Polydora websteri—A Commensal of Anadara kagoshimensis in the Azov-Black Sea Region
Journal: Russian Journal of Biological Invasions
Year: 2021

The occurrence of polychaete borers was recorded from the alien clam Anadara kagoshimensis (Tokunaga, 1906) at Chushka Spit near Port Kavkaz in January 2020. On the basis of morphological analysis, the polychaetes were identified as Polydora websteri Hartman in Loosanoff & Engle, 1943, alien to the Azov-Black Sea basin. This species was recorded for the first time from coastal waters of Romania on carbonate rocks in 1997 and, subsequently, coastal areas of Sevastopol and Lake Donuzlav in oysters