The sibling species of Capitella capitata are globally known for their tolerance to disturbed habitats and the C. capitata complex is often used as an ecological indicator. A recent re-description proposed that C. capitata, originally described in Greenland is restricted to the Artic and Subarctic regions. Given their ecological relevance, we conducted a morphological and molecular analyses bas...

A previous correlative study showed that assemblages of macrobenthic infauna and abundances of common taxa on intertidal mudflats differed between a no-wash zone, where ferries had to minimize production of wash, and places where the production of wash was unrestricted (wash zone). This suggested that boat-generated waves (wash) are important in determining the structure of these assemblages. C...

The endobenthic deposit-feeder polychaetes of the Capitella capitata species complex have a strong relation with organically enriched sediments (OES). effect non-organically (NOES, 0.09% organic content) and OES (6.26% on mortality, growth development juveniles adults teleta (cultured for more than 40 years) sp. from Alfacs Bay, Tarragona, Spain (acclimatized one month) were analysed in laborat...

The study presents the result of a new attempt for benthic biotopes remote sensing in the southern coast of the Qeshm Island in the Persian Gulf. This survey site covers approximately 233 km2 in water depth between five and 25 m. Bathymetric data was derived from the single beam survey and grab stations, underwater video and photos were undertaken as ground-trusthing. The acoustic results showe...

In less intensive shrimp culture systems, polychaetes are known to be a major food item of several penaeid species. Under these conditions, very little is known about their population dynamics and the possible interactions with penaeid predation and artificial feeding. This work examined the effects of Penaeus subtilis, predation, stocking density and supplemental feeding on the population dyna...

The completeness of reference libraries is often a limiting factor in the effectiveness biomonitoring using molecular tools. fact that these are built upon Sanger sequencing can create substantial bias due to poor primer fits and unoptimized lab protocols. Some taxa marine macroinvertebrates known be notoriously difficult sequence traditional, PCR-based means, only about 15% bioindicator specie...

The population dynamics of the capitellid polychaete Capitella aff. teleta were studied in Gamo Lagoon, located northeast Japan, for subsequent 2 years from 2016, when a series restoration works was conducted following 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake and tsunami. found to be widely distributed estuary side, where levee located, innermost part but more abundant part, which is rich organic matte...