimenz Gusso 2000, Montoya Bravo et al 2006, Krapp et al 2008, Kocak et al 2010, Kocak and Alan 2013. Of particular significance is Dohrn's (1881) "Die Pantopoden des Golfes von Neapel und der angrenzenden Meeresabschnitte" with its excellent drawings and descriptions of 18 new species.…”

The occurrence of Ammothella longioculata (Faraggiana, 1940) (Arthropoda, Pycnogonida) in İzmir Bay (Aegean Sea, Turkey) and reported species from the bay

“…Tunisian coast: Tabarka (Arnaud, 1987). Italian coast: Levanto, Ligurian Sea (Faraggiana, 1940); Isola Lachea (Krapp, 1973); Apulian coast (Chimenz, et al, 1993); Costa d'Argento (Vignoli et al, 2006). Croatian coast: Rovinj, North Adriatic (Schüller, 1989).…”

“…Ammothella longioculata (Faraggiana, 1940) is endemic to the Mediterranean Sea. This species had been reported eleven times before from the region (Faraggiana, 1940;Stock, 1958;Krapp, 1973;Arnaud, 1987;Schüller, 1989;Chimenz et al, 1993;Munilla and Nieto, 1999;Vignoli et al, 2006;Kocak and Katagan, 2007;Krapp et al, 2008, who reported for the first time this species from the Turkish waters). The present study provides a new locality for A. longioculata in the Aegean Sea, information about its distribution in the Mediterranean Sea, and reported pycnogoid species from the İzmir Bay.…”