First occurrence of the invasive alien species Polydora cornuta Bosc, 1802 (Polychaeta: Spionidae) on the coast of Greece (Elefsis Bay; Aegean Sea)

Simboura, N.; Sigala, Kalliopi; Voutsinas, Emanuela; Kalkan, Erol

doi:10.12681/mms.138

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“…None of the specimens found in this study had bundles of capillary setae below the spines of chaetiger 5, agreeing with the descriptions of P. cornuta from the Western Mediterranean and the Black Sea (Çinar et al 2005;Radashevsky 2005;Simboura et al 2008;Surugiu 2012;Radashevsky & Selifonova 2013). Bundles of capillary setae on chaetiger 5 have been reported in populations from Victoria, Australia (Blake & Kudenov 1978) and Florida (Rice 1980;Rice & Simon 1980), and in a Mediterranean population in the port of Valencia (Tena et al 1991).…”

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“…Polydora cornuta is distributed in temperate and subtropical zones worldwide (Radashevsky 2005). This species has been reported in the east, west and gulf coasts of North America, the Caribbean Sea, Argentina, Brazil, Australia, China, Korea, Japan, India, Baltic Sea, North Sea, Kattegat and Öresund, Baltic Sea, western and eastern Mediterranean Sea (Tena et al 1991;Çinar et al 2005;Simboura et al 2008) and the Black Sea (Surugiu 2005(Surugiu , 2012Radashevsky & Selifonova 2013).…”

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“…The first Mediterranean record of this species was from the port of Valencia (Tena et al 1991), followed by two cases from the Aegean Sea, off the Turkish (Çinar et al 2005) and Greek coasts (Simboura et al 2008). Surugiu (2012) and Radashevsky and Selifonova (2013) highlighted in their studies that P. cornuta was colonising large areas of the northern Black Sea.…”

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The occurrence of the alien speciesPolydora cornutaBosc, 1802 (Polychaeta: Spionidae) in North Adriatic lagoons: an overlooked presence

Bertasi

2016

Italian Journal of Zoology

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The alien polychaete Polydora cornuta was found in Venice, Marinetta and Barbamarco lagoons (north-western Adriatic Sea). Reproductive specimens were collected from all the above-mentioned lagoons at different sampling times, showing the presence of established populations. The highest recorded population density of this species was 2880 ind. m-2. Data on adult morphology, reproductive traits and early stage larval morphology are provided. An examination of old samples revealed the presence of this species in Italian waters at least since 2009, and maybe even as far back as the early 1990s. The identity of P. cornuta may have been concealed for a long time because of taxonomic confusion with P. ciliata. Previous records of this species were recently published for the western Mediterranean Sea, on the Turkish and Greek Aegean coasts. The present paper extends the geographical distribution of P. cornuta to the Adriatic Sea and adds a new record to the list of alien species in the Italian waters.

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The occurrence of the alien speciesPolydora cornutaBosc, 1802 (Polychaeta: Spionidae) in North Adriatic lagoons: an overlooked presence

Bertasi

2016

Italian Journal of Zoology

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“…It was also found occasionally among the endofauna of a Zostera meadow in the Geras Gulf (Lesvos island) and in Elefsis Bay (Saronikos Gulf). Another non-indigenous invasive species, belonging to the same family, Polydora cornuta was recently reported from the Bosphorus Strait and the Sea of Marmara as well as Elefsis Bay, Greece SIMBOURA et al, 2008).…”

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Four new alien species on the coasts of Greece (Eastern Mediterranean)

Simboura¹,

Şahin²,

Panagoulia³

et al. 2010

Medit. Mar. Sci.

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This study reports four alien polychaete species new to the marine fauna of Greece, four of which are aliens. These species are -Pseudopolydora paucibranchiata (family Spionidae), Paraprionospio coora (family Spionidae), Marphysa disjuncta (family Eunicidae), and Chaetozone corona (family Cirratulidae). Another species of Chaetozone, though not an alien one, Chaetozone gibber is reported here from Greek waters. All of them have been currently reported from the coasts of Turkey (Aegean or Levantine Seas). Pseudopolydora paucibranchiata and Marphysa disjuncta, probably introduced to the region through ballast waters, seem to be well established in the Mediterranean Sea. Chaetozone corona and Paraprionospio coora were considered to be cryptogenic. Pseudolydora paucibranchiata was found in great densities in a very disturbed site, confirming the opportunistic character of this species. Chaetozone corona and Chaetozone gibber showed a wider distribution pattern, though their abundance increased in disturbed sites. Marphysa disjuncta was found in disturbed as well as in undisturbed sites along the coasts of Greece and Paraprionospio coora is characteristic of moderate to higher depth zones. These new findings increase the number of polychaete species from the Hellenic Seas to 777 species and the number of alien species to 33.

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“…Rice et al (2008) provide molecular evidence of at least three putative cryptic species present in North America. Reported from Greece by Simboura et al (2008). Originally described from South Carolina; in the Mediterranean also known from Spain (Tena et al 2000), Turkey (Çınar et al 2014) and from Adriatic lagoons (Bertasi 2016).…”

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Polychaetes of Greece: an updated and annotated checklist

Faulwetter

Simboura

Katsiaras

et al. 2017

BDJ

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BackgroundThe last annotated checklist of marine polychaetes in Greece was published in 2001. Since then, global taxonomic progress, combined with many new species records for Greece, required a thorough review of the taxonomic, nomenclatural and biogeographic status of the national species list. This checklist revises the status of all extant polychaete species reported from the Greek Exclusive Economic Zone since 1832. The work was undertaken as part of the efforts on compiling a national species inventory (Greek Taxon Information System initiative) in the framework of the LifeWatchGreece Research Infrastructure.New informationThis checklist comprises an updated and annotated inventory of polychaete species in Greek waters, compiled from literature reports, online databases, museum collections and unpublished datasets. The list provides information on 836 species-level taxa from Greece, of which 142 are considered questionable. An additional 84 species reported in the past are currently considered absent from Greece; reasons for the exclusion of each species are given. Fourteen species are reported here for the first time from Greek waters. At least 52 species in the present list constitute in fact a complex of cryptic or pseudo-cryptic species. Forty-seven species are considered non-native to the area. In addition to the species-level taxa reported in this checklist, eleven genera have been recorded from Greece with no representatives identified to species level. One replacement name is introduced. For each species, a comprehensive bibliographic list of occurrence records in Greece and the synonyms used in these publications are provided as supplementary material. Where necessary, the taxonomic, nomenclatural or biogeographic status is discussed. Finally, the findings are discussed in the wider context of Mediterranean polychaete biogeography, taxonomic practice and worldwide research progress.

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First occurrence of the invasive alien species Polydora cornuta Bosc, 1802 (Polychaeta: Spionidae) on the coast of Greece (Elefsis Bay; Aegean Sea)

Cited by 9 publications

References 11 publications

The occurrence of the alien speciesPolydora cornutaBosc, 1802 (Polychaeta: Spionidae) in North Adriatic lagoons: an overlooked presence

The occurrence of the alien speciesPolydora cornutaBosc, 1802 (Polychaeta: Spionidae) in North Adriatic lagoons: an overlooked presence

Four new alien species on the coasts of Greece (Eastern Mediterranean)

Polychaetes of Greece: an updated and annotated checklist

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