NEWLY RECORDED SPIONID SPECIES (POLYCHAETA) FROM THE EGYPTIAN WATERS, WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO POLYDORIDS HABITATS | ||
| Egyptian Journal of Aquatic Biology and Fisheries | ||
| Article 12, Volume 10, Issue 1, January 2006, Pages 191-210 PDF (9.89 K) | ||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||
| DOI: 10.21608/ejabf.2006.1841 | ||
| Author | ||
| Samia Selim | ||
| National Institute of Oceanography and Fisheries, Alexandria, Egypt. | ||
| Abstract | ||
| In the present study, 9 spionid species were reported. Five of them are new records to the Egyptian waters. In order to achieve this study fouling components and sediments samples were collected from different sites of Egyptian waters. The recorded spionid species were described and figured in details. The identification of the two Dipolydora species has been corrected. The relation between the surrounding habitat, major spines of setiger 5 and boring activity of the recorded polydorid species was discussed.The geographic distribution of five new taxa recorded indicated that Scolelepis carunculata, Pnonospio aucklandica and Pseudopolydora paucibranchiala appeared for the first time in the Mediterranean Sea. They are of indo-pacific origin and migrated through Suez Canal. While Pnonospio steenslrupi is new to the Egyptian Mediterranean waters and Spiophanes kroeyeri new to the Egyptian Red Sea waters (Suez Bay). | ||
| Keywords | ||
| Polychaeta; Spionidae; polydorid species; habitats | ||
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