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The genus Boccardia (Polychaeta: Spionidae) associated with mollusc shells on the south coast of South Africa

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 August 2009

C.A. Simon ,
T.M. Worsfold ,
L. Lange  and
J. Sterley
C.A. Simon*
Affiliation:
Department of Zoology and Entomology, Rhodes University, Grahamstown 6140, South Africa
T.M. Worsfold
Affiliation:
Unicomarine, 7 Diamond Centre, Works Road, Letchworth Garden City, Hertfordshire, SG6 1LW, UK
L. Lange
Affiliation:
Department of Zoology and Entomology, Rhodes University, Grahamstown 6140, South Africa
J. Sterley
Affiliation:
Department of Zoology and Entomology, Rhodes University, Grahamstown 6140, South Africa
*
Correspondence should be addressed to: C.A. Simon, Department of Botany and Zoology, Stellenbosch University, Stellenbosch 7602, South Africa email: csimon@sun.ac.za
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Abstract

Three species of Boccardia (B. polybranchia, B. pseudonatrix and B. proboscidea) were associated with mollusc shells on the south and south-east coasts of South Africa. Boccardia polybranchia was widely distributed along the coast and falls within the known distribution range of this species. Comparisons with material from other, international, locations showed that some specimens have been misidentified. No characters could be found to characterize distinct species for different regions within the range of B. polybranchia, as currently recognized. Boccardia pseudonatrix was found only at the most eastern site, increasing its known distribution range. Boccardia proboscidea, a non-indigenous species, was found only on abalone farms and was most abundant in the west.

Keywords

BoccardiaSouth Africamolluscsreproductionaquaculture
Type
Research Article
Information
Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom , Volume 90 , Issue 3 , May 2010 , pp. 585 - 598
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Copyright © Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 2009

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