European Journal of Taxonomy (Dec 2021)

The “Spaghetti Project”: the final identification guide to European Terebellidae (sensu lato) (Annelida, Terebelliformia)

  • Nicolas Lavesque,
  • Pat Hutchings,
  • Mario H. Londoño-Mesa,
  • João M.M. Nogueira,
  • Guillemine Daffe,
  • Arne Nygren,
  • Hugues Blanchet,
  • Paulo Bonifácio,
  • Caroline Broudin,
  • Jean-Claude Dauvin,
  • Gabin Droual,
  • Benoit Gouillieux,
  • Jacques Grall,
  • Benjamin Guyonnet,
  • Céline Houbin,
  • Suzie Humbert,
  • Anne-Laure Janson,
  • Jérôme Jourde,
  • Céline Labrune,
  • Bastien Lamarque,
  • Lise Latry,
  • Vincent Le Garrec,
  • Corine Pelaprat,
  • Jean-Philippe Pezy,
  • Pierre-Guy Sauriau,
  • Xavier De Montaudouin

DOI
https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2021.782.1593
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 782, no. 1

Abstract

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This paper is the conclusion of the “Spaghetti Project” aiming to revise French species of Terebellidae sensu lato (s.l.) belonging to the five families: Polycirridae, Telothelepodidae, Terebellidae sensu stricto (s.s.), Thelepodidae and Trichobranchidae. During this project, 41 species were observed, 31 of them new for science: eight species of Polycirridae, eleven species of Terebellidae s.s., three species of Thelepodidae and nine species of Trichobranchidae. We provide a comprehensive key for all European species of terebellids with a focus on the important diagnostic characters for each family. Finally, we discuss issues on taxonomy, biodiversity and cryptic and pseudo-cryptic species of polychaetes in European waters, based on results obtained during this project.

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