This review summarises the current knowledge on cryptic species of polychaetes, one of the
most dominant taxa in marine communities, and gives a brief overview of the different …

Background Although polychaetes are one of the dominant taxa in marine communities,
their distributions and taxonomic diversity are poorly understood. Recent studies have …

Eurythoe complanata (Pallas 1766) has been considered a cosmopolitan species with a
great morphological similarity across its geographic range. To elucidate whether E …

Annelid polychaetes have been seldom the focus of dedicated DNA barcoding studies,
despite their ecological relevance and often dominance, particularly in soft‐bottom estuarine …

Background The last annotated checklist of marine polychaetes in Greece was published in
2001. Since then, global taxonomic progress, combined with many new species records for …

Syllis gracilis is an emblematic member of the subfamily Syllinae (Syllidae, Annelida), which
inhabits shallow, temperate coastal waters and can be found on algae, coral rubble, and …

Originally published in 1967, John H Day's work 'A monograph on the Polychaeta of
southern Africa'is still used widely to identify polychaetes. However, ongoing taxonomic …

Nella lista seguente sono elencate le specie di policheti segnalate in Italia; vengono
riportate 876 specie appartenenti a 71 famiglie della classe Polychaeta. Rispetto alla …

Amblyosyllis is a worldwide distributed group of annelids mainly found in coastal
environments. It is well known among the polychaete specialists mostly because of its …

The amphinomid fireworm Hermodice carunculata is a potentially invasive species reported
throughout the subtropical Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea, which is known as a …