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Nematofauna in the Adriatic Sea: review and check-list of free-living nematode species

The present paper presents a collection and synthesis of data found in numerous publications on Adriatic Sea nematofauna, as well as unpublished data mentioned ina annotations. For this purpose, a chronological order of investigations and a general survey of the species that occurred in the Adriatic Sea are given. In all, 281 free-living nematode species comprised in 133 genera and 34 families were discerned and listed in a taxonomic review, according to their spatial distribution. In special cases, descriptions of habitat features were denoted. The position of species characterized by high po! pulations densities, their importance and contribution to faunistic composition of certain parts of the Adriatic were also discussed. The summary of the results of prevailing research on free-living marine nematodes serves as a tool for making distinctions concerning the research level and state of nematofauna knowledge in different parts of the Adriatic Sea. Northern Adriatic nematofauna has been considerably more intensively investigated than that of the Central and South Adriatic.

nematofauna; check-list; Adriatic Sea

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