Search results for "Sabellaria spinulosa"

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Reducing the data-deficiency of threatened European habitats: Spatial variation of sabellariid worm reefs and associated fauna in the Sicily Channel,…

2017

Biogenic reefs, such as those produced by tube-dwelling polychaetes of the genus Sabellaria, are valuable marine habitats which are a focus of protection according to European legislation. The achievement of this goal is potentially hindered by the lack of essential empirical data, especially in the Mediterranean Sea. This study addresses some of the current knowledge gaps by quantifying and comparing multi-scale patterns of abundance and distribution of two habitat-forming species (Sabellaria alveolata and S. spinulosa) and their associated fauna along 190 km of coast on the Italian side of the Sicily Channel. While the abundance of the two sabellariids and the total number of associated t…

0106 biological sciencesSettore BIO/07 - EcologiaEndangered habitatFaunaPopulation DynamicsSettore BIO/05 - ZoologiaAquatic ScienceOceanography010603 evolutionary biology01 natural sciencesBiogenic reef; Ecosystem engineer; Endangered habitat; Sabellaria alveolata; Sabellaria spinulosa; Spatial scale; Species interaction; SubtidalSabellariaSabellaria alveolataMediterranean seaAbundance (ecology)Biogenic reef; Ecosystem engineer; Endangered habitat; Sabellaria alveolata Sabellaria spinulosa Spatial scale Species interaction SubtidalMediterranean SeaAnimalsAmphipodaSubtidal14. Life underwaterSicilyEcosystemSabellaria spinulosaPolychaetebiologyEcology010604 marine biology & hydrobiologyData CollectionSpatial scalePolychaetaGeneral MedicineBiodiversity15. Life on landbiology.organism_classificationPollutionEcosystem engineerSabellaria spinulosaBiogenic reefSpecies richnessSpecies interactionSabellaria alveolataEnvironmental Monitoring
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DNA-Barcoding to solve the tricky case of co-occuring Sabellaria (ANNELIDA) species in the Mediterranean Sea

2015

Intraspecific morphological variation of key taxonomic features is probably responsible for frequent misidentification of Sabellaria (Lamarck, 1818) species. This is the case of Sabellaria alcocki Gravier, 1906 whose Mediterranean records probably refer to juveniles of S. spinulosa (Leuckart, 1849). We hereby provide molecular tools (DNA barcoding) to improve correct delimitation of the Mediterranean species of this genus.

Sabellaria alcockiCOISettore BIO/07 - EcologiaSettore BIO/05 - ZoologiaPolychaetaPolychaeta Sabellaria alveolata Sabellaria spinulosa Sabellaria alcocki COISabellaria alveolataSabellaria spinulosa
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