期刊名称:Journal of Materials and Environmental Science
印刷版ISSN:2028-2508
出版年度:2017
卷号:8
期号:10
页码:3606-3611
出版社:University of Mohammed Premier Oujda
摘要:The polychaete Boccardia polybranchia (Haswell, 1885), Spionidae, was found for the first time in Atlantic Moroccan coasts. This species was collected from a rocky intertidal habitat in the region of Safi located in Western Morocco (32°15’23.52" N and 9°15’42.36" W). This new occurrence from this rocky shore extends the known geographical distribution range of the species both in Morocco (as the southern limit of the North Atlantic) and in North Africa. It contributes to the growing body of knowledge of the biogeography of this species found, to date, on many coastal geographical regions between the North (the Manche and the English Channel) and the South (South Africa and Southern America) including the Indian Ocean. Some data on the spatial distribution, relationship with sewage organic enrichment, morphology and ecology of the species are discussed.