Polychaetes of Greece: an updated and annotated checklist
Faulwetter, Sarah
Simboura, Nomiki
Katsiaras, Nikolaos
Chatzigeorgiou, Giorgos
Arvanitidis, Christos
Biodiversity Data Journal
2017
5
20997
20997
6VWCX
Soederstroem, 1920
Soederstroem
1920
Polychaeta
Spionidae
Prionospio
CoL
Animalia
Prionospio fallax
Spionida
0
20997
Annelida
species
fallax
Notes Frequently reported from Greece and other parts of the Mediterranean ( Castelli et al. 2008, Ayari et al. 2009, Cinaret al. 2014, Mikac 2015). Simboura (1996), after examination of material from Greece and in communication with other experts ( Sigvaldadottir, Mackie), concludes that several specimens from Europe erroneously identified as Prionospio malmgreni Claparede, 1870 actually belong to Prionospio fallax. In the original description, Prionospio malmgreniwas reported to have up to 9 pairs of branchiae, a character which was never found again in any specimen. The description of Prionospio malmgreni by Fauvel (1927)belongs to Prionospio fallax, leading to several misidentifications ( Sigvaldadottirand Mackie 1993). Prionospio malmgrenihas been considered an indeterminable species ( Maciolek 1985, Sigvaldadottirand Mackie 1993) and it is suggested to assign previous Mediterranean records to Prionospio fallax( Cinaret al. 2014, Mikac 2015).