Polychaetes of Greece: an updated and annotated checklist
Author
Faulwetter, Sarah
Author
Simboura, Nomiki
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Katsiaras, Nikolaos
Author
Chatzigeorgiou, Giorgos
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Arvanitidis, Christos
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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
Neanthes acuminata (Ehlers, 1868)
Neanthes caudata
(sensu Delle Chiaje, 1827) |
Nereis caudata
(sensu Delle Chiaje, 1827)
Notes
Species complex.
Reish et al. (2014)
recovered four different putative cryptic species of
Neanthes acuminata
from worldwide locations (based on specimens traditionally referred to the species
Neanthes acuminata
,
Neanthes caudata
, and
Neanthes arenaceodentata
Moore, 1903, all of which are morphologically indistinguishable but could not be recovered by the analyses). From Europe, only specimens from Portugal were included in the analyses and it is currently unknown whether more cryptic species exist. Concerning nomenclature,
Neanthes acuminata
sensu lato should be used to refer to the species complex (
Reish et al. 2014
). While the name
Neanthes caudata
is often found in literature for the European species, it is not an available name.
Delle Chiaje (1825)
wrongly applied the name
Spio caudatus
Lamarck, 1818 to a nereidid, thus the name is based on a misidentification. The next available name is
Neanthes acuminata
(see detailed notes by G. Read for S. caudatus Lamarck, 1818, Spio caudatus sensu Delle Chiaje, 1827 and N. caudata (sensu Delle Chiaje, 1827)), a species described from the Gulf of Naples.