The finding of a rare in the Black Sea polychaete Ctenodrilus serratus (Schmidt, 1857) (Annelida, Cirratulidae)
Journal: Marine Biological Journal
Year: 2020

In July 2019, three polychaetae specimens of the genus Ctenodrilus were found in oyster cages on silted oyster shells. The cages from a mussel-and-oyster farm located at the outer roadstead of Sevastopol Bay were suspended at a depth of 6–8 m. The bottom soil under the mussel-and-oyster farm is silted sand, and the depth is of 16 m. During the sampling, water temperature was of +23 °C, and the salinity was of 17.7 ‰. Thus, according to morphological characteristics, polychaetae we found should b