Records of Polydora cornuta and Streblospio gynobranchiata (Annelida, Spionidae) from the Black Sea

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Published: Apr 26, 2013
DOI: https://doi.org/10.12681/mms.415
Keywords:
Polydora cornuta Streblospio gynobranchiata biological invasions Russia Ukraine.
V.I. RADASHEVSKY
A.V. Zhirmunsky Institute of Marine Biology, Far Eastern Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Vladivostok 690059, Russia Far Eastern Federal University, Vladivostok 690091, Russia
Z.P. SELIFONOVA
Admiral Ushakov Maritime State University, Novorossiysk 353918, Russia
Abstract

Two spionid polychaetes, Polydora cornuta and Streblospio gynobranchiata, were identified in benthic samples collected in the northern Black Sea and adjacent waters. These species have earlier been classified as the worst invaders in soft bottom communities in the Mediterranean Sea. Polydora cornuta had been previously misidentified and widely reported from the Black Sea and the Sea of Azov as P. ciliata, P. ciliata limicola and P. limicola. Streblospio gynobranchiata is a new invader currently extending its distribution into the Mediterranean, Black and Caspian Seas. Morphology, diagnostic characters and biology of the species are discussed and the history of their records in the Mediterranean, Black and Caspian Seas and the Sea of Azov is reviewed.

 

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