Thelepus Leuckart, 1849

Mikac, Barbara, 2015, A sea of worms: polychaete checklist of the Adriatic Sea, Zootaxa 3943 (1), pp. 1-172 : 145

Genus Thelepus Leuckart, 1849

Thelepus cincinnatus (Fabricius, 1780)

DISTRIBUTION: NA, CA, SA.

LITERATURE RECORDS: Grube 1861; Lorenz 1863; Stossich 1883; Carus 1884; Graeffe 1905; Fauvel 1934; Vatova 1935; Meštrov 1957; Banse 1970; Amoureux & Katzmann 1971; Zavodnik 1971; Katzmann 1971, 1972; Marcuzzi 1972; Matjašić & Štirn 1975; Velimirov & Sint 1975; Amoureux 1975, 1976; Vaccarella et al. 1981; Amoureux 1983a, 1983c; Zavodnik et al. 1985; Požar-Domac 1994; Zahtila 1995; Zavodnik & Kovačić 2000; Castelli et al. 2008.

NEW RECORDS: BM11, BM52, BM53, BM54, BM65, BM66, BM81, BM99.

OTHER REPORTED NAMES: Terebella madida Frey et Leuckart, 1847 ; Terebella pustulosa Grube 1860 .

? Thelepus setosus (Quatrefages, 1866)

DISTRIBUTION: NA, SA.

LITERATURE RECORDS: Gamulin-Brida et al. 1968; Bellan 1969; Katzmann 1972; Bellan 1976; Požar-Domac 1983, 1994; Zahtila 1995; Zavodnik & Kovačić 2000; Castelli et al. 2008.

NEW RECORDS: BM54.

REMARKS: Although type locality of T. setosus is Arctic Ocean, it was recorded from numerous locations around the world (Pacific, Atlantic, Indian oceans, Mediterranean Sea, Red Sea). However, Hutchings & Glasby (1987) suspect that the species is not as cosmopolitan as would appear from the literature. Additional samples would need to be analysed in order to reveal the identity of T. setosus from the Adriatic Sea, as it might as well represent a different species.

Thelepus triserialis ( Grube 1855)

DISTRIBUTION: NA, CA, SA.

LITERATURE RECORDS: Grube 1861; Lorenz 1863; Grube 1864; Stossich 1883; Carus 1884; Graeffe 1905; Meštrov 1957; Marcuzzi 1972; Matjašić & Štirn 1975; Požar-Domac 1983, 1986, 1994; Zavodnik & Kovačić 2000; Fraschetti et al. 2002; Giangrande et al. 2003; Castelli et al. 2008. OTHER REPORTED NAMES: Terebella triserialis Grube 1855 .