Taxonomic Composition of Polychaete Worms in the Mussel-Oyster Farm Area (the Black Sea, Sevastopol)

E. V. Lisitskaya*, N. A. Boltachоva

A.O. Kovalevsky Institute of Biology of the Southern Seas of RAS, Sevastopol, Russia

* e-mail: e.lisitskaya@gmail.com

Abstract

Studies were conducted in 2015–2019 in the mussel and oyster farm area. Data were obtained on the species composition of polychaete worms in bottom sediments under the farm, in fouling of farm constructions, and in plankton at the larval stages of development. A total of 48 polychaete species belonging to 25 families were identified. At the same time 23 species were found on the bottom under the farm, 24 species were found in the fouling of mussel collectors and oyster cages, and larvae of 25 species of polychaete worms were found in plankton. In the benthos, Micronephthys longicornis dominated in terms of occurrence and abundance, while in mussel collectors and oyster cages, species of the family Nereididae (Nereis zonata, Platynereis dumerilii, Alitta succinea) prevailed. The species composition of polychaete taxocene inhabiting the bottom under the farm and that in the fouling of the farm constructions differed significantly (the Czekanowski – Sørensen index was 0.26). In the benthos under the farm, 66 % of the species were deposit feeders by diet type, carnivores and omnivores were much fewer, whereas filter feeders were represented by only one species. Omnivores species dominated in the fouling (44 %), deposit feeders species were four times fewer, and filter feeders species were three times more than in the benthos. Hydroides dianthus (25 %) and Polydora websteri (67 %) found on and in mussel and oyster shells were highly abundant.

Keywords

Annelida, macrozoobentos, larvae Polychaete, the Black Sea

Acknowledgments

The work was performed under state assignment of the Federal Research Center of the IBSS on topic “Regularities of formation and anthropogenic transformation of biodiversity and bioresources of the Azov-Black Sea basin and other regions of the World Ocean” (registration no. 121030100028-0) and “Research of control mechanisms of production processes in biotechnological complexes for the purpose of development of scientific bases of obtaining biologically active substances and technical products of marine genesis” (registration no. 121030300149-0). We thank S. V. Shchurov, I. Y. Eremin, V. A. Grintsov, and M. V. Makarov for their help in collecting the material.

For citation

Lisitskaya, E.V. and Boltachova, N.A., 2023. Taxonomic Composition of Polychaete Worms in the Mussel-Oyster Farm Area (the Black Sea, Sevastopol). Ecological Safety of Coastal and Shelf Zones of Sea, (1), pp. 113–123. doi:10.29039/2413-5577-2023-1-113-123

DOI

10.29039/2413-5577-2023-1-113-123

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