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Radashevsky, Vasily I. (2021). Pseudopolydora (Annelida: Spionidae) from European and adjacent waters with a key to identification and description of a new species. Marine Biodiversity. 51:31.
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10.1007/s12526-020-01156-7 [view]
urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:62AAA33D-DDDB-444C-8F72-A593F60BCE34 [view]
Radashevsky, Vasily I.
2021
<i>Pseudopolydora</i> (Annelida: Spionidae) from European and adjacent waters with a key to identification and description of a new species
Marine Biodiversity
51:31
Publication
World Polychaeta Database (WPolyDb)
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Four Pseudopolydora Czerniavsky, 1881 species from European and adjacent waters are distinguished and a key to their identification is provided. Pseudopolydora antennata (Claparède, 1868) is redescribed based on material from the type locality, Gulf of Naples, Italy. Pseudopolydora pulchra (Carazzi, 1893) (type locality in the Gulf of Naples) is also redescribed based on material from Italy. Most previous records of the Asian P. paucibranchiata (Okuda, 1937) from North European waters are herein referred to a new species, P. nordica sp. nov. The latter differs from P. paucibranchiata by the absence of an occipital antenna on the prostomium and yellow ramified chromatophores on palps. Native to the Northwest Pacific, P. paucibranchiata was first recorded in European waters from the Tyrrhenian Sea, Lazio, Italy, in 1978. Since then, the species has spread widely in the Mediterranean and in 2015 was first recorded from northern Europe in the Netherlands.
Europe
Systematics, Taxonomy
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Pseudopolydora Czerniavsky, 1881 (identification resource)
Pseudopolydora antennata (Claparède, 1869) (taxonomy source)
Pseudopolydora nordica Radashevsky, 2021 (original description)
Pseudopolydora paucibranchiata (Okuda, 1937) (additional source)
Pseudopolydora pulchra (Carazzi, 1893) (additional source)
Pseudopolydora antennata (Claparède, 1869) (taxonomy source)
Pseudopolydora nordica Radashevsky, 2021 (original description)
Pseudopolydora paucibranchiata (Okuda, 1937) (additional source)
Pseudopolydora pulchra (Carazzi, 1893) (additional source)
Holotype ZMUB 137797, geounit Norwegian Sea, identified as Pseudopolydora nordica Radashevsky, 2021
Depth range
0.5–337 m (but probably also 800 m and 1094 m). [details]
Distribution
North European waters: from northern Norway to northern Portugal; Faroe Islands; southern Iceland. [details]
Etymology
"The specific name nordica refers to the high-density population of worms in the Nordic waters around Norway, ... [details]
Habitat
Silty tubes in soft sediments, between 0.5–337 m. [details]
Type locality
Grøtsund Fjord, Troms og Finnmark, Norway, Norwegian Sea, Atlantic Ocean (69.795°N, 19.317°E), 92 m. [details]