WoRMS source details
Abbiati, M.; Castelli, A. (1992). Platynereis nadiae sp. n. (Polychaeta: Nereididae) from Italian coasts. Zoologica Scripta. 21(2): 151-155.
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10.1111/j.1463-6409.1992.tb00317.x [view]
Abbiati, M.; Castelli, A.
1992
<i>Platynereis nadiae</i> sp. n. (Polychaeta: Nereididae) from Italian coasts
Zoologica Scripta
21(2): 151-155
Publication
Kristian Fauchald's Polychaeta DB
A new species, Platynereis nadiae sp. n. (Polychacta: Nereididae), from the Mediterranean Sea is described. It is clearly distinguished from the other Platynereis species by the distribution and the morphology of the homogomph falciger setae and by the structure of the tentacular cirri.
Mediterranean
Systematics, Taxonomy
Platynereis nadiae Abbiati & Castelli, 1992 (original description)
Holotype P/1403, geounit Italy, identified as Platynereis nadiae Abbiati & Castelli, 1992
Depth range
Midlittoral and upper sublittoral. [details]
Distribution
Mediterranean Sea: Tyrrhenian Sea (Island of Capraia); Alboran Sea (Chafarinas Islands, northern coast of Africa). [details]
Etymology
The species is named after Nadia Baffi. [details]
Habitat
On rocky bottoms, among Corallina and Lithophyllum tortuosum, in the midlittoral and upper sublittoral. [details]
Type locality
Mediterranean Sea, Tyrrhenian Sea, Italy, Tuscan Archipelago, northwest of the Island of Capraia (42º02'N, ... [details]
Type material
Holotype (P/1403) and paratypes (P/1402, P/1404, and P/1405) deposited at the Dipartimento di Biologia Animale, ... [details]
