Vol. 76 (4) 2024

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Mediterranean Mussel Mytilus galloprovincialis Lamark, 1819 (Bivalvia: Mytilidae) Shell Damage Caused by the Invasive Polydora websteri Hartman, 1943 (Polychaeta: Spionidae) in the Gulf of Odesa, Black Sea, Ukraine

Svitlana Stadnichenko1*, Olena Bondarenko1, Aleksandr P. Kurakin1,2 & Yuriy Kvach1,2

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1*Institute of Marine Biology, National Academy of Science of Ukraine, Italiiska St., 37, 65048 Odesa, Ukraine; svestad63@gmail.com. ORCID: S. Stadnichenko: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5944-3170

2Institute of Fisheries, Marine Ecology and Oceanography (SSI IFMEO), Oleksandra Konyskoho St., 82a, 04053 Kyiv, Ukraine

https://doi.org/10.71424/azb76.4.002819

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Abstract
The oyster mudworm Polydora websteri is an Asian polydorid polychaete that has become invasive in different parts of Europe. Here, we provide the first report of the species parasitising Mediterranean mussels (Mytilus galloprovincialis) from the Gulf of Odesa, Black Sea, Ukraine. The P. websteri are identical in morphology to worms from the Romanian Black Sea coast and also match the original description of the species. High prevalence parameters indicate a high level of infestation in bottom-dwelling molluscs and suggests the species has spread throughout the North-Western Black Sea M. galloprovincialis population. The data suggest that the polychaetes prefer larger M. galloprovincialis (70−80 mm) with more convex and rounded valves.

Key words
non-native species, mussel beds, sessile benthos, mud blisters, shell‐boring polychaetes

How to Cite
Stadnichenko S., Bondarenko O., Kurakin A.P. & Kvach Y. 2024. Mediterranean Mussel Mytilus galloprovincialis Lamark, 1819 (Bivalvia: Mytilidae) Shell Damage Caused by the Invasive Polydora websteri Hartman, 1943 (Polychaeta: Spionidae) in the Gulf of Odesa, Black Sea, Ukraine. Acta zoologica bulgarica 76 (4) 551-559.

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