Ciçek Erdoğan, Oktener Ahmet, Capar Osman Bahadir
Gaziantep University, Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Department of Biology, Sahinbey, Gaziantep, Turkey.
Turkiye Parazitol Derg. 2007;31(3):239-41.
A parasitic copepod, Pennella balaenopterae Koren and Danielssen, 1877 (Copepoda: Pennelidae), has been reported from the fin whale, Balaenoptera physalus (Cetacaea: Mysticeti), which was found dead on the Avluk beach (Yumurtalik seaport, Iskenderun Bay, Northeastern Mediterranean coast of Turkey) in 6 May, 2002. This is the first report of Pennella balaenopterae in the Turkish seas.
一种寄生桡足类动物,即1877年科伦和丹尼尔森发现的须鲸寄生桡足虫(桡足纲:须鲸虱科),已在长须鲸(须鲸目:须鲸亚目)身上被发现,该长须鲸于2002年5月6日在土耳其东北地中海沿岸伊斯肯德伦湾尤穆尔塔勒克海港的阿夫卢克海滩被发现死亡。这是须鲸寄生桡足虫在土耳其海域的首次报告。