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First record of the Levantine species Scoloplos haasi (Orbiniidae: Scolecida: Annelida) from the Mediterranean coast of Spain

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 December 2009

Eduardo López
Eduardo López*
Affiliation:
Departamento de Biología (Zoología), Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, E-28049, Spain
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Correspondence should be addressed to: E. López, Departamento de Biología (Zoología), Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, E-28049, Spain email: eduardo.lopez@uam.es
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Abstract

During an investigation devoted to characterize all the Orbiniidae polychaete species present in the Iberian Peninsula, several individuals previously identified as Scoloplos armiger showed to actually belong to Scoloplos haasi, a species to date considered endemic from Israel. The comparison with the holotype deposited in the British Museum of Natural History confirmed the identification. This record of S. haasi is not only a new one for the western Mediterranean but also the first one out of its original locality, extending largely westwards the geographical range of the species.

Keywords

first recordLevantine speciesScoloplos haasiMediterranean coast of Spain
Type
Research Article
Information
Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom , Volume 90 , Issue 5 , August 2010 , pp. 1051 - 1054
Copyright
Copyright © Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 2009

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