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Apomatus

Apomatus

Philippi, 1844

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DISTRIBUTION: NA, CA, SA. LITERATURE RECORDS: Matjašić & Štirn 1975; Požar-Domac 1994; Castelli et al. 2008. REMARKS: There are four species of the complex Protula / Apomatus present in the Adriatic Sea: Apomatus ampulliferus Philippi, 1844, A. similis Marion & Bobretzky, 1875, Protula tubularia (Montagu, 1803), and P. intestinum (Lamarck, 1818). The distinction between them is difficult and the previous records of one species may actually refer to one of the other three. Thus, the information on the distribution of these species in the present list is uncertain. Apomatus similis Marion & Bobretzky, 1875 DISTRIBUTION: NA, CA, SA. LITERATURE RECORDS: Castelli et al. 2008. REMARKS: See Remarks under Apomatus ampulliferus.
Mikac, Barbara (2015): A sea of worms: polychaete checklist of the Adriatic Sea. Zootaxa 3943 (1): 1-172, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3943.1.1

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AnimaliaAnnelidaPolychaetaSabellidaSerpulidaeApomatus

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A sea of worms: polychaete checklist of the Adriatic Sea

checklist

This dataset contains the digitized treatments in Plazi based on the original journal article Mikac, Barbara (2015): A sea of worms: polychaete checklist of the Adriatic Sea. Zootaxa 3943 (1): 1-172, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3943.1.1

Abstract

The checklist of polychaetes of the Adriatic Sea (Mediterranean) based on bibliographic sources published from 1840 to 2014, as well as on novel data, with 49 new records for the area, is herein presented. The Adriatic Sea polychaete fauna comprises at present of 764 species in 360 genera and 62 families. The richest family is the Syllidae, with 112 species (c.a. 15% of the all taxa). Eight families account for as much as 50% of the diversity (Syllidae, Serpulidae, Sabellidae, Phyllodocidae, Spionidae, Polynoidae, Terebellidae and Nereididae). Among the three Adriatic sectors (Northern, Central and Southern Adriatic), the Northern Adriatic is the richest one, whereas the composition of the most diverse families is very similar in all sectors. Data on endemisms (6), aliens (29) and valid species with the type locality in the Adriatic Sea (90) are also discussed. The list of all relevant papers citing each species in the Adriatic is included, allowing future detailed information retrievals for distinct purposes. Results suggest that the number of species will keep increasing in the future, as new surveys will be undertaken, so regular updates of the present list will be necessary.

Key words: Annelida, Polychaeta, check-list, inventory, Adriatic Sea, Mediterranean, biodiversity

Mikac B, plazi (2015). A sea of worms: polychaete checklist of the Adriatic Sea. Plazi.org taxonomic treatments database. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3943.1.1 accessed via GBIF.org on 2026-06-15.

CC0Published 12/31/2015View dataset
GBIF Usage Key
119607368
Dataset Key
3d075c3e-1a51-4041-8163-fb0b796c7835
Origin
source
Backbone Key
7546512
Taxon ID
03DD87AFFFDDFFB0488D61C3286AFA18.taxon
Last Crawled
6/11/2026
Last Interpreted
6/11/2026
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