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First record of Bopyrina ocellata (Isopoda, Bopyridae) from the Sea of Marmara, Turkey

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The bopyrid isopod Bopyrina ocellata was obtained from the caridean shrimp Hippolyte inermis , collected on seagrass meadows of Posidonia oceanica and Zostera ( Zostera ) marina in the Sea… Click to show full abstract

The bopyrid isopod Bopyrina ocellata was obtained from the caridean shrimp Hippolyte inermis , collected on seagrass meadows of Posidonia oceanica and Zostera ( Zostera ) marina in the Sea of Marmara, Turkey. This is the first record of the genus Bopyrina from the Sea of Marmara. One-hundred-and-seventy-eight individuals of H. inermis were collected from the sampling area, of which 21 specimens (11.80%) were parasitized in the branchial chamber by B. ocellata .

Keywords: bopyrina ocellata; sea; first record; marmara turkey; sea marmara

Journal Title: Crustaceana
Year Published: 2017

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