New species

An average of about 1400 new marine species are described each year worldwide. A surprising high number of these are from European waters, which one might have assumed were so well studied that they contained no surprises. These new species include all phyla, from microbes such as bacteria up to vertebrates. The majority of newly described species are invertebrates, partly because the formal process of naming new bacteria lags far behind the rate of their discovery. Bellow you can find a list of all European species which have been discovered by MarBEF researchers.

Newly discovered annelids

• Autolytus antondohrni
• Autolytus cognettii
• Geminosyllis granulosa
• Haplosyllis carmenbritoae
• Myrianida antondohrni
• Myrianida cognettii
• Neopetitia abadensis
• Proceraea madeirensis
• Proceraea paraurantiaca
• Proceraea pleijeli
• Sphaerosyllis boeroi
• Streptosyllis nunezi
• Syllis licheri
• Syllis ergeni
• Trypanosyllis sanmartini

Newly discovered arthropods

• Ammothella panamensis
• Anoplodactylus erythraeus
• Anoplodactylus perissoporus
• Colossendeis arcanus
• Colossendeis potentis
• Colossendeis tasmanica
• Colossendeis weddellensis
• Colossopantopodus boissinensis
• Copidognathus leiodermus
• Flagellopantopus blocki
• Haliestes dasos
• Haplostomella borealis
• Harpacticus pallaresae
• Hedgpethia calva
• Lightiella magdalenina
• Munidopsis abyssicola
• Munidopsis anemia
• Munidopsis exuta
• Nymphon boogoora
• Nymphon laneum
• Oropallene minjerriba
• Palaeoendeis elmii
• Palaeopycnogonides gracilis
• Paranymphon bifilarium
• Parapallene gowlettae
• Phoxiphilyra interjecta
• Propallene socotrana
• Pseudopallene chevron
• Pseudopallene difficile
• Pycnogonum coninsulum
• Queubus echidna
• Rhopalorhynchus magdalena
• Sericosura conta
• Sericosura hedgpethi
• Simognathus serratus
• Speleohvarella gamulini
• Stephos vivesi
• Tanystylum zuytdorpi