Clarifying the taxonomic status of the alien species Branchiomma bairdi and Branchiomma boholense (Annelida: Sabellidae) using molecular and morphological evidence

• Michela Del Pasqua ,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Writing – original draft

  * E-mail: michela.delpasqua@unisalento.it

  Affiliation Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences and Technologies (DiSTeBA), University of Salento, CoNISMa Unit, Lecce, Italy

  http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0711-0117

  ⨯
• Anja Schulze,

  Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Marine Biology, Texas A&M University at Galveston, Galveston, Texas, United States of America

  ⨯
• María Ana Tovar-Hernández,

  Roles Conceptualization, Resources, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León, Facultad de Ciencias Biológicas, Laboratorio de Biosistemática, San Nicolás de los Garza, Nuevo León, México

  ⨯
• Erica Keppel,

  Roles Conceptualization, Resources, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Smithsonian Environmental Research Center, Edgewater, Maryland, United States of America

  ⨯
• Marco Lezzi,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation ARPAT, Environmental Protection Agency of Tuscany, A.V. Costa - Laboratory Sector - U.O. Biologia, Pisa, Italy

  ⨯
• Maria Cristina Gambi,

  Roles Conceptualization, Resources, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Stazione Zoologica Anton Dohrn di Napoli, Department of Integrative Marine Ecology, Villa Dohrn- Benthic Ecology Center, Punta S. Pietro, Ischia (Napoli), Italy

  ⨯
• Adriana Giangrande

  Roles Conceptualization, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences and Technologies (DiSTeBA), University of Salento, CoNISMa Unit, Lecce, Italy, Stazione Zoologica Anton Dohrn di Napoli, Villa Comunale, Naples, Italy

  ⨯