Polychaetes of Greece: an updated and annotated checklist
Author
Faulwetter, Sarah
Author
Simboura, Nomiki
Author
Katsiaras, Nikolaos
Author
Chatzigeorgiou, Giorgos
Author
Arvanitidis, Christos
text
Biodiversity Data Journal
2017
5
20997
20997
http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.5.e20997
journal article
http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.5.e20997
1314-2828--20997
Leodice torquata (Quatrefages, 1866)
Eunice torquata
Quatrefages, 1866 |
Leodice torquata
(Quatrefages, 1866)
Notes
The species resembles
Leodice laurillardi
(Quatrefages, 1866) in a number of diagnostic characters. The latter was synonymised with
Leodice torquat
a by
Pruvot and Racovitza (1895)
; this was accepted by
Fauvel (1923)
and later authors. However,
Fauchald (1992)
resurrected
Leodice laurillardi
as a valid species and
Arias et al. (2015)
re-described the species based on type material and new specimens from the Mediterranean. They suggest that
Leodice laurillardi
could be much more widespread than previously thought but was possibly being overlooked in the Mediterranean due to the confusion with
Leodice torquata
.