MidMedPol: Polychaetes from midlittoral rocky shores in Greece and Italy (Mediterranean Sea)

Abstract

This paper describes a dataset of polychaetes (Annelida) from 14 midlittoral rocky shore sampling sites in Greece and Italy (Mediterranean Sea). The dataset combines the outcome of four different projects studying the hard substrate midlittoral zone in the Mediterranean between 1984 and 2009. Samples were collected by scraping and collecting the organisms from a framed area. The maximal sampling depth was 1.5 m. In total, 123 polychaete species were recorded, five of which are new records for the respective biogeographic sectors of the Mediterranean. The dataset contains 788 occurrence records, fully annotated with all required metadata. These data contribute to the knowledge of a previously very understudied regional habitat, since at present, comprehensive lists of the midlittoral communities in the Mediterranean are provided through only a few, paper-based, studies. This dataset is one of the first electronic data compilations of the Mediterranean midlittoral zone communities and certainly the most comprehensive of its kind, contributing to the ongoing efforts of the Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS) which aims at filling the gaps in our current knowledge of the world's oceans. It is accessible at http://ipt.vliz.be/resource.do?r=mediterraneanpolychaetaintertidal.

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“…In the Mediterranean only reported from Greece (NCMR 1992, Simboura 1996, Zenetos et al 1997, Pancucci-Papadopoulou et al 1999); these could in fact belong to the Mediterranean species Aricidea ( Strelzovia) mariannae Katzmann & Laubier, 1975, which shows similarities to Aricidea (Strelzovia) hartmani, especially in shape and length of the antenna (J. Langeneck, pers.…”

“…Notes: Reported from Greece by Keklikoglou et al (2013) and Maidanou et al (2017). In the Mediterranean also known from Cyprus (Çınar 2005), Tunisia (Zaâbi 2013), Turkey (Çınar et al 2014) and Egypt (Dorgham et al 2014), otherwise distributed along the Atlantic coasts of Europe.…”

“…Notes: Reported from Greece by Keklikoglou et al (2013) and Chatzigeorgiou et al (2016). Type locality: Mediterranean (Gulf of Naples).…”

“…Nomenclature: Aricidea assimilis Tebble, 1959 | Aricidea mutabilis Laubier & Ramos, 1974 Notes: Aricidea assimilis was included in the checklist by Simboura and Nicolaidou (2001) as separate from Aricidea mutabilis, but the species are considered synonymous by Katzmann and Laubier (1975) and Aricidea mutabilis has not been re-instated since. The species has often been misidentified as Aricidea (Acmira) lopezi Berkeley & Berkeley, 1956 (see notes there) and may in fact be a complex of species (Langeneck 2017).…”

“…San Martín (2003 lists it as a valid species. Specimens from Greece reported by Faulwetter et al (2011a) and Keklikoglou et al (2013) were identified using the description and key by San Martín (2003), but those identified by could belong to either Syllis corallicola Verrill, 1900 or Syllis columbretensis, as he used both the description by Campoy (1982) and the key by San Martín (1984) to identify the specimens. Syllis columbretensis sensu San Martin was, however reidentified as Syllis corallicola (Licher 1999, San Martín 2003.…”