Nine New Naididae (Oligochaeta) Species for Sakarya River, Turkey

Authors: NAİME ARSLAN, YALÇIN ŞAHİN

Abstract: The material was collected between September 1995 and August 1998 from 79 stations on Sakarya River. A total of nine Naididae species (Ophidonais serpentina (Müller, 1773), Stylaria lacustris Lamarck, 1816, Nais pardalis Piguet, 1906, Nais variabilis Piguet, 1906, Pristinella jenkinae (Stephenson, 1931), Pristina foreli (Piguet, 1906), P. longiseta longiseta Ehrenberg, 1824, P. proboscidea Beddard, 1896 and P. aequiseta Bourne, 1891) belonging to five genera were recorded for the first time from Sakarya River.

Keywords: Oligochaeta, Naididae, new record, Sakarya River, Turkey.

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