Richness and State of Knowledge of the Fauna of Yugoslavia: Lower Invertebrates (Metazoa: Invertebrata, ex. Insecta)

Approximately 3760 species from the discussed group are known from the Adriatic Sea, 4 could be endemic. Adriatic seems to harbour in fact 60-70% of all Mediterranean species. Approxi­ mately 5100 species and additional 1140 subspecies are known from continental habitats of Yugoslavia. Among terres...

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Main Authors: Boris Sket, Jože Bole, Adam Benović, Anton Brancelj, Janez Brglez, Marij Čuček, Božidar Ćurčić, Andrej Jaklin, Gordan Karman, Ivan Katavić, Mladen Kerovec, Ivan Kos, Mirjana Legac, Naric Mršič, Alenka Malej, Tone Novak, Svetozar Petkovski, Trajan Petkovski, Anton Polenec, Franc Potočnik, Vlasta Pujin, Branko Radujković, Zdravko Števčić, Kazimir Tarman, Ana Travzi, Milan Velikonja, France Velkovrh, Jasna Vidaković, Dušan Zavodnik
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Published: University of Ljubljana Press (Založba Univerze v Ljubljani) 1991-06-01
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author Boris Sket
Jože Bole
Adam Benović
Anton Brancelj
Janez Brglez
Marij Čuček
Božidar Ćurčić
Andrej Jaklin
Gordan Karman
Ivan Katavić
Mladen Kerovec
Ivan Kos
Mirjana Legac
Naric Mršič
Alenka Malej
Tone Novak
Svetozar Petkovski
Trajan Petkovski
Anton Polenec
Franc Potočnik
Vlasta Pujin
Branko Radujković
Zdravko Števčić
Kazimir Tarman
Ana Travzi
Milan Velikonja
France Velkovrh
Jasna Vidaković
Dušan Zavodnik
author_facet Boris Sket
Jože Bole
Adam Benović
Anton Brancelj
Janez Brglez
Marij Čuček
Božidar Ćurčić
Andrej Jaklin
Gordan Karman
Ivan Katavić
Mladen Kerovec
Ivan Kos
Mirjana Legac
Naric Mršič
Alenka Malej
Tone Novak
Svetozar Petkovski
Trajan Petkovski
Anton Polenec
Franc Potočnik
Vlasta Pujin
Branko Radujković
Zdravko Števčić
Kazimir Tarman
Ana Travzi
Milan Velikonja
France Velkovrh
Jasna Vidaković
Dušan Zavodnik
author_sort Boris Sket
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description Approximately 3760 species from the discussed group are known from the Adriatic Sea, 4 could be endemic. Adriatic seems to harbour in fact 60-70% of all Mediterranean species. Approxi­ mately 5100 species and additional 1140 subspecies are known from continental habitats of Yugoslavia. Among terrestrial animals the richest are Aranea, Acarina, Gastropoda, among aquatic ones Rotatoria and Mollusca; the highest number of known parasitic species are in Digenea. Aquatic Oligochaeta comprise 80% of the European inventory, a number of some other groups 40-60 %. In Pseudoscor­ piones, Prosobranchia, Amphipoda, 80-90 % are endemics and so are 45-70 % of taxa in 6 following groups; the endemicity for the whole treated group is ca 25 %. The endemicity is nearly the same on the species and subspecies levels. The same is true for the percentage of troglobitic taxa, which is ca 20%. The Dinaride Region is far the richest in the world in the absolute number of stygobiotic taxa; this is even more prominent when counting the taxa density per area unit.  The best explored has been Slovenia, the worst is Serbia. It seems, however, that Slovenian fauna is also in fact the richest part of Yugoslavia; This can be explained by its great biogeographical hetero­ geneity. The generally low knowledge of the fauna in Yugoslavia (even in Slovenia) is an important ob­ stacle for explorations, for which taxonomic and faunistic data are the base. For no one of the major groups an appropriate picture of the species distribution exists. The number of taxonomists is much to low, some groups are completely neglected. 
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spelling doaj-art-af2d0a1a717448dba34e795b477e43e82025-08-26T11:17:51ZengUniversity of Ljubljana Press (Založba Univerze v Ljubljani)Acta Biologica Slovenica1854-30731991-06-01391-210.14720/abs.39.1-2.23842Richness and State of Knowledge of the Fauna of Yugoslavia: Lower Invertebrates (Metazoa: Invertebrata, ex. Insecta) Boris SketJože BoleAdam BenovićAnton BranceljJanez BrglezMarij ČučekBožidar ĆurčićAndrej JaklinGordan KarmanIvan KatavićMladen KerovecIvan KosMirjana LegacNaric MršičAlenka MalejTone NovakSvetozar PetkovskiTrajan PetkovskiAnton PolenecFranc PotočnikVlasta PujinBranko RadujkovićZdravko ŠtevčićKazimir TarmanAna TravziMilan VelikonjaFrance VelkovrhJasna VidakovićDušan Zavodnik Approximately 3760 species from the discussed group are known from the Adriatic Sea, 4 could be endemic. Adriatic seems to harbour in fact 60-70% of all Mediterranean species. Approxi­ mately 5100 species and additional 1140 subspecies are known from continental habitats of Yugoslavia. Among terrestrial animals the richest are Aranea, Acarina, Gastropoda, among aquatic ones Rotatoria and Mollusca; the highest number of known parasitic species are in Digenea. Aquatic Oligochaeta comprise 80% of the European inventory, a number of some other groups 40-60 %. In Pseudoscor­ piones, Prosobranchia, Amphipoda, 80-90 % are endemics and so are 45-70 % of taxa in 6 following groups; the endemicity for the whole treated group is ca 25 %. The endemicity is nearly the same on the species and subspecies levels. The same is true for the percentage of troglobitic taxa, which is ca 20%. The Dinaride Region is far the richest in the world in the absolute number of stygobiotic taxa; this is even more prominent when counting the taxa density per area unit.  The best explored has been Slovenia, the worst is Serbia. It seems, however, that Slovenian fauna is also in fact the richest part of Yugoslavia; This can be explained by its great biogeographical hetero­ geneity. The generally low knowledge of the fauna in Yugoslavia (even in Slovenia) is an important ob­ stacle for explorations, for which taxonomic and faunistic data are the base. For no one of the major groups an appropriate picture of the species distribution exists. The number of taxonomists is much to low, some groups are completely neglected.  https://journals.uni-lj.si/abs/article/view/23842fauna surveylnvertebrataYugoslaviaAdriatic
spellingShingle Boris Sket
Jože Bole
Adam Benović
Anton Brancelj
Janez Brglez
Marij Čuček
Božidar Ćurčić
Andrej Jaklin
Gordan Karman
Ivan Katavić
Mladen Kerovec
Ivan Kos
Mirjana Legac
Naric Mršič
Alenka Malej
Tone Novak
Svetozar Petkovski
Trajan Petkovski
Anton Polenec
Franc Potočnik
Vlasta Pujin
Branko Radujković
Zdravko Števčić
Kazimir Tarman
Ana Travzi
Milan Velikonja
France Velkovrh
Jasna Vidaković
Dušan Zavodnik
Richness and State of Knowledge of the Fauna of Yugoslavia: Lower Invertebrates (Metazoa: Invertebrata, ex. Insecta)
Acta Biologica Slovenica
fauna survey
lnvertebrata
Yugoslavia
Adriatic
title Richness and State of Knowledge of the Fauna of Yugoslavia: Lower Invertebrates (Metazoa: Invertebrata, ex. Insecta)
title_full Richness and State of Knowledge of the Fauna of Yugoslavia: Lower Invertebrates (Metazoa: Invertebrata, ex. Insecta)
title_fullStr Richness and State of Knowledge of the Fauna of Yugoslavia: Lower Invertebrates (Metazoa: Invertebrata, ex. Insecta)
title_full_unstemmed Richness and State of Knowledge of the Fauna of Yugoslavia: Lower Invertebrates (Metazoa: Invertebrata, ex. Insecta)
title_short Richness and State of Knowledge of the Fauna of Yugoslavia: Lower Invertebrates (Metazoa: Invertebrata, ex. Insecta)
title_sort richness and state of knowledge of the fauna of yugoslavia lower invertebrates metazoa invertebrata ex insecta
topic fauna survey
lnvertebrata
Yugoslavia
Adriatic
url https://journals.uni-lj.si/abs/article/view/23842
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