Polychaetes of Greece: an updated and annotated checklist
Author
Faulwetter, Sarah
Author
Simboura, Nomiki
Author
Katsiaras, Nikolaos
Author
Chatzigeorgiou, Giorgos
Author
Arvanitidis, Christos
text
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
Kirkegaardia tesselata (Hartman, 1960)
Monticellina tesselata
(Hartman, 1960)
Notes
Questionable status. Reported from Greece by
Koulouri et al. (2015)
. In the Mediterranean also reported from Spain (
Desbruyeres
et al. 1973
) and Turkey (
Cinar
et al. 2014
).
Cinar
(2005)
reports morphological differences in chaetal features between specimens from Cyprus and the original description of
Kirkegaardia tesselata
, concluding that the material might belong to an undescribed species.
Blake (2016)
, having examined a specimen of
Kirkegaardia
from France, refers this specimen and the literature references of
Monticellina tesselata
by
Cinar
et al. (2014)
and
Cinar
(2005)
to an undescribed
Kirkegaardia
species (
Kirkegaardia
sp. A). He restricts the distribution of
Kirkegaardia tesselata
to California. Greek specimens possibly do not belong to
Kirkegaardia tesselata
but the material would require re-examination to confirm its identity.