title: The first Turcolana Argano & Pesce, 1980 (Isopoda: Cirolanidae) from the Greek mainland.
abstract: Turcolana Argano & Pesce, 1980 is the isopod genus occurring in freshwater and brackish groundwater environments around the eastern Mediterranean. In this study, a revised diagnosis of the genus, an updated map of species distribution and a key to species are presented. The first cave dwelling species is described from the Melissotrypa Cave in central Greece, a highly troglomorphic Turcolana lepturoides sp. nov. Its principal distinguishing characters are elongated appendages: styliform uropods (twice as long as pleotelson), antennae (half as long as body) and pereopods (e.g. pereopod 7 45% as long as body). Mitochondrial DNA sequences (16S rRNA, 12S rRNA) of the new species are provided.
authors.affiliation: University of Ljubljana, Biotechnical Faculty, Department of Biology, Jamnikarjeva 101, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia.; Email: simona.prevorcnik@bf.uni-lj.si.
authors.forename: Simona
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Prevorčnik
authors.affiliation: University of Ljubljana, Biotechnical Faculty, Department of Biology, Jamnikarjeva 101, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia.; Email: marjeta.konec@bf.uni-lj.si.
authors.forename: Marjeta
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Konec
authors.affiliation: University of Ljubljana, Biotechnical Faculty, Department of Biology, Jamnikarjeva 101, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia.; Email: boris.sket@bf.uni-lj.si.
authors.forename: Boris
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Sket
mesh_terms: D063147:Animal Distribution; D000818:Animals; D004272:DNA, Mitochondrial / Q000235:genetics; D006115:Greece; D060587:Groundwater; D033321:Isopoda / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics / Q000502:physiology*; D012335:RNA, Ribosomal / Q000235:genetics; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S / Q000235:genetics; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA
chemical_list: D004272:DNA, Mitochondrial; D012335:RNA, Ribosomal; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S; C075526:RNA, ribosomal, 12S