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Owenia

Owenia

Delle Chiaje, 1844

GBIF:119607473

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DISTRIBUTION: NA, CA, SA. LITERATURE RECORDS: Graeffe 1905; Vatova 1931 b; Fauvel 1934; Vatova 1934, 1935; Fauvel 1938, 1940; Vatova 1940 a, 1942, 1943, 1949 a, 1949 b; Meštrov 1957; Laubier 1962; Vatova 1963; Gamulin-Brida 1967; Scaccini 1967; Gamulin-Brida et al. 1968; Bellan 1969; Banse 1970; Zavodnik 1971; Marcuzzi 1972; Katzmann 1972, 1973 a, 1973 f; Avčin et al. 1974; Gamulin-Brida 1974; Giordani-Soika & Perin 1974; Matjašić & Štirn 1975; Amoureux 1976; Bellan 1976; Cognetti-Varriale & Zunarelli-Vandini 1978; Vaccarella et al. 1981; Vrišer et al. 1981; Zavodnik et al. 1981; Orel et al. 1982; Ambrogi et al. 1983; Amoureux 1983 a, 1983 c; Avčin & Vrišer 1983; Bedulli et al. 1983; Katzmann 1983; Del Piero et al. 1984; Zavodnik et al. 1985; Gillet 1986; Ambrogi et al. 1987; Orel et al. 1987; Zavodnik & Vidaković 1987; Aleffi et al. 1988; Parisi et al. 1990; Ambrogi et al. 1990, 1994; Zahtila 1995, 1997; Požar-Domac 1994; Ambrogi et al. 1995; Mancinelli et al. 1998; Pranovi et al. 1998; Mizzan 2000; Zavodnik & Kovačić 2000; Ambrogi et al. 2001; Crema et al. 2001; Daelli & Occhipinti-Ambrogi 2001; Piscitelli et al. 2001; Sfriso et al. 2001; Ceschia et al. 2002; Maggiore 2002; Occhipinti-Ambrogi et al. 2002; Aleffi et al. 2003; Simonini et al. 2004; Solis-Weiss et al. 2004; Occhipinti-Ambrogi et al. 2005; Simonini et al. 2005 a; Boscolo et al. 2006; Solis-Weiss et al. 2007; Bertasi et al. 2007; Colosio et al. 2007; Simonini et al. 2007; Castelli et al. 2008; La Porta et al. 2011; Mikac et al. 2011; Musco et al. 2011. NEW RECORDS: BM 12, BM 14, BM 15, BM 16, BM 17, BM 18, BM 19, BM 20, BM 21, BM 22, BM 28, BM 41, BM 42, BM 43, BM 44, BM 45, BM 46, BM 47, BM 48, BM 49, BM 50, BM 51, BM 52, BM 53, BM 54, BM 65, BM 68, BM 69, BM 72, BM 73, BM 74, BM 86, BM 91, BM 92, BM 98, BM 99, BM 101. OTHER REPORTED NAMES: Owenia brachycera Marion, 1876.
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
119607473
Dataset Key
3d075c3e-1a51-4041-8163-fb0b796c7835
Origin
source
Backbone Key
2326583
Taxon ID
03DD87AFFFFDFF91488D64792838FE7A.taxon
Last Crawled
6/11/2026
Last Interpreted
6/11/2026