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Structure and diversity of polychaetous annelids population along the eastern coast of the Cap Bon Peninsula (north-east coast of Tunisia, western Mediterranean)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 October 2010

Sana Zaâbi ,
Patrick Gillet ,
Ahmed Afli  and
Moncef Boumaiza
Sana Zaâbi*
Affiliation:
Laboratoire de Biodiversité et Biotechnologie Marine, Institut National des Sciences et Technologies de la Mer, Salammbô, Tunisia
Patrick Gillet
Affiliation:
Centre d'Etude et de Recherche sur les Ecosystèmes Aquatiques, Institut de Biologie et d'Ecologie Appliquée, Equipe de Recherche MMS EA 2160 UCO, 44 Rue Rabelais 49000 Angers, France
Ahmed Afli
Affiliation:
Laboratoire de Biodiversité et Biotechnologie Marine, Institut National des Sciences et Technologies de la Mer, Salammbô, Tunisia
Moncef Boumaiza
Affiliation:
Unité d'Hydrobiologie Littorale et Limnique, Faculté des Sciences de Bizerte, Tunisia
*
Correspondence should be addressed to: S. Zaâbi, Laboratoire de Biotechnologie et Biotechnologie Marine, Institut National des Sciences et Technologies de la Mer, Salammbô, Tunisia email: zaabi.sana@yahoo.fr
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Abstract

The spatial distribution, abundance and assemblage structure of the polychaetes community on the eastern coast of the Cap Bon Peninsula were studied at 25 sites. We found a total of 150 species belonging to 22 families, of which 47 new records and six families have been added to the Tunisian polychaetes fauna, such as Metasychis gotoi (Izuka, 1902), Aricidea cerrutii (Laubier, 1966), Bhawania goodei Webster, 1884 and Eunice tubifex Crossland, 1904. Among the families, Syllidae ranked first by number of species (14 species) and Onuphidae by number of individuals (25% of the total number of individuals). The cluster analysis identified five assemblages of sites that have a significantly similar composition. The five polychaete communities on the eastern coast of the Cap Bon Peninsula were mainly structured by environmental conditions and types of substratum.

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polychaetesspatial distributionassemblageseastern coast of Cap Bon
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Research Article
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Marine Biodiversity Records , Volume 3 , June 2010 , e100
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Copyright © Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 2010

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