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REVIEW OF THE HITHERTO RECORDED SPECIES OF
CRUSTACEA DECAPODA FROM THE BOSPORUS, THE
SEA OF MARMARA AND THE DARDANELLES


G. J. Muller 
Romanian Marine Research Institute Constanta 


Abstract
The Crustacea Decapoda of the Bosporus, the Sea of
Marmara and the Dardanelles are reviewed in systematic
order, under actualized scientific nomenclature, 
according to literature records and data obtained by 
own research. The stratified waters of the Sea of
Marmara and its straits shelter 98 discernible species,
belonging to 31 families, confined almost exclusively
to the littoral system; very little is known about deep
water Decapoda. According to the special temperature and
salinity conditions within the superficial water layer
of the marine district cocerned, its littoral system
represents and intermidary habitat between the Mediter-
ranea (Aegean) and Pontic realms, offering opportunity
for physiological preselection and accomodation among
northward migrating species, prior to their eventual
penatration into the cold-temperature and mesohaline
environment of the modern Black Sea.