Mikac, Barbara; Hutchings, Pat. (2017). One new species of Pista Malmgren, 1866 (Annelida: Terebellidae) and one new species of Pistella Hartmann-Schröder, 1996 (Annelida: Terebellidae) from the Adriatic Sea (Mediterranean). Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom. 97(05): 943-953.

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10.1017/s0025315417000868 [view]

Mikac, Barbara; Hutchings, Pat

2017

97(05): 943-953

Publication

http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0025315417000868

World Polychaeta Database (WPolyDb). Print published 10 August 2017

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During several sampling periods in the Northern Adriatic Sea (Mediterranean) from 2003–2010, one species of Pista and one of Pistella were found. They were initially identified as Pista cf. lornensis (Pearson, 1969), but detailed examination revealed the presence of two new species, one belonging to the genus Pistella Hartmann-Schröder, 1996, P. rovignensis sp. nov. and one belonging to the genus Pista, P. adriatica sp. nov. These two species differ from each other in the structure of the branchiae, shape of lateral lobes and the structure of the anterior thoracic uncini. The two new species are compared with other species of Pistella and Pista currently known. The relationship of Pistella and Pista is confusing and a complete revision of the two genera is urgently needed together with other genera characterized by having long-handled thoracic uncini.

Adriatic Sea
Mediterranean

Systematics, Taxonomy

Annelida
Polychaeta

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