Review article

https://doi.org/10.32582/aa.60.2.1

Review of heterobranch molluscs fauna in the Boka Kotorska Bay, Montenegro

Milica Jovanović ; University of Montenegro, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, G. Washington Street, 81000 Podgorica, Montenegro
Vesna Mačić ; University of Montenegro, Institute of Marine Biology, P.O. Box 69, 85330 Kotor, Montenegro
Domen Trkov ; Marine Biology Station, National Institute of Biology, Fornače 41, Piran, SI-6330, Slovenia
Martina Orlando-Bonaca ; Marine Biology Station, National Institute of Biology, Fornače 41, Piran, SI-6330, Slovenia
Lovrenc Lipej ; Marine Biology Station, National Institute of Biology, Fornače 41, Piran, SI-6330, Slovenia

Abstract

Heterobranch molluscs fauna in Montenegro has been poorly investigated so far. The aim of the present paper is to improve the knowledge about species diversity of these marine organisms in the Boka Kotorska Bay, a specific fjord-like entity in the southern Adriatic Sea. New records of seven heterobranch species were obtained by field surveys in 2017, while three new records were provided by analysing underwater photographs from previous periods. The resulted checklist summarizes the knowledge of the diversity of heterobranchs in the Boka Kotorska Bay from the oldest record in 1967 to the present day and consists of a total of 62 heterobranch species.

Keywords

heterobranch fauna; Boka Kotorska Bay; Montenegro

Hrčak ID:

231311

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/231311

Publication date:

27.12.2019.

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