Chaetonotoid Gastrotrichs of the Tuscan Coast

Marine gastrotrichs from the Tuscan achipelago (Tyrrhenian Sea): II. Chaetonotida, with description of three new species

“…data) and India (Ganapati & Chandrasekhara Rao, 1967;Chandrasekhara Rao & Ganapati, 1968). In the Mediterranean Sea, it has been recorded from Greece (Hummon & Roidou, in press) and in Italy from Tuscany, Calabria, Abruzzi, the Marches and Véneto (Gerlach, 1953;Wilke, 1954;Luporini et al, 1973;Balsamo, Hummon & Todaro, unpubl. data).…”

“…In the Mediterranean Sea, it is known along the coasts of France (Swedmark, 1956) and Croatia (Schrom, 1972). Numerous records from the Italian littoral, from the coast of Tuscany to the mouth of the Isonzo River in the northern Adriatic (Wilke, 1.954;Luporini et al, 1973;Todaro & Balsamo, in press;Balsamo, Hummon & Todaro, unpubl. data).…”

“…In the Mediterranean Sea, it is present on the coast of Marseilles (Swedmark, 1956), Greece (Hummon & Roidou, in press) and along the Tyrrhenian, Ionian and southern Adriatic Seas (Wilke, 1954;Luporini et al, 1973;Todaro & Balsamo, in press;Balsamo, Hummon & Todaro, unpubl. data).…”

“…In the Mediterranean Sea, it is known from the Gulf of Marseilles (Swedmark, 1956) and from the coasts of Tuscany, Campania, Apulia and Molise (Wilke, 1954;Luporini & Tongiorgi, 1972;Luporini et al, 1973;Balsamo, Hummon & Todaro, unpubl. data).…”

Italian marine Gastrotricha: II. One new genus and ten new species of Macrodasyida

“…Some have worked in the Adriatic Sea: Grünspan (1908), De Zio & Grimaldi (1964), Schrom (1966a, in Riedl 1970, Tongiorgi & Balsamo (1984), and Hummon et al (1990). Others have worked in the Ligurian Sea: Gerlach (1953), Luporini et al (1971Luporini et al ( , 1973a, Luporini & Tongiorgi (1972), and Tongiorgi (1975), and in the Ionian Sea: Balsamo & Todaro (1987). Despite this work, most of which was completed well before 1985, it is interesting to note that neither these nor any other reference on marine gastrotrichs from France, Croatia, Algeria, or Tunisia appeared in a recent review on the meiobenthos of the Mediterranean Sea (Soyer, 1985).…”