New species

An average of about 1400 new marine species are described each year worldwide. A surprising high number of these are from European waters, which one might have assumed were so well studied that they contained no surprises. These new species include all phyla, from microbes such as bacteria up to vertebrates. The majority of newly described species are invertebrates, partly because the formal process of naming new bacteria lags far behind the rate of their discovery. Bellow you can find a list of all European species which have been discovered by MarBEF researchers.

Newly discovered annelids

• Autolytus antondohrni
• Autolytus cognettii
• Geminosyllis granulosa
• Haplosyllis carmenbritoae
• Myrianida antondohrni
• Myrianida cognettii
• Neopetitia abadensis
• Proceraea madeirensis
• Proceraea paraurantiaca
• Proceraea pleijeli
• Sphaerosyllis boeroi
• Streptosyllis nunezi
• Syllis licheri
• Syllis ergeni
• Trypanosyllis sanmartini

362618 Ammothella panamensis 345604 Anoplodactylus erythraeus 246647 Anoplodactylus perissoporus 382229 Colossendeis arcanus 382231 Colossendeis potentis 345605 Colossendeis tasmanica 382230 Colossendeis weddellensis 379622 Colossopantopodus boissinensis 163527 Copidognathus leiodermus 379606 Flagellopantopus blocki 379599 Haliestes dasos 345987 Haplostomella borealis 362429 Harpacticus pallaresae 381081 Hedgpethia calva 345965 Lightiella magdalenina 196020 Munidopsis abyssicola 196021 Munidopsis anemia 196023 Munidopsis exuta 379126 Nymphon boogoora 366525 Nymphon laneum 379123 Oropallene minjerriba 379624 Palaeoendeis elmii 379620 Palaeopycnogonides gracilis 381083 Paranymphon bifilarium 345607 Parapallene gowlettae 379482 Phoxiphilyra interjecta 345603 Propallene socotrana 345606 Pseudopallene chevron 381082 Pseudopallene difficile 366524 Pycnogonum coninsulum 246646 Queubus echidna 390720 Rhopalorhynchus magdalena 407706 Sericosura conta 407707 Sericosura hedgpethi 175677 Simognathus serratus 345977 Speleohvarella gamulini 378019 Stephos vivesi 381084 Tanystylum zuytdorpi