Polychaetes of Greece: an updated and annotated checklist
Author
Faulwetter, Sarah
Author
Simboura, Nomiki
Author
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
Sabellaria alcocki Gravier, 1906
Sabellaria alcocki
Gravier, 1906 |
Sabellaria spinulosa alcocki
Gravier, 1906
Notes
Questionable status. The specimens and description of
Sabellaria spinulosa var. alcocki
by
Fauvel (1927)
were examined by
da Cunha Lana and Gruet (1989)
and found to contain several species, some belonging to
Sabellaria wilsoni
Lana & Gruet, 1989. Thus, specimens identified using Fauvel's key probably belong to other species.
Lezzi et al. (2015)
suggest that specimens recorded as
Sabellaria alcocki
in the Mediterranean belong to juveniles of
Sabellaria spinulosa
(Leuckart, 1849) and that
Sabellaria alcocki
is absent from the region.
Schimmenti et al. (2015)
show through molecular analyses that specimens identified as
Sabellaria alcocki
from Italy fully matched the cytochrome c oxidase subunit I (COI) sequences of
Sabellaria spinulosa
.