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Sabellidae and Fabriciidae (Polychaeta) of the Adriatic Sea with particular retrospect to the Northern Adriatic and the description of two new species

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 March 2013

Barbara Mikac ,
Adriana Giangrande  and
Margherita Licciano
Barbara Mikac*
Affiliation:
Center for Marine Research, Ruđer Bošković Institute, Giordano Paliaga 5, 52210 Rovinj, Croatia
Adriana Giangrande
Affiliation:
Laboratorio di Biologia Marina e Zoologia, DiSTeBA, Università del Salento, Ecotekne, Via Lecce-Monteroni, 73100 Lecce, Italy
Margherita Licciano
Affiliation:
Laboratorio di Biologia Marina e Zoologia, DiSTeBA, Università del Salento, Ecotekne, Via Lecce-Monteroni, 73100 Lecce, Italy
*
Correspondence should be addressed to: B. Mikac, Center for Marine Research, Ruđer Bošković Institute, Giordano Paliaga 5, 52210 Rovinj, Croatia email: barbara.mikac@cim.irb.hr
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Abstract

Sabellidae is the second most diverse polychaete family in the Adriatic Sea, after Syllidae. Herein we report the updated list of the Sabellidae and Fabriciidae families in the Adriatic Sea deriving both from literature data and presently conducted researches in the northern Adriatic. During these researches polychaetes were sampled from three offshore soft-bottom and three coastal rocky shore stations. Among the analysed material three Sabellidae species are new records for the Adriatic fauna, while four Sabellidae and one Fabriciidae species were recorded for the first time in the northern part. Two new species were found and described: Amphicorina rovignensis spec. nov. and Megalomma pseudogesae spec. nov. These findings increase the number of Sabellidae taxa recorded in the northern Adriatic from 29 to 38. Our results point out the lack of the recent taxonomic studies in the area, but might also indicate the widening of the species areal. Taking into consideration that studies on only six stations raised the number of known sabellid taxa from the area by 31%, our results support the need for the regular taxonomic updating of the polychaete fauna in the northern Adriatic.

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AdriaticpolychaetesSabellidaeFabriciidaechecklisttaxonomic updatingnew species

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Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom , Volume 93 , Issue 6 , September 2013 , pp. 1511 - 1524
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Copyright © Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 2013 

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