Spionidae (Annelida: Polychaeta) from the Aegean Sea (eastern Mediterranean)

Figures & data

Figure 1. Map of the investigated area, with the location of sampling stations.

Table I. Spionid species found on the Aegean coast of Turkey and their total abundance (DR: depth range; M: mud; S: sand; SM: sandy mud; Po: Posidonia oceanica; Al: algae; H: hard substratum)

Species	DR (m)	M	S	SM	Po	Al	H	Stations
Aonides oxycephala (Sars, 1862)	7–115	3	–	8	6	–	–	A(4,7,8,11), B(8), C(7), D(11), F(2,4), G6
Aonides paucibranchiata Southern, 1914	50−105	–	11	1	–	–	–	A(14), E(11)
Apoprionospio caspersi (Laubier, 1962)	7	2	–	–	–	–	–	G(5)
▸Aurospio banyulensis (Laubier, 1966)	5–86	8	3	3	63	63	–	A(5,13,15), B(4,5,10), C(2,6), E(2,3,10), F(9), G(1,2,7,9), H(1–3,7,8,15)
▸Dipolydora armata (Langerhans, 1880)	12	–	–	–	–	–	3	G(10)
** Laonice bahusiensis Söderström, 1920	10–71	9	–	–	9	5	–	C(2,6), F(3,5), G(1,9), H(3,4,8)
Laonice cirrata (M. Sars, 1851)	7–183	48	8	71	19	1	–	A(3,5,8,12,14,16), B(4–6,9,10), C(1–4,7,8), D(1,5,9,10,12,13,15), E(1,4,7–11), F(3–8), G(5–8), H(1–4,6–8, 11–13,15)
* Laonice norgensis Sikorski, 2003	109–113	–	3	3	–	–	–	E(5), G(3)
▸Laubieriellus salzi (Laubier, 1970)	5–25	–	–	–	5	–	–	E(2), G(7), H(15)
Malacoceros fuliginosus (Claparède,1869)	9–12	14	–	–	–	–	–	D(18,20)
Microspio mecznikowianus (Claparède,1869)	6–90	–	1	–	5	–	–	A(15), B(4,5), C(1)
Paraprionospio coora Wilson, 1990	11–150	102	7	33	3	–	–	A(6,11,12,16), B(2,9), C(4), D(2–12), E(6–10), F(1,3,7), G(6)
Prionospio (M.) cf. cirrifera Wirén, 1883	7–183	32	4	17	6	2	–	A(10–12), C(2,4,8), D(3), E(1,4,6,9), F(6,7,9), G(2,4,5), H(2,6,8)
Prionospio (M.) cf. multibranchiata Berkeley, 1927	5–183	114	31	95	74	21	–	A(1–3,5–8,11,15), B(1–4,6–8,10), C(2,3,8,9), D(2–5,7–10,12), E(1–11), F(1–9), G(1–10), H(1–15)
▸Prionospio (M.) pulchra Imajima, 1990	9–30	58	–	–	–	–	–	D(13,14,16–20)
*** Prionospio (P.) depauperata Imajima, 1990	9–33	28	–	–	–	–	–	D( 9,14,16–20)
Prionospio (P.) dubia Day, 1961	11–183	190	27	136	–	3	–	A(1,2,6,9–12,14,16), B(1,2,7–9), C(2,4,9), D(1–8), E(1,4,6–9), F(1,3,9), G(4), H(2,5,9,10,12–14)
Prionospio (P.) ehlersi Fauvel, 1928	19–183	130	2	16	–	3	–	A(1,4,11,12), B(1,2,7), C(4,9), D(3,5), E(1,6,8,9), G(1,4,6), H(2,10)
Prionospio (P.) fallax Söderström, 1920	4–57	230	13	213	44	2	–	A(1,2,5–10,13), B(4–10), C(2–5,8), D(6,9,11–14, 16–18), E(8,10), F(1,2,4,5,8,9), G(5–7,10), H(3,4,8,15)
Prionospio (P.) steenstrupi Malmgren, 1867	24–183	204	48	101	1	7	–	A(1,2,11,12,14,16), B(1,2,7,9,10), C(1,2,4,6,7,9), D(1,2,4,5,7–9,12), E(1,4,8,9,11), F(1,6,7,9), G(1–4,8), H(1,2,5,6,10,12,13)
*** Prionospio (P.) saccifera Mackie & Hartley, 1990	45–86	5	10	11	–	–	–	G(2), H(2,5,12)
** Polydora agassizi Claparède,1869	9–18	53	–	–	–	–	–	D(16–20)
Polydora coeca Oersted, 1843	5–50	3	2	–	5	–	–	A(5,13), B(6), C(7), D(17)
Polydora cornuta Bosc, 1802	9–18	253	–	–	–	–	–	D(16–20)
Pseudopolydora paucibranchiata Okuda, 1937	9–18	38	–	–	–	–	–	D(16–20)
Pseudopolydora pulchra (Carazzi, 1895)	13–85	2	–	5	1	–	–	A(5,10), D(11,16), F(7)
Scolelepis cantabra (Rioja, 1918)	15	–	–	1	–	–	–	D(11)
Scolelepis tridentata (Southern, 1914)	4–120	27	5	18	3	–	–	A(11), B(2,3,7,10), C(1–5), D(1), E(4,7,9,10), F(4,7) G(6), H(1,2,12,13)
Spio decoratus Bobretzky, 1870	4–64	30	7	18	17	1	–	A(3,5,7,10,13), B(5,6,8,10), C(3,5,6,7), D(16–18,20), E(2,7), F(6), G(1,2,7), H(2,6,11)
Spio filicornis (Müller, 1776)	5–44	–	3	6	11	–	–	A(5,10,13), B(3,4,6), E(7), F(6)
*** Spiophanes afer Meißner, 2005	29–57	1	5	–	–	–	–	B(6), D(12), H(6)
* Spiophanes algidus Meißner, 2005	104	2	–	–	–	–	–	B(2)
Spiophanes bombyx (Claparède, 1870)	30–183	1	–	3	–	–	–	B(8), E(1,7)
Spiophanes kroyeri Grube, 1860	9–183	28	7	29	15	–	–	A(1,4–7,9–12,16), B(5,9), C(1,3), D(3,6,9–11), E(1,7), F(3,6,7), G(2), H(9,11,12)
Streblospio gynobranchiata Rice & Levin, 1998	9–18	58	–	–	–	–	–	D(16,17,20)
*New records for the Mediterranean Sea; **new records for the eastern Mediterranean Sea; ***new records for the Aegean Sea; ▸ new records for the Turkish coasts.

Figure 2. Relative dominance of the genera (A) and species (B) by number of individuals.

Figure 3. The distribution of number of species and individuals to biotopes (A) and the depth intervals (B).

Figure 4. Dendrogram showing similarity among spionids species found in different biotopes and depths along the Turkish Aegean coast.

Figure 5. Laonice bahusiensis. A, B. Anterior end, dorsal view; C. Right parapodium of chaetiger 26; D. Neuropodial hooded hook on chaetiger 30. Scale: A = 1 mm, B = 0.59 mm, C = 0.61 mm, D = 95 μm.

Figure 6. Laonice norgensis. A, Anterior end, dorsal view; B, neuropodial hooded hooks on chaetiger 36, C, right parapodium of chaetiger 13; D, right parapodium of chaetiger 26; E, middle chaetigers, dorsal view. Scale: A = 1 mm, B = 103 μm, C = 0.48 mm, D = 0.57 mm, E = 0.67 mm.

Figure 7. Polydora agassizi. A, Anterior end, dorsal view; B, major falcate spines and pennoned companion chaeta of chaetiger 5; C, posterior end, dorsal view; D, neuropodial bidentate hooded hook of chaetiger 10. Scale: A = 0.5 mm, B = 123 μm, C = 0.39 mm, D = 93 μm.

Figure 8. Spiophanes algidus. A, Anterior end, dorsal view; B, left parapodium of chaetiger 7, anterior view; C, left parapodium of chaetiger 4, anterior view; D, neuropodial hook of chaetiger 20; E, notochaeta of chaetiger 4. Scale: A = 0.5 mm, B = 163 μm, C = 152 μm, D = 12 μm, E = 19 μm.

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