Contributions to the knowledge of amphipod fauna (Crustacea, Amphipoda) from the Danube Delta, Romania

Authors

  • Ana-Maria PURCARI Babeș-Bolyai University, Faculty of Biology and Geology, Department of Taxonomy and Ecology, Cluj-Napoca, Romania.
  • Mirela CÎMPEAN Babeș-Bolyai University, Faculty of Biology and Geology, Department of Taxonomy and Ecology, Cluj-Napoca, Romania; Center for Systems Biology, Biodiversity, and Bioresources, Babeş-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca, Romania. *Corresponding author: mirela.cimpean@ubbcluj.ro https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7176-3724
  • Karina Paula BATTES Babeș-Bolyai University, Faculty of Biology and Geology, Department of Taxonomy and Ecology, Cluj-Napoca, Romania; Center for Systems Biology, Biodiversity, and Bioresources, Babeş-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca, Romania. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7853-6628

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.24193/subbbiol.2020.2.05

Keywords:

monospecific community, Pontogammarus maeoticus, varying intraspecific character.

Abstract

The amphipod species Pontogammarus maeoticus (Sovinskij, 1894) was identified in two locations from the Danube Delta, Romania (Sfântu Gheorghe and Sulina beaches) in July 2019. This is an eurybiont species, able to withstand high salinity variations characteristic to mixing fresh and sea waters. The individuals presented a special character in their morphology, a depression on the basis of pereiopod V.  The present paper contributes to the knowledge of existing amphipod fauna from the Danube Delta, in the Black Sea coast area.

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Article history: Received 8 April 2020; Revised 7 December 2020; Accepted 10 December 2020; Available online 20 December 2020.

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Original picture on front cover: Histological section (5μ thick) of the suprarenalian gland under Fluocinolon acetonid N treatment in male wistar rats (the atrophied cortical zone in the outer part of the gland, and the hypertrophied medullary region in the inner part). Picture made with a 20x objective © Erika Kis

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2020-12-20

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Vol. 65 No. 2 (2020)

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