Caspian Sea Biodiversity Project under umbrella of Caspian Sea Environment Program

1.

Pseudocumatidae

Schizorhampus bilamellatus

(G.O.Sars, 1894)

Caspian

Sometimes abundant

Euryhaline,
S=0-13‰
Mud, sand, muddy-sand
Depth 1.5-31m

Caspian Sea (north, middle, south); lower flow, mouth of rivers of the Volga, Kura, Samur)

Lomakina, 1968;
Atlas of Caspian Sea Invertebrates, 1968;
Bacescu, 1992;
Tarverdiev, 1988, 1989, 1993

 2.

Sch. eudorelloides

(G.O.Sars, 1894)

Ponto-Caspian

Abundant (up to 32500ind./1m?).
Important food object of fish.

Euryhaline,
S=0-13‰
Mud, sand, muddy-sand
Depth 2.0–700m

Caspian Sea (north, middle, south); Black Sea, Sea of Azov (lower flow, mouth of rivers of the Volga, Kura, Dnieper, Dnestr, Don, Danube).

Lomakina, 1968;
Atlas of Caspian Sea Invertebrates, 1968;
Bacescu, 1969; 1992;
Tarverdiev, 1988, 1989.

 3.

Sch. knipowitchi

(Derzhavin, 1912)

Caspian

Rare

Euryhaline,
Mud
Depth 1.5-2.5m

Caspian Sea (north, middle, south), mouth of the Volga, Samur, Umsu –Chai, Dzhangichan)

Derzhavin, 1912;
Lomakina, 1968;
Atlas of Caspian Sea Invertebrates, 1968.

 4.

Sch. scabriusculus

(G.O.Sars, 1894)

Ponto-Caspian

Common

Euryhaline,
S=2-13‰
Mud, sand
Depth 1.0–21m

Caspian Sea (north, middle, south), Black Sea, Sea of Azov (estuaries of rivers of Ural, Volga, Don, Dnieper, Bug, Dnester, Danube, estuary Roselm).

Lomakina, 1968;
Atlas of Caspian Sea Invertebrates, 1968;
Bacescu, 1969; 1992;
Tarverdiev, 1989, 1993.

 5.

Pterocuma grandis

G.O.Sars, 1914

Caspian

Rare

Stenohaline
S=8-13‰
Mud, sandy-mud with shell
Depth 50-200m

Caspian Sea (middle, south)

Lomakina, 1968;
Atlas of Caspian Sea Invertebrates, 1968;
Tarverdiev, 1988, 1993.

 6.

Pt. pectinata

(Sowinsky, 1893)

Ponto-Caspian

Common Abundant (up to 79000 ind/1m?).

Euryhaline,
S=0-13‰, mainly 3-8‰ Sand, sandy-mud, mud
Depth 1.5–50m

Caspian Sea (north, middle, south), Black Sea, Sea of Azov; lower flow of the Volga, Kura; mouth Don, Dnieper, estuary Dnestr, Bug, Danube, Paselm

Lomakina, 1968;
Atlas of Caspian Sea Invertebrates, 1968;
Bacescu, 1969;
Tarverdiev, 1988, 1989, 1993.

7.

Pt. rostrata

(G.O.Sars, 1894)

Ponto-Caspian

Common

Euryhaline,
S=2-13‰
Muddy-sand, mud, shelly-sand
Depth 10–100m

Caspian Sea (north, middle, south), Sea of Azov, Black Sea; mouth of the Volga, Kura, Samur, Umsu –Chai, Dzhangichan; lower flow of the Don, Dnieper, Bug, Dniestr, Danube, estuary

of Dniestr

Lomakina, 1968;
Atlas of Caspian Sea Invertebrates, 1968;
Bacescu, 1969;
Tarverdiev, 1988, 1989, 1993.

8.

Pt. sowinskyi

(G.O.Sars, 1894)

Ponto-Caspian

Common Abundant. (up to 825 ind/m?)
Important food object of fish.

Euryhaline
S=0-13‰
Sand, sandy-mud, mud
Depth 1.5–25m

Caspian Sea (north, middle, south); Sea of Azov; mouth of riversVolga, Ural, Emba, Samur, Kura, Protoka, Don, Kuban.

Lomakina, 1968;
Atlas of Caspian Sea Invertebrates, 1968;
Bacescu, 1969;
Tarverdiev, 1988, 1989, 1993.

9.

Stenocuma

cercaroides

(G.O.Sars, 1894)

Ponto-Caspian

Common

Euryhaline
Mud, muddy-sand;
Depth 0.5-9m

Caspian Sea (north, middle, south); Sea of Azov; Black Sea; lower flow of Volga,. Don; Dnieper, Bug, Dnestr, Danube. Is acclimatized in pond/pool of Dnieprov

Lomakina, 1968;
Atlas of Caspian Sea Invertebrates, 1968;
Bacescu, 1969.

10.

St. diastyloides

(G.O.Sars, 1897)

Caspian

Common
Sometimes abundant

Stenohaline
S=8-13‰
Mud, sand, sandy-mud, shelly-sand
Depth 19–170m

In the different part of the Caspian Sea

Lomakina, 1968;
Atlas of Caspian Sea Invertebrates, 1968;
Tarverdiev, 1988, 1989, 1993.

11.

St. gracilis

(G.O.Sars, 1894)

Caspian

Common
Sometimes abundant

Euryhaline
S=2-13‰
Mud, shelly-sand,
Depth 1.5–50m

Caspian Sea (north, middle, south).

Lomakina, 1968;
Atlas of Caspian Sea Invertebrates, 1968;
Tarverdiev, 1988, 1989, 1993.

12.

St. graciloides

(G.O.Sars, 1894)

Ponto-Caspian

Common
Sometimes abundant

Euryhaline
S=0-13‰
mainly 3-8‰
Mud, muddy-sand, sand
Depth 0.5–48m

Caspian Sea (north, middle, south); Sea of Azov; Black Sea; lower flow of Volga,. Don; Dnieper, Bug, Dnestr, Danube.

Lomakina, 1968;
Atlas of Caspian Sea Invertebrates, 1968;
Bacescu, 1969;
Tarverdiev, 1988, 1989, 1993.

13.

St. laevis

(G.O.Sars, 1914)

Ponto-Caspian

Rare
Sometimes abundant (up to 1000ind/ m?)

S=1-6‰
Sand,shelly-sand
Depth 1.0-9.0m

North-west part of the Caspian Sea, Black Sea (estuary Danube, Roselm)

Lomakina, 1968;
Atlas of Caspian Sea Invertebrates, 1968;
Bacescu, 1951, 1969

14.

St. tenuicauda

(G.O.Sars, 1894)

Ponto-Caspian

Common
Sometimes abundant (up to 1640 ind/m?)

S=0-6‰
Sand, muddy-sand
Depth 1 – 50m

Caspian Sea (north, middle, south); Sea of Azov. Estuary of Don, Dnieper, Bug

Lomakina, 1968;
Atlas of Caspian Sea Invertebrates, 1968;
Bacescu, 1969.

15.

Volgocuma telmatophora

Derzhavin 1912

Ponto-Caspian

Less numerous

Euryhaline
S=0-13‰
Sand, muddy-sand
Depth 1 – 7.0m

Caspian Sea (north, middle, south); Sea of Azov; Black Sea; lower flow of Volga, Don; estuary Dnieprovo-Bugski, Dnestrovski

Derzhavin, 1912;
Lomakina, 1968;
Atlas of Caspian Sea Invertebrates, 1968;
Bacescu, 1969;
Tarverdiev, 1989, 1993.

16.

Carinocuma birsteini

Mordukhai-boltovskoi & Romanova, 1973

Caspian

Common

Stenohaline
S=8-13‰
Mud, mudd-sand with shelly
Depth 40-110m

Caspian Sea (south, middle)

Mordukhai-boltovskoi & Romanova, 1973;
Tarverdiev, 1988, 1993.

17.

Hyrcanocuma sarsi

Derzhavin, 1912

Caspian

Rare

Mud,
Depth – 16m

Caspian Sea, (near peninsula Mangishlak)

Lomakina, 1968;
Bacescu, 1969;
Tarverdiev, 1993.

18.

Caspiocuma campylaspoides

(Sars, 1897)

Ponto-Caspian

Common

Euryhaline
S=0-13‰
Muddy-sand
Depth 1.0-31m

Caspian Sea (north, middle, south); Sea of Azov; Black Sea; lower flow of Volga, mouth Ural, Terek, Don; Kara-Bogas-Gol strait, Taganrog Bay, estuaries Dneprovo-Bugski, Dnestrovski

Lomakina, 1968;
Bacescu, 1969;
Tarverdiev, 1993.