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
49QJ7
2066900
Audouin & Milne Edwards, 1833
Audouin & Milne Edwards
1833
Polychaeta
Onuphidae
Onuphis
CoL
Animalia
Onuphis eremita
Eunicida
0
20997
Annelida
species
eremita
Notes Species complex. Frequently reported from Greece and other parts of the Mediterranean (e.g. Campoy 1982, Castelli et al. 2008, Ayari et al. 2009, Cinaret al. 2014, Mikac 2015) and considered cosmopolitan. However, the taxonomic history of the species includes doubtful synonymies, vague descriptions and redescriptions based on material from worldwide locations ( Arias and Paxton 2014). The latter authors redefine the diagnostic characters, designate a neotype and confine its distribution to the East Atlantic and the Western and Central Mediterranean. In addition, they re-instate and re-describe Onuphis pancerii Claparede, 1868 from the Onuphis eremitacomplex and designate a neotype from Italy. Re-examination of specimens is required to determine the status of records of Onuphis eremitaand possible other species of the complex in Greece.