An update of the geographical distribution of the sabellariid polychaete Sabellaria alveolata (Linnaeus, 1767) within the Mediterranean Sea is provided after checking the known literature. This shallow-water, reef-forming species is first recorded from new sites in southeastern Sicily, both along the Sicily Straits and the Ionian Sea, from where S. alveolata was so far unknown. These new collections also provided material for a detailed description and SEM documentation of morphological features of the operculum and the body.
Distribution of Sabellaria alveolata (Polychaeta Sabellariidae) in the Mediterranean Sea: update and new findings
GUIDO A;CATANIA G.;REITANO A.;LEONARDI R.;ROSSO A.
2020-01-01
Abstract
An update of the geographical distribution of the sabellariid polychaete Sabellaria alveolata (Linnaeus, 1767) within the Mediterranean Sea is provided after checking the known literature. This shallow-water, reef-forming species is first recorded from new sites in southeastern Sicily, both along the Sicily Straits and the Ionian Sea, from where S. alveolata was so far unknown. These new collections also provided material for a detailed description and SEM documentation of morphological features of the operculum and the body.File in questo prodotto:
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