


Annales des sciences naturelles, Série 1, 29, 195−269. (1833) Classification des Annélides et description de celles qui habitent les côtes de la France. Zoologische Mededeelingen uitgegeven door het Rijksmuseum van Natuurlijke Historie te Leiden, 15, 177−260.Īudouin, J.V. (1933) Polychaeten aus den Zoologischen Museen von Leiden und Amsterdam. Doklady Akademii Nauk SSSR, 21, 138−140.Īugener, H. (1929) Polychaeten aus dem Reliktsee Palaostom (West Kaukasus) und den mit ihm verbundenen Flussen. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom, 72, 511−517.Īnnenkova, N.P. (1992) Genetic population structure of Neanthes succinea (Polychaeta, Nereididae). succinea along the Mexican and Central American Pacific shores are rejected.Ībbiati, M. as a valid species, and the supposed introduction and the alien status of A. Consequently, we regard Alitta acutifolia n. succinea due to morphological and molecular differences. We rejected the recent placement of the species in Neanthes and we transferred it to Alitta. Alitta succinea is redescribed from type material and specimens from Germany. In addition, newly collected specimens were used to evaluate genetic divergence between both species using the mitochondrial gene COI. acutifolia including atokous and epitokous specimens. We re-examined type and topotype materials of A.

The type material of the latter species has not been reviewed since its description. succinea, including Nereis acutifolia Ehlers, 1901, described from the eastern tropical Pacific. Moreover, four species described from America are considered junior synonyms of A. succinea were based upon a mixture of morphological features from specimens from the type locality and from other regions. Neither idea has yet been supported by critical taxonomic revisions of relevant material. The nereidid worm Alitta succinea (Leuckart, 1847), described from Western Germany, has been considered by some authors as a widespread and alien invasive species, or else as a group of morphologically indistinguishable species. Centenario, Chetumal, Quintana Roo, 77014, MéxicoĪnnelida, COI, DNA Barcoding, Mexican Pacific, morphology, paragnaths, re-establishment, species complex, taxonomy Abstract El Colegio de la Frontera Sur, Unidad Chetumal, Estructura y Función del Bentos, Departamento de Sistemática y Ecología Acuática, Av.
