Pseudopolydora Czerniavsky, 1881

Mikac, Barbara, 2015, A sea of worms: polychaete checklist of the Adriatic Sea, Zootaxa 3943 (1), pp. 1-172 : 121-122

Genus Pseudopolydora Czerniavsky, 1881

Pseudopolydora antennata (Claparède, 1869)

DISTRIBUTION: NA, CA, SA.

LITERATURE RECORDS: Bedulli et al. 1983; Gillet 1986; Ambrogi et al. 1987; Aleffi et al. 1988; Lardicci 1989; Parisi et al. 1990; Požar-Domac 1994; Zahtila 1995; Crema et al. 2000, 2001; Cantone & Di Pietro 2002; Aleffi et al. 2003; Solis-Weiss et al. 2004, 2007; Maggiore & Keppel 2007; Prevedelli et al. 2007; Castelli et al. 2008. NEW RECORDS: BM46.

OTHER REPORTED NAMES: Polydora antennata Claparède, 1869 .

®(AL) Pseudopolydora paucibranchiata ( Okuda, 1937)

DISTRIBUTION: NA.

NEW RECORDS: BM52, BM53, BM91.

REMARKS: These are the first records from the Adriatic Sea. Pseudopolydora paucibranchiata is an alien species from the Pacific Ocean ( Okuda 1937; Zenetos et al. 2010). In the Mediterranean Sea it was recorded along the Aegean and Turkish Levantine coasts ( Dagli & Çinar 2008). The Mediterranean specimens were previously confused with P. antennata (Claparède, 1868) ( Çinar et al. 2006) . Since P. antennata was reported from the whole Adriatic Sea it is possible that some of those records refer to P. paucibranchiata , and thus they should be carefully re-examined.

DEPOSITED MATERIAL: BM53, 21.08.2006., 1 spec. (PMR-17662).

® Pseudopolydora pulchra (Carazzi 1895)

DISTRIBUTION: NA.

NEW RECORDS: BM23, BM33, BM36, BM38, BM46, BM52, BM53, BM54, BM66. REMARKS: These are the first records from the Adriatic Sea.

DEPOSITED MATERIAL: BM38, 0 2.12.2009., 1 spec. (PMR-17620). BM52, 30.08.2004., 1 spec. (PMR-17639).