Description of a new species of Lumbrineris (Polychaeta: Lumbrineridae) from the coasts of Turkey (eastern Mediterranean)

Abstract

The examination of sandy mud samples collected at 5-67 m depths in 2005 and 2009 on the Aegean and Levantine coasts of Turkey revealed the presence of specimens belonging to a new species of Lumbrineris (Polychaeta, Lumbrineridae), L. geldiayi. This species is mainly characterized by having maxillae III as an arcuate, unidentate plate; reddish aciculae; anterior and posterior parapodia with postchaetal lobe always longer than prechaetal lobe, median parapodia with both lobes of similar length; and composite multidentate hooded hooks with short blade and simple multidentate hooded hooks of two sizes, preacicular hooks being bigger than postacicular hooks. A key to Lumbrineris species from Mediterranean Sea is included.

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“…In addition, this publication complements recent checklists from other areas of the Mediterranean and Black Sea (e.g. Çınar 2005, Castelli et al 2008, Ayari et al 2009, Zaâbi et al 2009, Martín and Gil 2010, Zaâbi et al 2012, Çınar et al 2014 and thus serves as an information resource for future polychaete studies in this biogeographic region.…”

“…Reported from Greece by Koukouras and Rousso (1991). In the Mediterranean also known from Turkey (Doğan et al 2005; but considered questionable by Çınar et al 2014), Cyprus (Çınar 2005), Italy (Castelli et al 2008), Albania (Marzano et al 2010) and the Adriatic (listed under Scoletoma impatiens (Claparède, 1968) by ). Originally described from South Africa.…”

“…In the Mediterranean, the species is widely recorded (e.g. Campoy 1982, Çınar 2005, Castelli et al 2008, Ayari et al 2009, Çınar et al 2014. Otherwise distributed in the North-East Atlantic; its presumed cosmopolitan distribution is questionable (Carrera-Parra 2006).…”

“…Nomenclature: Lumbriconereis funchalensis Kinberg, 1865 | Lumbrineris funchalensis (Kinberg, 1865) | Scoletoma funchalensis (Kinberg, 1865) Notes: In the Mediterranean also known from the western and central basins (Campoy 1982, Castelli et al 2008, Tunisia (Ayari et al 2009), Turkey (Çınar et al 2014) and the Adriatic . Otherwise distributed in the North-East Atlantic.…”

“…Frequently reported from Greece and other parts of the Mediterranean (e.g. Campoy 1982, Castelli et al 2008, Ayari et al 2009, Çınar et al 2014 and considered cosmopolitan. However, the taxonomic history of the species includes doubtful synonymies, vague descriptions and redescriptions based on material from worldwide locations (Arias and Paxton 2014).…”