SERPULIDAE Rafinesque, 1815

Çinar, Melih Ertan, 2009, Alien polychaete species (Annelida: Polychaeta) on the southern coast of Turkey (Levantine Sea, eastern Mediterranean), with 13 new records for the Mediterranean Sea, Journal of Natural History 43 (37 - 38), pp. 2283-2328 : 2322

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.1080/00222930903094654
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03BF3042-C85E-FFC4-8EF0-9ACBFE8A20D4
treatment provided by	Felipe
scientific name	SERPULIDAE Rafinesque, 1815
status

Treatment

Family SERPULIDAE Rafinesque, 1815 View in CoL

Spirorbis (Dexiospira) marioni Caullery and Mesnil, 1897 View in CoL Spirorbis (Dexiospira) marioni View in CoL ; Knight-Jones and Knight-Jones 1979: 246, fig. 2c; Bianchi 1981: 148–149, fig. 55.

Material examined

ESFM-POL/05-238 , 9 September 2005, K10a, 0.1–0.3 m, port’s piling, 1 specimen .

Distribution

This species was known from the Pacific Ocean, Atlantic Ocean and Mediterranean ( Bianchi 1981). It was previously reported from the western Mediterranean and Aegean Seas, and considered to have been introduced to the region via ships hull or ballast waters (see Bianchi 1981; Knight-Jones et al. 1991). It is new to the fauna of the Levantine Sea.