Eumida sanguinea ( Orsted , 1843)

Faulwetter, Sarah, Simboura, Nomiki, Katsiaras, Nikolaos, Chatzigeorgiou, Giorgos & Arvanitidis, Christos, 2017, Polychaetes of Greece: an updated and annotated checklist, Biodiversity Data Journal 5, pp. 20997-20997 : 20997

Eumida sanguinea ( Orsted, 1843)

Eulalia sanguinea Ørsted, 1843 | Eumida sanguinea ( Ørsted, 1843)

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Species complex. Nygren and Pleijel (2011) recovered ten cryptic species in European specimens identified as Eumida sanguinea . They restrict the distribution of Eumida sanguinea to the Skagerrak, Kattegat and southern England. Five cryptic species were discovered from the Mediterranean: Eumida asterope Nygren & Pleijel 2011, Eumida maia Nygren & Pleijel 2011, Eumida merobe Nygren & Pleijel 2011, Eumida sp. (all from southern France and morphologically identical to Eumida sanguinea except for their pigmentation patterns) and Eumida taygete Nygren & Pleijel 2011 from Croatia, (morphologically identical to Eumida sanguinea sensu stricto). These new species are almost impossible to identify based on their morphology, thus the authors recommend the use of the name " Eumida sanguinea sensu lato" or " Eumida sanguinea complex" for all records which are not resolved through molecular methods.