Original scientific paper

https://doi.org/10.32582/aa.65.1.6

New records of hard-bottom polychaete species in the central Adriatic Sea

Ante Žunec ; Faculty of Natural Sciences, University of Pula, Pula, Croatia
Ivan Cvitković ; Institute of Oceanography and Fisheries, Split, Croatia
Marija Despalatović ; Institute of Oceanography and Fisheries, Split, Croatia
Ante Žuljević ; Institute of Oceanography and Fisheries, Split, Croatia
Jelena Nejašmić ; Institute of Oceanography and Fisheries, Split, Croatia
Petra Lučić ; Institute of Oceanography and Fisheries, Split, Croatia

Abstract

Adriatic Sea is a diverse marine ecosystem that supports a rich biodiversity of polychaete species on soft and hard-bottoms, with 764 recorded species in the latest inventory list. Benthic surveys conducted in 2018 in the hard-bottom infralittoral zone on the east coast of the central Adriatic Sea revealed one previously unreported species for the Adriatic Sea, Syllis kabilica Ben-Eliahu, 1977 (Syllidae), as well as two species reported for the first time in the eastern Adriatic Sea, Syllis tyrrhena (Licher and Kuper, 1998) (Syllidae), and Streblosoma nogueirai Lezzi and Giangrande, 2019 (Terebellidae). Furthermore, one alien species was identified, Lysidice collaris Grube, 1868 (Eunicidae). These findings provide new insights into the distribution and diversity of polychaete fauna in the Adriatic Sea.

Keywords

Polychaeta; Annelida; Mediterranean; Syllis kabilica; Syllis tyrrhena; Streblosoma nogueirai; Lysidice collaris; alien species

Hrčak ID:

316423

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/316423

Publication date:

24.4.2024.

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