İskenderun Körfezi'ndeki İstilacı Diadema setosum'un Kabuk, Diken ve Aristoteles Fenerlerinin Karakterizasyonu

Abstract

The invasive sea urchin Aristotle’s lanterns, shell and spines describe as biological materials. In order to confirm this suggestion, the physical and chemical properties of Aristotle lantern, shell and spine of the invasive Diadema setosum distributed in the Iskenderun Bay were explained for the first time in this study. This species was prepared for the Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FT-IR), X-ray diffraction (XRD), energy dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (EDS) and scanning electron microscope (SEM) evaluation of Aristotle’s lantern, shell and spine. The results showed that the shell, spine and Aristotle’s lantern are composed of rough, microporous, multilayered, rough and fiber-like structures. According to XRD results, Aristotle’s lantern, shell and spine were found to be similar to calcite. As a result, the shell, spine and Aristotle’s lantern of D. setosum are qualified biological materials that can be used in many areas such as biosorption, biocatalyst, medicine, biomedical applications and lime welding.