Pherusa plumosa ( Mueller , 1776)

Faulwetter, Sarah, Simboura, Nomiki, Katsiaras, Nikolaos, Chatzigeorgiou, Giorgos & Arvanitidis, Christos, 2017, Polychaetes of Greece: an updated and annotated checklist, Biodiversity Data Journal 5, pp. 20997-20997 : 20997

Pherusa plumosa ( Mueller, 1776)

Pherusa plumosa ( Müller, 1776) | Stylarioides plumosa (O.F. Müller, 1776)

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Questionable status. Salazar-Vallejo (2014) revised the genus Pherusa and re-instated a number of species, many of which were previously considered synonyms of Pherusa plumosa . He restricts Pherusa plumosa in its diagnosis and distribution; currently it is believed to occur in the Arctic and temperate Atlantic Ocean and to be absent from the Mediterranean. The three currently known species of Pherusa occurring in the Mediterranean Sea - previously all grouped under the name Pherusa plumosa - are Pherusa incrustans Quatrefages, 1866, Pherusa mikacae Salazar-Vallejo, 2014 and Pherusa obscura Quatrefages, 1849. As the description by Fauvel (1927) is very general and includes a large range of characters which correspond to Pherusa plumosa sensu stricto, Pherusa obscura and Pherusa incrustans ( Salazar-Vallejo 2014), all specimens identified using Fauvel’s key are questionable.