Pholoe (Polychaeta: Pholoidae) from Northern Europe: A Key and Notes on the Nearshore Species
The scaleworm genus Pholoe (formerly referred to Sigalionidae) is common and often abundant in marine benthos. In northern Europe, 1–3 species may be present in a single sample but not recognized as distinct, or one species may be reported under different names in different studies. This results in...
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crcambridgeupr:10.1017/s002531540004457x 2024-03-03T08:47:05+00:00 Pholoe (Polychaeta: Pholoidae) from Northern Europe: A Key and Notes on the Nearshore Species Petersen, Mary E. 1998 http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s002531540004457x https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S002531540004457X en eng Cambridge University Press (CUP) https://www.cambridge.org/core/terms Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom volume 78, issue 4, page 1373-1376 ISSN 0025-3154 1469-7769 Aquatic Science journal-article 1998 crcambridgeupr https://doi.org/10.1017/s002531540004457x 2024-02-08T08:25:36Z The scaleworm genus Pholoe (formerly referred to Sigalionidae) is common and often abundant in marine benthos. In northern Europe, 1–3 species may be present in a single sample but not recognized as distinct, or one species may be reported under different names in different studies. This results in an underevaluation of diversity and precludes comparison between data sets. Four valid species of Pholoe are common in nearshore European waters, but inadequate descriptions and species misinterpretation have resulted in most of these being misidentified as the western North Atlantic P. minuta , not known to occur in European waters. The present note attempts to resolve this confusion; it is based on examination of thousands of specimens, many of them alive, from northern Europe and elsewhere. An illustrated key and notes with brief synonymies for four nearshore northern European species are provided; use of Shirlastain A for temporarily darkening protruding structures is described. Pholoe inornata (type species of the genus), P. baltica and P. assimilis (resurrected) are briefly characterized. Article in Journal/Newspaper North Atlantic Cambridge University Press Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 78 4 1373 1376 |
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The scaleworm genus Pholoe (formerly referred to Sigalionidae) is common and often abundant in marine benthos. In northern Europe, 1–3 species may be present in a single sample but not recognized as distinct, or one species may be reported under different names in different studies. This results in an underevaluation of diversity and precludes comparison between data sets. Four valid species of Pholoe are common in nearshore European waters, but inadequate descriptions and species misinterpretation have resulted in most of these being misidentified as the western North Atlantic P. minuta , not known to occur in European waters. The present note attempts to resolve this confusion; it is based on examination of thousands of specimens, many of them alive, from northern Europe and elsewhere. An illustrated key and notes with brief synonymies for four nearshore northern European species are provided; use of Shirlastain A for temporarily darkening protruding structures is described. Pholoe inornata (type species of the genus), P. baltica and P. assimilis (resurrected) are briefly characterized. |
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Pholoe (Polychaeta: Pholoidae) from Northern Europe: A Key and Notes on the Nearshore Species |
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Pholoe (Polychaeta: Pholoidae) from Northern Europe: A Key and Notes on the Nearshore Species |
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Pholoe (Polychaeta: Pholoidae) from Northern Europe: A Key and Notes on the Nearshore Species |
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Pholoe (Polychaeta: Pholoidae) from Northern Europe: A Key and Notes on the Nearshore Species |
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Pholoe (Polychaeta: Pholoidae) from Northern Europe: A Key and Notes on the Nearshore Species |
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pholoe (polychaeta: pholoidae) from northern europe: a key and notes on the nearshore species |
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