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vol-34NEW RECORDS OF SABELLID SPECIES
(POLYCHAETA: SABELLINAE) FROM THE COASTAL
EGYPTIAN WATERS
SAMIA A. SELIM
National Institute of Oceanography and Fisheries, Alexandria, Egypt.
[email protected]
Keywords: Polychaeta, Sabellidae, New records.
ABSTRACT
Eight newly recorded sabellid species were reported during the present study. They
affiliated to six genera. These are: Oriopsis armandi, Chone collaris, C. usticensis,
Euchone southerni, Jasmeneira caudata, Demonax brachychona, D. microphthalmus and
Megalomma cf. bioculatum. The described species were encountered among both sediment
samples and fouling aggregations. They were collected from the coastal waters of the
Egyptian Mediterranean Sea and Suez-Canal. A full description is provided for each; taking
in consideration all the diagnostic details recently introduced; as well as geographic
distribution. Rules of introducing new diagnostic characters in the identification of different
sabellid species and confusion between the recorded genera, besides the geographic
distribution of the recorded species are discussed. The occurrence of Demonax
microphthalmus; which is of Atlantic origin; and D. brachychona; of Mediterranean origin;
among fouling aggregations of Suez-Canal, may interpret the success of two species to
introduce this pass way through foulers growing on ship hulls.
