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Records of a new alien polychaete worm species, Marphysa sanguinea (Montagu, 1815) (Eunicidae) in the Eastern Scheldt, the Netherlands
Wijnhoven, S.; Dekker, A. (2010). Records of a new alien polychaete worm species, Marphysa sanguinea (Montagu, 1815) (Eunicidae) in the Eastern Scheldt, the Netherlands. Aquat. Invasions 5(4): 431-436. https://dx.doi.org/10.3391/ai.2010.5.4.13
In: Aquatic Invasions. Regional Euro-Asian Biological Invasions Centre (REABIC): Helsinki. ISSN 1798-6540; e-ISSN 1818-5487, more
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Keywords
    Alien species
    Cultures > Shellfish culture
    Taxa > Species > Introduced species
    Marphysa sanguinea (Montagu, 1813) [WoRMS]
    Netherlands: Schelde
    Marine/Coastal; Brackish water
Author keywords
    Marphysa sanguinea; alien species; range extension; introduction;shellfish culture

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  • Wijnhoven, S., more
  • Dekker, A.

Abstract
    Recently, four observations of Marphysa sanguinea (Montagu, 1815) were made in the Eastern Scheldt in the southwestern part of the Netherlands. This is remarkable as this alien species has been found only once in the Netherlands, in 1990 at the North Sea coast. It seems that this large polychaete species, that previously was noted to have a northern distribution limit in the southern North Sea (English southern coast and the French west coast), has established a population in a semi-enclosed Dutch tidal bay. The species may have reached the region via shellfish transport associated with the numerous aquaculture sites in the region. Consequences of thesettlement of this large at least partially predatory polychaete species, for the macrozoobenthic communities in this region are unclear. Species of the genus Marphysa are found to be successful in a variety of environments all over the world. So far, no other species of the genus Marphysa has been recorded as present in the Netherlands.

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