Lepidonotus Leach, 1816

Mikac, Barbara, 2015, A sea of worms: polychaete checklist of the Adriatic Sea, Zootaxa 3943 (1), pp. 1-172 : 91-92

Genus Lepidonotus Leach, 1816

Lepidonotus clava (Montagu, 1808)

DISTRIBUTION: NA, CA, SA.

LITERATURE RECORDS: Lorenz 1863; Grube 1864; Karl 1871; Stossich 1883; Carus 1884; Graeffe 1905; Fauvel 1934, 1938; Banse 1970; Amoureux & Katzmann 1971; Katzmann 1971, 1972; Marcuzzi 1972; Požar 1972; Amoureux 1975; Matjašić & Štirn 1975; Velimirov & Sint 1975; Igić 1982; Radić 1982; Amoureux 1983c; Požar- Domac 1983, 1986; Belamarić & Šerman 1989; Špan et al. 1989; Požar-Domac 1994; Zahtila 1995; Zavodnik & Kovačić 2000; Barnich & Fiege 2003; Giangrande et al. 2003; Simonini et al. 2007; Casellato & Stefanon 2008; Castelli et al. 2008.

NEW RECORDS: BM2, BM5, BM7, BM80, BM84, BM88.

OTHER REPORTED NAMES: Polynoe clypeata Grube 1860 .

? Lepidonotus squamatus (Linnaeus, 1758)

DISTRIBUTION: NA, CA, SA.

LITERATURE RECORDS: Lorenz 1863; Marcuzzi 1972; Požar-Domac 1978; Igić 1982; Zavodnik & Zavodnik 1986; Belamarić & Šerman 1989; Požar-Domac 1994; Zahtila 1995; Zavodnik & Kovačić 2000; Castelli et al. 2008.

OTHER REPORTED NAMES: Polynoe scutellata Risso, 1826 .

REMARKS: Although L. squamatus has been reported several times in the Mediterranean and the Adriatic seas, its presence could not be confirmed. These records could be the result of misindentification with L. clava (Montagu, 1808) or L. tenuisetosus (Gravier, 1902) ( Barnich & Fiege 2003) .

® (AL) Lepidonotus tenuisetosus (Gravier, 1902) DISTRIBUTION: NA.

NEW RECORDS: BM5, BM6.

REMARKS: Alien species in the Mediterranean Sea with Indo-Pacific/Red Sea origin ( Zenetos et al. 2010). It was reported for the first time in the Eastern Mediterranean along the coasts of Israel and Egypt and is considered as a possible Lessepsian migrant ( Barnich & Fiege 2003). These are the first records from the Adriatic Sea. DEPOSITED MATERIAL: BM6, 30.07.2007., 1 spec. (PMR-17630).