Sezgin, MuratAtes, A. SuatKatagan, TuncerBakir, KeremYalçın Özdilek, Şükran2025-01-272025-01-2720091300-01791303-6114https://doi.org/10.3906/zoo-0807-3https://search.trdizin.gov.tr/tr/yayin/detay/92931https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12428/22175The present study reports the occurrence of 2 amphipod species, Caprella andreae Mayer, 1890 and Podocerus chelonophilus Chevreux & Guerne, 1888, that appeared on the carapace of the loggerhead turtle Caretta caretta (Linnaeus, 1758) in the eastern Mediterranean Sea (Levantine Sea). The amphipod specimens were found on a male Caretta caretta captured during experimental bottom studies conducted off Samandag, Hatay (the Turkish Mediterranean coast) on 7 April 2007. In addition, Caprella andreae Mayer 1890 was collected from the nets of fish cages off the Seferihisar (Aegean Sea) coast (38 degrees 11'32 '' N, 26 degrees 38'07 '' E). C. andreae is a first report for the amphipod fauna in Turkish seas.eninfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessAmphipodCrustaceasea turtleepibionteastern Aegean Seaeastern Mediterranean SeaTurkeyArticle33443343710.3906/zoo-0807-3N/AWOS:00027249940000892931