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Identity of Eunice roussaei (Eunicidae: Polychaeta: Annelida) from the Adriatic and Mediterranean Seas

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 August 2006

Joana Zanol
Affiliation:
Department of Biological Sciences, The George Washington University, 2023 G Street NW, Washington DC 20052, USA and Department of Invertebrate Zoology, NMNH, Smithsonian Institution, PO Box 37012, NHB MRC 0163, Washington DC 20013-7012, USA
Nicola Bettoso
Affiliation:
Osservatorio Alto Adriatico ARPA-FVG, Via Auguste Piccard 54, 34010 Trieste, Italy

Abstract

The long discussion on the identity of the large Eunice species from the Adriatic and Mediterranean Seas is a result of the broader discussion on the identity and synonymy of Eunice roussaei and Eunice aphroditois. Here we show that the species occurring in the Adriatic Sea is Eunice roussaei and how this species can be differentiated from Eunice aphroditois; we also characterize the Mediterranean Eunice roussaei.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
2006 Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom

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