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Filograna

Filograna

Berkeley, 1835

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REMARKS: Bianchi (1981 a), following the opinion of Zibrowius (1973), who considered that it was not possible to identify correctly the species of the genera Filograna Berkeley, 1835 and Salmacina Claparède, 1870, reported specimens of both genera from the Italian waters as Filograna sp. The Filograna / Salmacina complex in the Adriatic Sea comprises three species: Filograna implexa, Salmacina dysteri (Huxley, 1855) and S. incrustans Claparède, 1870. Due to the confusing literature the distributions of the different species is uncertain (Castelli et al. 2008).
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
DISTRIBUTION: NA, SA. LITERATURE RECORDS: Grube 1861; Lorenz 1863; Stossich 1883; Carus 1884; Graeffe 1905; Igić 1968, 1972; Katzmann 1972; Matjašić & Štirn 1975; Bianchi 1981 b; Igić 1982; Bianchi 1983 a; Zavodnik & Zavodnik 1986; Belamarić & Šerman 1989; Špan et al. 1989; Požar-Domac 1994; Zahtila 1995; Castelli et al. 2008. NEW RECORDS: BM 50.
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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AnimaliaAnnelidaPolychaetaSabellidaSerpulidaeFilograna

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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
119607378
Dataset Key
3d075c3e-1a51-4041-8163-fb0b796c7835
Origin
source
Backbone Key
7236641
Taxon ID
03DD87AFFFDCFFB1488D60932B82FB4B.taxon
Last Crawled
6/11/2026
Last Interpreted
6/11/2026
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