The first record of a new alien species Limnodrilus cervix Brinkhurst, 1963 (Annelida, Clitellata) in the Vistula Lagoon (southern Baltic Sea)

Elżbieta Dumnicka; Izabela Jabłońska-Barna; Agata Rychter

doi:10.5697/oc.56-1.151

Oceanologia (Jan 2014)

The first record of a new alien species Limnodrilus cervix Brinkhurst, 1963 (Annelida, Clitellata) in the Vistula Lagoon (southern Baltic Sea)

Elżbieta Dumnicka,
Izabela Jabłońska-Barna,
Agata Rychter

Affiliations

Elżbieta Dumnicka: Institute of Nature Conservation, Polish Academy of Sciences, al. A. Mickiewicza 33, 31–120 Kraków, Poland
Izabela Jabłońska-Barna: University of Warmia & Mazury, Faculty of Environmental Sciences, M. Oczapowskiego 5, 10–719 Olsztyn, Poland;
Agata Rychter: The State School of Higher Professional Education in Elbląg, Institute of Technology, Wojska Polskiego 1, 82–300 Elbląg, Poland

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5697/oc.56-1.151
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 56, no. 1
pp. 151 – 158

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The present work reports the first record of Limnodrilus cervix in the south-eastern part of the Baltic Sea. A specimen of this North American species was found in 2010 in the Vistula Lagoon, near the village of Piaski (Poland). The distribution of other Nearctic Limnodrilus species in Europe is also presented.

Published in Oceanologia

ISSN: 0078-3234 (Print)
Publisher: Elsevier
Country of publisher: Netherlands
LCC subjects: Geography. Anthropology. Recreation: Oceanography
Website: http://www.journals.elsevier.com/oceanologia/

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