Marphysa Quatrefages, 1866

Mikac, Barbara, 2015, A sea of worms: polychaete checklist of the Adriatic Sea, Zootaxa 3943 (1), pp. 1-172 : 34-35

Genus Marphysa Quatrefages, 1866

Marphysa bellii (Audouin & Milne-Edwards, 1833)

DISTRIBUTION: NA, CA, SA.

LITERATURE RECORDS: Stossich 1883; Graeffe 1905; Fauvel 1934; Vatova 1935; Fauvel 1938, 1940; Vatova 1940a, 1942, 1943, 1949a; Gamulin-Brida 1965; Scaccini 1967; Gamulin-Brida et al. 1968; Bellan 1969; Banse 1970; Zavodnik 1971; Katzmann 1972; Marcuzzi 1972; Požar 1972; Katzmann 1973a, 1973f; Avčin et al. 1974; Igić 1982; Amoureux 1983a; Avčin & Vrišer 1983; Katzmann 1983; Požar-Domac 1983; Gillet 1986; Zavodnik & Zavodnik 1986; Zavodnik & Vidaković 1987; Aleffi et al. 1988; Županović & Jardas 1989; Požar-Domac 1994; Zahtila 1995, 1997; Zavodnik & Kovačić 2000; Cantone & Di Pietro 2002; Ceschia et al. 2002; Aleffi et al. 2003; Giangrande et al. 2003, 2004; Solis-Weiss et al. 2004; Simonini et al. 2005a; Boscolo et al. 2006; Trabucco et al. 2006; Simonini et al. 2007; Solis-Weiss et al. 2007; Casellato & Stefanon 2008; Castelli et al. 2008; Mikac et al. 2011.

NEW RECORDS: BM1, BM11, BM12, BM14, BM16, BM17, BM22, BM28, BM34, BM46, BM47, BM48, BM49, BM51, BM52, BM53, BM54, BM65, BM66, BM74, BM75, BM90, BM92, BM97, BM98, BM99, BM101. OTHER REPORTED NAMES: Eunice bellii Audouin & Milne-Edwards, 1833 ; Lysibranchia paucibranchiata Cantone, 1983 .

REMARKS: The species was recorded as Lysibranchia paucibranchiata Cantone, 1983 in the Adriatic Sea by Cantone & Di Pietro (2002), Castelli et al. (2008), and Giangrande et al. (2003, 2004). However, L. paucibranchiata actually represents the juvenile status of Marphysa bellii (Audouin & Milne-Edwards, 1833) ( Kurt Şahin & Çinar 2009) .

Marphysa fallax Marion & Bobretzky, 1875

DISTRIBUTION: NA, CA, SA.

LITERATURE RECORDS: Fauvel 1934; Vatova 1935; Bellan 1969; Zavodnik 1971; Katzmann 1972; Marcuzzi 1972; Amoureux 1983a; Vaccarella et al. 1985; Gillet 1986; Gherardi et al. 1993; Požar-Domac 1994; Zahtila 1995; Maggiore & Keppel 2007; Castelli et al. 2008.

NEW RECORDS: BM15, BM23, BM24, BM25, BM26, BM27, BM28, BM30, BM33, BM34, BM36, BM37, BM40.

Marphysa kinbergi McIntosh, 1910

DISTRIBUTION: NA, CA.

LITERATURE RECORDS: Bellan 1976; Zavodnik & Zavodnik 1978; Amoureux 1979; Zavodnik 1979; Amoureux 1983a; Zavodnik & Vidaković 1987; Požar-Domac 1994; Zahtila 1995, 1997; Zavodnik & Kovačić 2000; Cantone & Di Pietro 2002; Aleffi et al. 2003; Zavodnik et al. 2006; Casellato & Stefanon 2008; Castelli et al. 2008.

? Marphysa sanguinea (Montagu, 1815)

DISTRIBUTION: NA, CA, SA.

LITERATURE RECORDS: Grube 1861; Lorenz 1863; Grube 1864; Karl 1871; Stossich 1883; Graeffe 1905; Fauvel 1934; Vatova 1934; Fauvel 1935; Vatova 1935; Fauvel 1938, 1940; Vatova 1940a, 1942, 1943; Laubier 1962; Specchi & Orel 1968; Bellan 1969; Orel & Mennea 1969; Zavodnik 1971; Katzmann 1972; Marcuzzi 1972; Požar 1972; Giordani-Soika & Perin 1974; Amoureux 1976; Igić 1982; Orel et al. 1982; Amoureux 1983a, 1983c; Fassari 1983; Del Piero et al. 1984; Vaccarella et al. 1985; Aleffi et al. 1988; Požar-Domac 1994; Zahtila 1995, 1997; Crema et al. 2000; Mizzan 2000; Zavodnik & Kovačić 2000; Fabi et al. 2001; Sfriso et al. 2001; Maggiore 2002; Aleffi et al. 2003; Prevedelli & Simonini 2003; Ponti & Abbiati 2004; Solis-Weiss et al. 2004, Aleffi et al. 2005; Boscolo et al. 2006; Gerino et al. 2007; Maggiore & Keppel 2007; Solis-Weiss et al. 2007; Casellato & Stefanon 2008; Castelli et al. 2008.

NEW RECORDS: BM21, BM65, BM91.

OTHER REPORTED NAMES: Eunice sanguinea Montagu, 1815 .

REMARKS: Hutchings & Karageorgopoulos (2003) designated a neotype of M. sanguinea from southern England and suggested that the reported cosmopolitan distribution of this species are unlikely to be valid. Various other recordings from all over the world, like Australia, South Africa, Indo-west Pacific, Japan and Portugal, appeared to be other species, which suggests that populations from the Mediterranean might also be other species ( Wijnhoven & Dekker 2010). Until now the distribution of the species is confirmed only for the English Channel (southern England) and North Sea ( Netherlands and Belgium). Detailed examination of chaetae all along the body preferably under the SEM is needed in order to distinguish between different species of the M. sanginea -group ( Hutchings et al. 2012). Since it was not possible to observe these important distinguishing characters during the present research, the species is herein retained as M. sanguinea . However the presence of the species in the Adriatic Sea is considered dubious and further examination is needed in order to reveal true identity of Adriatic M. sanguinea .