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Palola

Palola

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GBIF:119607572

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DISTRIBUTION: NA, CA, SA. LITERATURE RECORDS: Grube 1861; Lorenz 1863; Grube 1864; Stossich 1876, 1883; Carus 1884; Graeffe 1905; Santucci 1922; Vatova 1928, 1932; Fauvel 1934; Meštrov 1957; Bellan 1969; Banse 1970; Amoureux & Katzmann 1971; Katzmann 1971; Zavodnik 1971; Katzmann 1972; Marcuzzi 1972; Gamulin-Brida 1974; Amoureux 1975; Matjašić & Štirn 1975; Velimirov & Sint 1975; Amoureux 1983 a, 1983 c; Fassari 1983; Vaccarella et al. 1985; Požar-Domac 1986; Gherardi et al. 1993; Požar-Domac 1994; Zahtila 1995; Mizzan 2000; Zavodnik & Kovačić 2000 Giangrande et al. 2003, 2004; Casellato & Stefanon 2008; Castelli et al. 2008. NEW RECORDS: BM 2, BM 5, BM 8, BM 9, BM 83, BM 84, BM 85. OTHER REPORTED NAMES: Eunice siciliensis Grube 1840.
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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AnimaliaAnnelidaPolychaetaEunicidaEunicidaePalola

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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
119607572
Dataset Key
3d075c3e-1a51-4041-8163-fb0b796c7835
Origin
source
Backbone Key
2322269
Taxon ID
03DD87AFFF99FFF4488D66B3284EF912.taxon
Last Crawled
6/11/2026
Last Interpreted
6/11/2026
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