Hyboscolex sp.: the first find of the family Scalibregmatidae (Annelida) in the Black Sea
Journal: Invertzool
Year: 2019

The fauna of polychaetes of the Black Sea has been studied in detail, but species of the Scalibregmatidae family have never been indicated in literature to date. Scalibregmatids are wide spread in the World Ocean, but they are rarely found in benthic collections. In 2017, in one of the bays of Sevastopol (Crimea), a member of Scalibregmatidae, Hyboscolex sp., was first identified. The sediment at the collection site is mediumgrained sand of crushed mollusk shells with a small admixture of crushe