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Novafabricia

Novafabricia

Fitzhugh, 1990

GBIF:119607460

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REMARKS: Alien species in the Mediterranean, with western Atlantic origin (Zenetos et al. 2010). N. infratorquata was described from Belize (Caribbean Sea) (Fitzhugh 1983) and later reported by Bick (2005) for the Gulf of Mexico and the Western Mediterranean Sea. SA specimens were reported from Otranto, but the limited available material did not allow a good comparison with the description and figures provided by Bick (2005). In spite of the identification being uncertain and not definitive, the specimens from Otranto were considered to belong probably to the species N. infratorquata (Licciano & Giangrande 2006).
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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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
119607460
Dataset Key
3d075c3e-1a51-4041-8163-fb0b796c7835
Origin
source
Backbone Key
2328730
Taxon ID
03DD87AFFF98FFF2488D65262836FE07.taxon
Last Crawled
6/11/2026
Last Interpreted
6/11/2026