Eğirdir Gölü’ndeki Predatör: Chaetogaster limnaei limnaei Baer, 1827 (Annelida: Clitellata)

Muhammed Mustafa Sezginer; Ali Özcü; Hakan Eren; İbrahim Özdal; Gökmen Zafer Pekmezci; Mehmet Zeki Yıldırım

doi:10.17216/limnofish.1616500

Research Article

Predator in Lake Eğirdir: Chaetogaster limnaei limnaei Baer, 1827 (Annelida: Clitellata)

Year 2025, Volume: 11 Issue: 2, 94 - 99, 31.08.2025

Muhammed Mustafa Sezginer , Ali Özcü , Hakan Eren , İbrahim Özdal , Gökmen Zafer Pekmezci , Mehmet Zeki Yıldırım

https://doi.org/10.17216/limnofish.1616500

Abstract

Chaetogaster species are worms from the family naididae of the phylum annelida. In this study, the presence of an annelid subspecies Chaetogaster limnaei limnaei Baer, 1827 (Annelida: Clitellata) in a gastropod Lymnaea stagnalis (Linnaeus, 1758) living in Lake Eğirdir was reported for the first time in Turkey. In addition, this study was the first molecular characterization of the mitochondrial COI gene region of C. limnaei limnaei in Türkiye

Keywords

Chaetogaster , Lymnaea stagnalis , mitochondrial COI , Eğirdir Lake

Supporting Institution

GENERAL DIRECTORATE OF AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH AND POLICIES

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