Polychaeta taxon details
original description
Putignano, Matteo; Toso, Andrea; Fumarola, Lara Marastella; Dimichele, Desirèe; Bariche, Michel; Giangrande, Adriana; Musco, Luigi; Piraino, Stefano; Langeneck, Joachim. (2026). To be or not to be alien, that is the question: the case of five new polychaete species from the Levantine Sea. <em>Mediterranean Marine Science.</em> 27(2): 330-356., available online at https://ejournals.epublishing.ekt.gr/index.php/hcmr-med-mar-sc/article/view/42046 page(s): 334, figure 2; note: Holotype, SMF 33455, Tyre, Levantine Sea, 33.2837 N, 35.1955 E, 0-6 m depth, on hard substrate [details] Available for editors [request]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Holotype SMF 33455, geounit Levantine Sea [details]
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Etymology Lysidice advena is named from the Latin noun advena, meaning foreigner, stranger or alien. The authors state it is used as a noun in apposition. In remarks the authors state the same species occurs in the Red Sea and believe (see abstract) the newly described species should be considered NIS in the Mediterranean. [details]
Type locality Holotype, SMF 33455, Tyre, Levantine Sea, 33.2837 N, 35.1955 E, 0-6 m depth, on hard substrate [details]
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