Posidonia oceanica

Evcen, Alper & Çinar, Melih Ertan, 2025, Sponge fauna of the Aegean coast of Türkiye with new records for the eastern Mediterranean Sea, Zootaxa 5631 (2), pp. 201-244 : 237

publication ID

https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5631.2.1

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:42B1D9AA-C22F-4B10-B83E-4B7BB868286D

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15375621

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/B3188793-FFFA-FFEF-FF2E-73DFB2D8A06F

treatment provided by

Plazi

scientific name

Posidonia oceanica
status

 

Sponges on Posidonia oceanica

A few number of studies have been carried out on sponge species associated with P. oceanica meadows on the coasts of Türkiye. The only study regarding sponge species on rhizomes of P. oceanica was carried out by Sarıtaş (1973) in Ayvalık, who listed a total of 22 species. However, three of these species ( Prosuberites epiphytum , Rhabderemia indica and Tethya lyncurium ) were considered invalid for the Mediterranean Sea (WPD, 2024). Evcen and Çınar (2017) also reported 25 sponge species associated with P. oceanica along the Aegean coast of Türkiye. In the present study, a total of 35 species were found in association with rhizomes of P. oceanica along the eastern coast of Türkiye. The most common species were Aplysina aerophoba , Spirastrella cunctatrix , Crambe crambe , Chondrilla nucula , Ircinia variabilis and Sarcotragus foetidus .

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Mollusca

Class

Bivalvia

Order

Ostreida

Family

Posidoniidae

Genus

Posidonia

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