The Presence of Teredo navalis Linnaeus, 1758 (Mollusca, Bivalvia, Teredinidae) in the Southern Black Sea, Turkey

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Culha M.

JOURNAL OF ANIMAL AND VETERINARY ADVANCES, vol.9, no.10, pp.1515-1518, 2010 (SCI-Expanded)

• Publication Type: Article / Article
• Volume: 9 Issue: 10
• Publication Date: 2010
• Doi Number: 10.3923/javaa.2010.1515.1518
• Journal Name: JOURNAL OF ANIMAL AND VETERINARY ADVANCES
• Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
• Page Numbers: pp.1515-1518
• Çanakkale Onsekiz Mart University Affiliated: No

Abstract

A total of 35 specimens of boring bivalve, Teredo navalis was found during the benthic surveys conducted at a depth of between 0.5 and 5 m into some old tree roots and old wood pieces on stony-sand bottom in the southern Black Sea (Ayancik coasts of Sinop Province) of Turkey between 2006 and 2007. This species is new record for the Turkish Black Sea coast.