Polychaetes of Greece: an updated and annotated checklist
Author
Faulwetter, Sarah
Author
Simboura, Nomiki
Author
Katsiaras, Nikolaos
Author
Chatzigeorgiou, Giorgos
Author
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
Polydora ciliata (Johnston, 1838)
Notes
Species complex.
Mustaquim (1986)
and
Mustaquim (1988)
provided behavioural (boring and tube-dwelling) and genetic evidence of two forms present under
Polydora ciliata
; morphological differences between the forms are also reported.
Radashevsky and Pankova (2006)
, regarding European material, assign the tube-dwelling form to
Polydora ciliata
and the boring form to
Polydora calcarea
(Templeton, 1836). The presence of
Polydora ciliata
in the Mediterranean was questioned by
Cinar
et al. (2005)
and
Dagli
et al. (2011)
; but see also
Mikac (2015)
. The former authors suggest that
Polydora ciliata
could have been confused with
Polydora cornuta
Bosc, 1802 or
Polydora agassizii
Claparede
, 1869; a Mediterranean species synonymised with
Polydora ciliata
by Carazzi (1893), but resurrected by
Radashevsky and Hsieh (2000)
. Until re-examination of the Greek material is possible, these records are retained under
Polydora ciliata
in this checklist.