Two new records and description of a new Perinereis (Annelida, Nereididae) species for the Saudi Arabian Red Sea region.

ABSTRACT: Annelid biodiversity studies in the Red Sea are limited and integrative taxonomy is needed to accurately improve reference libraries in the region. As part of the bioblitz effort in Saudi Arabia to assess the invertebrate biodiversity in the northern Red Sea and Gulf of Aqaba, Perinereis specimens from intertidal marine and lagoon-like rocky environments were selected for an independent assessment, given the known taxonomic ambiguities in this genus. This study used an integrative approach, combining molecular with morphological and geographic data. Our results demonstrate that specimens found mainly in the Gulf of Aqaba are not only morphologically different from other five similar Perinereis Group I species reported in the region, but phylogenetic analysis using available C

SUBMITTER: Teixeira MAL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11079592 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature