Littoral annelid polychaetes inhabiting soft bottoms of the Barcelones (Catalonia, NE Spain)

Abstract

The distribution of polychaetes inhabiting littoral soft bottoms from five to 75 m depth in front of the Barcelones Region (NE Spain) is presented here. The study includes 202 species indicating depth, type of sediment, and season in which each one was collected, and also the environment in which they most frequently were found. New records for the Mediterranean Sea, the lberian peninsula, the Spanish Mediterranean coast, and Catalonia are listed.