Some 290 species of squids comprise the order Teuthida that belongs to the molluscan
Class Cephalopoda. Of these, about 30–40 squid species have substantial commercial …

This is the first volume of the entirely rewritten, revised and updated version of the original
FAO Catalogue of Cephalopods of the World (1984). The present Volume is a multiauthored …

Cephalopods play a signicant role in coastal and oceanic ecosystems, both as consumers of
invertebrates and small sh and as the prey of some sh, seabirds and marine mammals and …

This study presents the molluscan species diversity along the Turkish coasts. The
compilation of the available references revealed a total of 1065 species belonging to 7 …

Two marine areas (the northern Aegean Sea and southern part of the Sea of Marmara,
Turkey) which have different trophic and hydrodynamic characteristics were compared …

The stomach contents from a male sperm whale, Physeter macrocephalus, first located
floating a short distance off the south coast of Crete were examined. The remains within the …

Studies on the cephalopods of Turkish coasts have been going on since 1988. As a result of
these studies, a total of 43 species have been determined, comprising 11 species from the …

Loligo vulgaris is a commercially important squid throughout the Mediterranean region and
is a candidate species in biomedical and aquaculture research. Some loligo species (L …

In this study, stomach contents of 108 swordfish specimens, **phias gladius Linnaeus, 1758
were examined from the southern Aegean Sea. The taxonomic distribution of major prey …

The population structures of the common cuttlefish Sepia officinalis from the north-eastern
Mediterranean (Antalya and Iskenderun Bays), Aegean (Izmir Bay) and Marmara Seas were …