<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Juljan and others, I saw that Joana Zanol
already responded to this for me. Let me expand a bit on the problem. Early
in taxonomy, i.e. about 1760-80, up to about 1825, scientists reported huge
specimens of Eunice from a variety of more or less circumtropical locations
(old Tehthys sea??) and gave them a variety of names. Pierre Fauvel and
others, decided that this all represented one widespread species, so all of
them were referred by a single name. The first name safely applied to this set
of species was Nereis aphroditois Pallas. This species was later moved into
Eunice. The type species for the genus Eunice is E. gigantea, but this species
name is junior synonym (according to Fauvel and others) of E. aphroditois. So,
that is the reason why the name, for years was considered to be E. aphroditois
for all of this mess of huge worms. Now, Joana Zanol and others, have demonstrated
that at least some of the species lumped by Fauvel, are recognizable, separate
species, and one of these is Eunice roussaei. I would not be particularly
surprised if it does not turn out that there are several distinct species,
perhaps molecular systematics may be the best way of distinguishing them, but I
would be surprised if it turns out that more than one species is present in any
given area. Thus, in the <st1:place w:st="on">Adriatic</st1:place>, you
probably have E. roussaei.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>heloo!!!<br>
<br>
http://www.bio.net/bionet/mm/annelida/1999-July/001251.html<br>
on this link someone named Kristian Fauchald, (please don't be offended cause
I've written someone, cause you're title isn't written) has written something
about eunices. he has written that eunice gigantea is not a valid name and that
it's classified as eunice aphroditois. so i did a small scientific research
back in high school about eunice gigantea, i researched their number on certain
surface on two kinds of littoral (sea bottom, i don't know how to say this,
sorry). and i was wondering about the name aphroditois, i found it only once or
twice and i was a bit confused but now I'm totally confused!?!?!? and i also
couldn't find enough literature about the eunice gigantea, why doesn't anyone
do researches about them? will you please tell me some more about the name
aphroditois, and maybe suggest some literature???<br>
<br>
thank you in advance, and many greetings from the sunny Croatian coast!!!<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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