Acta Adriatica, Vol. 65 No. 2, 2024.
Original scientific paper
https://doi.org/10.32582/aa.65.2.3
New records of one cryptogenic and two questionable alien species of polychaetes (Annelida) in Italian waters
Joachim Langeneck
; Consorzio Nazionale Interuniversitario per le Science del Mare (CoNISMa), U.L.R. di Lecce, Lecce, Italy
*
Fabio Bertasi
; Italian Institute for Environmental Protection and Research (ISPRA), Rome, Italy
Laura Grossi
; Italian Institute for Environmental Protection and Research (ISPRA), Rome, Italy
Federica Lefons
; ARPA Puglia, Centro Regionale Mare, Bari, Italy
Danilo Vani
; Italian Institute for Environmental Protection and Research (ISPRA), Rome, Italy
Sara Verni
; Department of Biology, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy
Luigi Musco
; Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences and Technologies, University of Salento, Lecce, Italy
Alberto Castelli
; Department of Biology, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy
* Corresponding author.
Abstract
We report new records for three potentially non-indigenous polychaetes in Italian waters. The Nereididae Leonnates aylaoberi Çinar & Dağli, 2013 is reported for the first time in the Tyrrhenian, Ionian and Adriatic Sea; this species has type locality in the Mediterranean Sea, but the genus Leonnates has Indo-Pacific affinity, and its distinctive characters suggest that it is a recent newcomer to this area. We here suggest that L. aylaoberi should be considered cryptogenic in the Mediterranean Sea. Moreover, we report the first records of Paucibranchia cf. adenensis Gravier, 1900 for the Italian coastline, in the Ionian and Tyrrhenian Sea, and the first records of Isolda cf. pulchella Müller, 1858 in the Tyrrhenian Sea. The meaning of the differences identified between the Mediterranean material and the available descriptions of these species is briefly discussed. Juvenile individuals of L. aylaoberi and P. cf. adenensis are also described for the first time.
Keywords
cryptogenic species; alien species; questionable species; polychaetes
Hrčak ID:
320131
URI
Publication date:
21.8.2024.
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