1. The 'Spaghetti Project': the final identification guide to European Terebellidae (sensu lato) (Annelida, Terebelliformia)
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Nicolas Lavesque, Pat Hutchings, Mario H. Londoño-Mesa, João M.M. Nogueira, Guillemine Daffe, Arne Nygren, Hugues Blanchet, Paulo Bonifácio, Caroline Broudin, Jean-Claude Dauvin, Gabin Droual, Benoit Gouillieux, Jacques Grall, Benjamin Guyonnet, Céline Houbin, Suzie Humbert, Anne-Laure Janson, Jérôme Jourde, Céline Labrune, Bastien Lamarque, Lise Latry, Vincent Le Garrec, Corine Pelaprat, Jean-Philippe Pezy, Pierre-Guy Sauriau, and Xavier De Montaudouin
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taxonomy ,terebellids ,spaghetti worms ,cryptic species ,identification key ,Zoology ,QL1-991 ,Botany ,QK1-989 - Abstract
This paper is the conclusion of the “Spaghetti Project” aiming to revise French species of Terebellidae sensu lato (s.l.) belonging to the five families: Polycirridae, Telothelepodidae, Terebellidae sensu stricto (s.s.), Thelepodidae and Trichobranchidae. During this project, 41 species were observed, 31 of them new for science: eight species of Polycirridae, eleven species of Terebellidae s.s., three species of Thelepodidae and nine species of Trichobranchidae. We provide a comprehensive key for all European species of terebellids with a focus on the important diagnostic characters for each family. Finally, we discuss issues on taxonomy, biodiversity and cryptic and pseudo-cryptic species of polychaetes in European waters, based on results obtained during this project.
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- 2021
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