Open AccessThe “Spaghetti Project”: the final identification guide to European Terebellidae (sensu lato) (Annelida, Terebelliformia)
Author(s) -
Nicolas Lavesque,
Pat Hutchings,
Mario H. LondoñoMesa,
João Miguel de Matos Nogueira,
Guillemine Daffe,
Arne Nygren,
Hugues Blanchet,
Paulo Bonifácio,
Caroline Broudin,
JeanClaude Dauvin,
Gabin Droual,
Benoît Gouillieux,
Jacques Grall,
Benjamin Guyonnet,
Céline Houbin,
Suzie Humbert,
Anne-Laure Janson,
J. Jourde,
Céline Labrune,
Bastien Lamarque,
Lise Latry,
Vincent Le Garrec,
Corine Pelaprat,
JeanPhilippe Pezy,
Pierre-Guy Sauriau,
Xavier de Montaudouin
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
european journal of taxonomy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2118-9773
DOI - 10.5852/ejt.2021.782.1593
Subject(s) - sensu , sensu stricto , taxonomy (biology) , biology , biodiversity , species complex , identification key , ecology , zoology , genus , biochemistry , gene , phylogenetic tree
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.