From daemon Sat Aug 3 14:55:30 1996 Received: (from daemon@localhost) by net.bio.net (8.6.12/8.6.6) id OAA21111 Message-Id: <199608032155.OAA21111@net.bio.net> To: annelida@net.bio.net Date: Sat, 3 Aug 1996 08:38:09 -0700 Reply-To: annelida@net.bio.net From: JAMES ALAN BLAKE Subject: Re: Reproduction? Hi Wormlab, You wrote: >We are looking for information on the reproduction of some specific >species and hoped someone would have references to point us in the >right direction. The species we have had trouble nailing down are >Synelmis acuminata (Pilargidae), Myriochele oculata (Oweniidae), >Podarke angustifrons, and the genus Nereimyra (Hesionidae). If there >is anyone that knows of citations dealing specifically with these >species or more generally with the families, we would appreciate the >help. I can perhaps contribute something on the oweniids. There is really very little information on oweniid reproduction except for several papers on Owenia fusiformis that you can look up in Zoological Record. However, for Myriochele oculata, there are some notes on that species published by Oliver, J.S. 1984. Selection for asexual reproduction in an Antarctic polychaete worm. Marine Ecology Progress Series 19:33-38. The main study here is on Myriochele cf. heeri which Oliver found undergoes asexual fragmentation in Antarctic waters. He also includes observations on M. oculata in Alaska and has some notes about sexual maturity and the like. He refers to another paper by Oliver, et al., 1983. U.S. Fish. Bull. 81:501-512, where more information is developed. For your information, Myriochele oculata should be referred to the genus Galathowenia. Drop me a note if you want some taxonomic reasons. I believe there is also some published information on Nereimyra, but I will leave that to others to relate. Good luck, Jim Blake (jablake@ix.netcom.com) From daemon Mon Aug 5 14:40:57 1996 Received: (from daemon@localhost) by net.bio.net (8.6.12/8.6.6) id OAA05683 Message-Id: <199608052140.OAA05683@net.bio.net> To: annelida@net.bio.net Date: Sun, 04 Aug 96 23:33:00 DST Reply-To: annelida@net.bio.net From: Petersen Mary E {ZMUC} Subject: NEREIDAE vs. Nereididae, final round? Sunday, 4 August 1996 Dear ANNELIDANS, Although the question of Nereidae vs. Nereididae has been brought up several times, many of us were still confused, and useage has continued to be divided. In connection with a direct query from Paulo Lana earlier this year, unaware of Alex Muir's reply to Mauricio Camargo, I checked what I could find and sent the information on to Dr. Yuri P. Nekrutenko , a frequent contributor to TAXACOM, especially in questions involving correct use of Latin in zoological nomenclature. Yuri reviewed the information sent and wrote back that there could be no doubt that the correct form of the family name must be NEREIDAE. I sent his reply to Paulo and did not give the matter any more thought. Recently the subject came up again, and Alex Muir has provided us with some of the background for the original introduction of the longer version NEREIDIDAE, first used in 1971 by Marian Pettibone, and based on a recommendation by Mr. Melville: > "When the Americans first started putting Nereis in the Nereididae > rather than the Nereidae, I decided to check it out. I found that, in Greek > mythology, Nereis was one of the Nereides - the 50 sea-nymph daughters of > Nereus (a god of the sea) and his wife Doris. > > The generic name Nereis is therefore obviously feminine, but not being > a Greek scholar I could not work out the termination of the grammatical > stem for use in forming derivatives (see page 223 of the 1985 edition of > the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature). I therefore spoke to > Mr. Melville (then Secretary to the ICZN), who assured me that under the > circumstances NEREIDIDAE is the correct spelling for the family name. In connection with a new query about the correct version, I forwarded to Yuri the information sent by Alex and asked if this perhaps would give a different result. Yuri's reply is given below and indicates that the more widely used NEREIDAE still appears to be the CORRECT version and that the longer Nereididae cannot really be considered such. > Friday, 2 August 1996 > >Dear Mary, (...) > Well, let us start from zero. Nereus (m.) > one of his 50 daughters >is Nereis (f. sing. nom.); Nereidis (f. sing. gen.) > all 50 are Nereidos >(f. pl. nom.) > Nereidae (family name) - it is 3rd declension. Generally >saying, the family name spelling may depend rather on good taste than on >good grammatical background so that Nereid-ae is far better than >"parascientific" Nereid-idae. > (...) >Yuri Best regards to all, Mary ------- Mary E. Petersen Zoological Museum, University of Copenhagen mepetersen@zmuc.ku.dk -------------------------------------- From daemon Mon Aug 5 14:40:58 1996 Received: (from daemon@localhost) by net.bio.net (8.6.12/8.6.6) id OAA05685 Message-Id: <199608052140.OAA05685@net.bio.net> To: annelida@net.bio.net Date: Mon, 5 Aug 1996 13:15:13 -0100 Reply-To: annelida@net.bio.net From: Daniel Martin Subject: Re: Reproduction? Dear colleagues, Although I have not information on the reproduction of the species mentioned by people from Wormlab, I wrote a few words on the oweniids from the Spanish coasts, i.e. Owenia fusiformis and Galathowenia oculata, a few years ago (Scientia Marina 53(1): 47-52, 1989). The message by Jim Blake remembers me the controversial synonymy of Galathowenia/Myriochele which gave rise to some notes on the B.Z.N. In the Spanish coasts ( both Mediterranean and Atlantic), there was a lot of citations of the species Myriochele heeri, prior my above cited paper. However, I examined most of the Spanish Mediterranean material and, in all cases, the individuals clearly belonged to G. oculata. My colleagues from the Atlantic also checked their collections and confirmed my observations. To my knowledge, there is only one citation of both G. oculata and M. heeri coexisting in the same locality, the Tyrrhenian Sea (Cognetti Varriale , Atti. Soc. Tosc. Sci. Nat., Mem., ser. B, Suppl., 263-267, 1979). Unfortunately, the original collections were not available. However, Dr. Claudio Lardicci, who was replacing these collections using material from the original localities, also confirmed my results. He did not found specimens of M. heeri, neither in the Tyrrhenian localities nor on his own collections from other Italian sites. The last information I had on the synonymy was the paper by Mackie and Pleijel (BZN, 47(2), 1990) which include also comments by Susan Chambers on the conservation of the the names Myriochele Malmgrem and oculata Zask. Since then, I could not pay attention to this problem, although individuals of G. oculata are still frequent in our samples. I like to know that the species "oculata" should be referred to the genus Galathowenia. Probably, there are some more recent papers on this subject. Thus, it would be helpful to our research group if somebody can explain us where the synonymy was definitively stated. Daniel. Dr. Daniel Martin Centre d'Estudis Avancats de Blanes (C.S.I.C.) Cami de Sta. Barbara s/n 17300 Blanes, Girona Spain FAX: 34 72 337806 Phone: 34 72 336101 WWW page: http://www.ceab.es From daemon Mon Aug 5 22:44:31 1996 Received: (from daemon@localhost) by net.bio.net (8.6.12/8.6.6) id WAA23495 Message-Id: <199608060544.WAA23495@net.bio.net> To: annelida@net.bio.net Date: Mon, 5 Aug 1996 19:30:53 -0700 Reply-To: annelida@net.bio.net From: JAMES ALAN BLAKE Subject: Galathowenia Dear annelid enthusiasts, Daniel Martin asked about a reference on the synonymy of Galathowenia and I refer him and others interested to: Blake, J.A. 1984. Polychaeta Oweniidae from Antarctic seas collected by the United States Antarctic Research Program. Proceedings of the First International Polychaete Conference, Sydney, edited by P.A. Hutchings and published by the Linnean Society of New South Wales. Pp. 112-117. In this paper there is a review of the taxonomic history of Galathowenia and the reasons for its separation from Myriochele. I might add that in all likelihood there are many species that have been collectively called G. (or Myriochele) oculata. I recommend use of Methyl Green Stain and a careful mapping of staining patterns. In the absence of obvious characters, the staining patterns might suggest species level differences in widely distributed populations of what appear to be the same species. Bye, Jim Blake (jablake@ix.netcom.com) From daemon Tue Aug 6 03:59:21 1996 Received: (from daemon@localhost) by net.bio.net (8.6.12/8.6.6) id DAA21866 Message-Id: <199608061059.DAA21866@net.bio.net> To: annelida@net.bio.net Date: Tue, 6 Aug 1996 08:16:26 +0100 Reply-To: annelida@net.bio.net From: Gerard Bellan Subject: Nereidae versus Nereididae dear Folks, As a poor alone ecologist who above all need to try to determine as correctly as possible, Polychaete Species and among them Nereidae, I suggest: 1) those more interested by these greek-latin problems ask to high level scholars fluent in Latin and (ancien) Greek, 2) try to know EXACTLY why Marian Pettibone choosed the "new" spelling and, last but not the least, 3) our colleagues involved in the study of Nereidae give us good keys for correct determinations, punto e basta, as it is said in Italian, the modern language the nearest from the old good Latin. Polychetement votre, Bellan From daemon Tue Aug 6 17:23:53 1996 Received: (from daemon@localhost) by net.bio.net (8.6.12/8.6.6) id RAA18963 Message-Id: <199608070023.RAA18963@net.bio.net> To: annelida@net.bio.net Date: Tue, 06 Aug 1996 18:13:33 -0500 (EST) Reply-To: annelida@net.bio.net From: "Perkins, Tom" Subject: Nereididae one more time ================================================== Could any next candidates to air thoughts on this please have mercy on us & trim the quotes? Thanks, & sorry to intrude Tom. -- Annelida Moderator. ================================================== Sunday, 4 August 1996 Mary Petersen writes Although the question of Nereidae vs. Nereididae has been brought up several times, many of us were still confused, and usage has continued to be divided. In connection with a direct query from Paulo Lana earlier this year, unaware of Alex Muir's reply to Mauricio Camargo, I checked what I could find and sent the information on to Dr. Yuri P. Nekrutenko , a frequent contributor to TAXACOM, especially in questions involving correct use of Latin in zoological nomenclature. Yuri reviewed the information sent and wrote back that there could be no doubt that the correct form of the family name must be NEREIDAE. I sent his reply to Paulo and did not give the matter any more thought. Recently the subject came up again, and Alex Muir has provided us with some of the background for the original introduction of the longer version NEREIDIDAE, first used in 1971 by Marian Pettibone, and based on a recommendation by Mr. Melville: > "When the Americans first started putting Nereis in the Nereididae > rather than the Nereidae, I decided to check it out. I found that, in Greek > mythology, Nereis was one of the Nereides - the 50 sea-nymph daughters of > Nereus (a god of the sea) and his wife Doris. > > The generic name Nereis is therefore obviously feminine, but not being > a Greek scholar I could not work out the termination of the grammatical > stem for use in forming derivatives (see page 223 of the 1985 edition of > the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature). I therefore spoke to > Mr. Melville (then Secretary to the ICZN), who assured me that under the > circumstances NEREIDIDAE is the correct spelling for the family name. In connection with a new query about the correct version, I forwarded to Yuri the information sent by Alex and asked if this perhaps would give a different result. Yuri's reply is given below and indicates that the more widely used NEREIDAE still appears to be the CORRECT version and that the longer Nereididae cannot really be considered such. > Friday, 2 August 1996 > >Dear Mary, (...) > Well, let us start from zero. Nereus (m.) > one of his 50 daughters >is Nereis (f. sing. nom.); Nereidis (f. sing. gen.) > all 50 are Nereidos >(f. pl. nom.) > Nereidae (family name) - it is 3rd declension. Generally >saying, the family name spelling may depend rather on good taste than on >good grammatical background so that Nereid-ae is far better than >"parascientific" Nereid-idae. > (...) >Yuri Best regards to all, __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Dear Annelidans, Aware of Dr. Pettibone's use of Nereididae when preparing my paper "Review of species previously referred to Ceratonereis mirabilis . . . . . .. . . . Proceedings of the Biological Society Of Washington 93(1), 1980, I consulted my colleague James F. Quinn, Jr about that name. Quinn, who is an excellent linguist with a thorough knowledge of the Code, consulted a Greek dictionary and assured me that Dr. Pettibone was correct. I was rather hesitant to question Dr. Pettibone about how she came to use of the name. Now, it seems I am not alone. And, perhaps a few of us just do like the sound of it! I suspect Dr. Pettibone consulted George Steyskal, the Smithsonian's expert in classical languages and long time associate editor of the Proceedings about the name. In any event, I determined to my satisfaction at the time that she was correct. Upon receipt of the above information from Mary Petersen, I consulted Quinn again and he does not agree that the use of Nereididae is incorrect nomenclature (In reference to the analysis stated above, -IDAE is not Greek but Latin). However, this is not important in reference to the code. The concept that the family group name can be formed by adding -idae to Nere- or to the stem of the plural, or to whatever, is incorrect. Basically, Article 29(a) of the Code states that family group name "is formed by adding to the stem of the GENUS name [in this case the stem of the genitive singular Nereidis, which is Nereid-] the latinized suffix -IDAE to form a family name" . . This is explained fairly well in Table 2 of Appendix D of the of the Code, which I really doubt is incorrect. Furthermore, I do not agree, that after adoption of the new code, there will be general agreement that Nereidae should be used. I do not plan to use it. What is general agreement? Who will decide? I am somewhat concerned that there will be a tendency toward nomenclatural anarchy. Should I say this is all I ever intend to say? Tom Perkins perkins_t@harpo.dep.state.fl.us From daemon Wed Aug 7 15:40:20 1996 Received: (from daemon@localhost) by net.bio.net (8.6.12/8.6.6) id PAA11428 Message-Id: <199608072240.PAA11428@net.bio.net> To: annelida@net.bio.net From: "Fournier, Judith" Reply-To: annelida@net.bio.net Subject: Nereidae vs Nereididae Date: Wed, 07 Aug 96 14:40:00 PDT Dear Folks, Okay, I am not going to quote everybody on this string. And most of my reference are in boxes pending the move in October/November/December to our new quarters on the ecologicaly significant wetlands in the other province across the river, but... If I remember correctly, the usage of the term Nereididae is based on the use of the term "Ne'reides" by Audouin & Milne-Edwards in 1834. The question is rather important to me as I am trying to work out the status of nereidids of British Columbia. Judy Fournier, Canadian Museum of Nature From daemon Thu Aug 8 13:17:05 1996 Received: (from daemon@localhost) by net.bio.net (8.6.12/8.6.6) id NAA27699 Message-Id: <199608082017.NAA27699@net.bio.net> To: annelida@net.bio.net Date: Wed, 7 Aug 1996 10:55:53 -0100 Reply-To: annelida@net.bio.net From: Daniel Martin Subject: Re: Nereididae one more time Tom Perkins wrote > Basically, Article 29(a) of the Code states that family group name "is >formed by adding to the stem > of the GENUS name [in this case the stem of >the genitive singular Nereidis, which is Nereid-] the > latinized suffix -IDAE to form a family name" . . This is explained >fairly well in Table 2 of > Appendix D of the of the Code, which I really doubt is incorrect. Dear anelidans, I am really far to be fluent in (ancient) Latin and Greek. My Latin / Greek are almost exclusively reserved to refer to polychaetes and some more organisms in a scientific framework. However, I would like to pose a simple question which, certainly, would reveal my poor knowledge (I am sorry, Gerard). Why the GENUS to which the Code refers to should by "Nereidis / Nereid" and not "Nereis" which is the genus name of a large number of the species of the Family? I any case, I am one of those preferring Nereidae in front of Nereididae. The former is older, looks more similar to Nereis and, in agreement with Mary Petersen, sounds better. Daniel. Dr. Daniel Martin Centre d'Estudis Avancats de Blanes (C.S.I.C.) Cami de Sta. Barbara s/n 17300 Blanes, Girona Spain FAX: 34 72 337806 Phone: 34 72 336101 WWW page: http://www.ceab.es From daemon Sun Aug 11 15:36:22 1996 Received: (from daemon@localhost) by net.bio.net (8.6.12/8.6.6) id PAA00898 Message-Id: <199608112236.PAA00898@net.bio.net> To: annelida@net.bio.net Date: Fri, 9 Aug 1996 16:37:53 +0200 Reply-To: annelida@net.bio.net From: H.G.Hansson@tmbl.gu.se (Hans G. Hansson) Subject: Etymological questions. [Some characters (accents, etc) here may not display normally for everyone -- Moderator] When writing educational compendiums about regional marine fauna, I use to try to explain the meaning of the scientific names to our students. When dealing with names based upon a person, I use to inform about at least at least nationality and life-span if possible. Some persons have been more or less impossible to find data about from my viewpiont. Thus, I have a vast list of questions about chiefly years of birth and (when applicable) decease of scientists or collectors figuring in scientific names of e.g. Annelid genera and species. Also nationalities and complete names are of interest. Wigley, Roland L. 19??- * Spiophanes wigleyi Pettibone,1962 Bacci, G. 1???-, Italian Ophryotrocha worker. Ophryotrocha bacci Parenti,1961 Harass, ? Eunice harassii Audouin & M.-E.,1834 Klatt, G. (A professor Berthold Klatt, 1885-19?? was working in the Zoological Museum, Hamburg. Is he related to G. Klatt or is the initial G wrong?) * Glyphohesione klatti Friedrich,1950 Sibert, ? Ophryotrocha puerilis siberti (McIntosh,1885) Cavall, ? Tomopteris cavalli Rosa,1907 Bobretzky, N.V., 18??-1???, Russian? scientist, who e.g. 1875 wrote a paper together with the French scientist Antoine F. Marion, 1846-1900. Goniadella bobretzkii (Annenkova,1922) Webster, H.E., 18??-19??, American polychaete worker; wrote papers together with James E. Benedict, 18??-19?? * Streptosyllis websteri Southern,1914 Mathilda Sigalion mathildae Audouin & H. Milne-Edwards,1830 Hartmann, ? Ophryotrocha hartmanni Huth,1933 Zeppelin, M. von * Zeppelina Vaillant, in de Quatrefages,1890 (now synonymized with Dodecaceria OErsted,1843) Boccardi, ? Boccardiella Blake & Kudenov,1978 < Boccardia Carazzi,1893 Homberg, ? * Nephtys hombergi de Lamarck,1818 (was collected in Havre de Grace by Homberg, but who was he? The nudibranch Tritonia hombergi Cuvier,1803 is probably named for the same person. Could it be Wilhelm Homberg, 1652-1715, German-French chemist? or perhaps more probably Eugene Homberg, 1???-18??, who together with two other authors in LeHavre published a book about fishes 1831?) Amondsen, Danish captain collecting arctic species for the Swedish Mus. of Nat. Hist. * Gattyana amondseni (Malmgren,1867) Hartmann-Schroeder, Gesa, 19??-, German polychaete worker * Gesiella ?Authorship? Catherina / Catherine Aricidea catherinae Laubier,1987 Romijn (person or geographical name?) Alkmaria romijni Horst,1919 Dyster, Frederic D., Dr. collected marine animals at Tenby. (probably the same Dyster who described gen. Brettia (Bryozoa) * Salmacina dysteri (Huxley,1865) Margo, Tivador ?Hungarian scientist * Ozobranchus margoi (Apathy,1890) Monticelli probably count S.F. Monticelli from Naples Monticellina Laubier,1961 Neizwestnowa-Shadina, E. * Rheomorpha neizvestnovae (Lastochkin,1935) By the way, is anybody familiar with the ethymology of Pisione Grube,1857? Could it be an anagram of Pisinoe Rafinesque,1815 (Annelida) and thus possibly a nonsense-name, like several of Rafinesque's names? Other strange generic names include Magelona Fritz Mueller,1858 (Is it possibly some kind of Brazilian name?), the two names Tharyx & Cossura by the American polychaetologists Webster & Benedict,1887, several names from Malmgren,1866, e.g. Pista (?possibly from Greek pistos =pure, genuine) & Sosane, Janua de Saint-Joseph,1894 (possibly from the Roman god Janus?) and Maldane Grube,1860. If anybody may contribute with likely explanations or completion of data for of any of the names, I will be very grateful. Thank you in advance ************************************************** Hans G. Hansson Internet Email: H.G.Hansson@tmbl.gu.se Tjaernoe Marine Biological Laboratory (TMBL) S-452 96 Stroemstad (Stroemstad), Sweden (Sverige) Phone: Int.+46 526 686 36 Fax: Int. +46 526 686 07 See TMBL:s www server at address: http://www.tmbl.gu.se/ ** << ? >> I am a MIME compliant via Eudora for Mac << ? >> ** From daemon Sun Aug 11 16:13:03 1996 Received: (from daemon@localhost) by net.bio.net (8.6.12/8.6.6) id QAA03501 Message-Id: <199608112313.QAA03501@net.bio.net> To: annelida@net.bio.net Date: Sun, 11 Aug 1996 15:07:52 -0400 Reply-To: annelida@net.bio.net From: Mary McKee Subject: Close Encounter [Actually sent to annelida moderator who has seen a lot of swarming worms but not at midday. Ideas please. Please CC any id to ] During a recent stroll along the beach in Atlantic City, I had a close encounter with some very curious life forms. I suspect they must be common to marine biologist, but to me their discovery was as startling as the first time I saw a dead cicada lying on the sidewalk at a Miami strip mall and thought it was a mutant bird. (Have you guessed I'm not a biologist?) Here's the scene. It's late July. It's lunchtime, so the tide is taking a siesta while sleepy dog wavelets lap at the shore. In with the wavelets rides a small crew of wiggley things, each about an inch long and thin as a thread. They swim like garden worms injected with rocket fuel. Their nearly transparent bodies are tipped with watery red heads that race furiously to burrow into the sand at the shoreline before the wavelets can wash them out of the competition. Any worm who gets his head in the sand wins. The grand prize is a brand new home in a custom made dugout on some of the most expensive real estate on the entire East Coast. The losers become fish bait. Can you direct me to an identifying source, or should I brush up on my Latin and give them an unpronounceable name vaguely resembling my own? From daemon Sun Aug 11 19:56:38 1996 Received: (from daemon@localhost) by net.bio.net (8.6.12/8.6.6) id TAA21757 Message-Id: <199608120256.TAA21757@net.bio.net> To: annelida@net.bio.net From: "Geoff Read" Reply-To: annelida@net.bio.net Organization: NIWA (Greta Point) Date: Mon, 12 Aug 1996 14:38:05 +12 Subject: Biographies (Re: Etymological questions) > [Some characters (accents, etc) here may not display normally for > everyone -- Moderator] No worries. The list software nicely suppressed or converted them. Hans G. Hansson wrote: > ... Thus, I have a vast list of questions about > chiefly years of birth and (when applicable) decease of scientists or > collectors figuring in scientific names of e.g. Annelid genera and > species. Also nationalities and complete names are of interest. ... On a related theme I am interested in help with, or volunteers to be author of, a web page of citations for obituaries, lifetime publications lists, and biographical notes on polychaetologists. These may not be so readily found by normal literature search methods (I chanced upon an obit. for Soderstrom for example). If anyone has already done such a list for their compatriots or world-wide, or could easily do so, I would like to hear from them. -- Geoff Read |\ | | \ /\ / /\ Nat. Inst. Water & Atmos. Res., Wellington NZ | \| | \/ \/ /--\ Taihoro Nukurangi Annelida resources => http://www.keil.ukans.edu/~worms/annelid.html ANNELIDA mailing list => annelida@net.bio.net & biosci-server@net.bio.net List Archives => http://www.bio.net:80/hypermail/ANNELIDA/ -- From daemon Mon Aug 12 11:49:38 1996 Received: (from daemon@localhost) by net.bio.net (8.6.12/8.6.6) id LAA23015 Message-Id: <199608121849.LAA23015@net.bio.net> To: annelida@net.bio.net Date: Mon, 12 Aug 1996 11:28:04 +0200 Reply-To: annelida@net.bio.net From: Torleif Holthe Subject: Re: Etymological questions. >Romijn (person or geographical name?) > Alkmaria romijni Horst,1919 Horst's original decription gives the answer: "Eenigen tijd geleden ontving ik van Dr. Romijn .... drie kleine Anneliden uit het Almaarder meer ..." The species is named after its type locality (Alkmaarder meer) and its collector, Dr Romijn. 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Unfortunately there are easy ways for determined spammers to override the moderation mechanism on USENET, but we can protect our e-mail subscribers from unwanted postings if the newsgroup is moderated. You can also access our newsgroups over the WWW at URL http://www.bio.net. While this Web interface will not stop spammers from trying to post to the groups, this will give you yet another way, besides using USENET news, to keep the junk out of your personal mail files. For those of you with local USENET news systems, the Web interface will also give you faster access to new newsgroups and recent postings. 3) Examples of subscribing and unsubscribing to the mailing lists. ------------------------------------------------------------------ PLEASE NOTE: The BIOSCI management does NOT act on subscription/unsubscription requests that are posted improperly to the newsgroups and mailing lists. People who do this only bother everyone on the lists to no avail. 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If you have problems, please mail biosci@daresbury.ac.uk. 4) The BIOSCI user address and research interest directory. ----------------------------------------------------------- Please take this opportunity to add your name, address, and research interest information to the BIOSCI User Address Database if you have not already done so. You can fill out the address form directly through our Web page at URL http://www.bio.net/adrform.html. The address database is reindexed nightly for WWW access (the URL is http://www.bio.net/). If you are not directly on the Internet but can reach it by e-mail, please use our waismail server to access the user directory. waismail use is described above. You can also request a user address form by e-mail from biosci-help@net.bio.net. Please check your database entry from time-to-time to see if your address information is still up-to-date. Because of our limited personnel resources, we ask that you resubmit a *complete* form to revise your entry; we only replace complete entries and do not have resources to edit old forms. Sincerely, Dave Kristofferson BIOSCI/bionet Manager biosci-help@net.bio.net From daemon Tue Aug 13 19:58:02 1996 Received: (from daemon@localhost) by net.bio.net (8.6.12/8.6.6) id TAA23086 Message-Id: <199608140258.TAA23086@net.bio.net> To: annelida@net.bio.net Date: Tue, 13 Aug 1996 20:56:48 -0500 (EST) Reply-To: annelida@net.bio.net From: Perkins, Tom Subject: Nereididae Dr. Martin asks "Why the genus to which the Code refers to should be "Nereidis/Nereid" and not "Nereis". I regret that he misunderstood. Nereis is the correct genus name. Article 29(b) (which I should also have quoted) states that, for a type generic name ending in a Greek or Latin word, "the stem for the purposes of the code is found by deleting the case ending of the genitive singular." The genus name Nereis is the 'nominative' singular; the 'genitive' singular of Nereis is Nereidis; 'is' is the case ending; and 'Nereid' is the stem to which 'idae' is added. Judith Fournier makes an important point, but her memory is only excellent. Audouin & Milne-Edwards used Nereidiens as a family name, which would be acceptable for authorship. However, earlier, Latreille, 1825, Familles naturelle du Regne Animal, Paris, Bailliere, p. 240, used Nereidaea, also acceptable and earlier (please excuse the lack of correct French accent marks). I believe it is correct to say that Nereidaea(iens) was correctly emended to Nereididae by Pettibone in 1971. (It is interesting to note that both Latreille and A. & M-E used the correct stem; Williams, 1851, p. 187, however, the first author to add 'idae', did not, incorrectly using Nereidae, as did all subsequent authors prior to 1971.) I am certainly not a classical Greek scholar, but I try to ask for help from my friends to be as accurate as I can. Dr. Martin can do as he prefers; however, I would prefer that a matter such as this be decided by an organization such as the International Polychaetology Association. Tom Perkins perkins_t@harpo.dep.state.fl.us From daemon Wed Aug 14 02:27:59 1996 Received: (from daemon@localhost) by net.bio.net (8.6.12/8.6.6) id CAA25416 Message-Id: <199608140927.CAA25416@net.bio.net> To: annelida@net.bio.net Date: Wed, 14 Aug 1996 10:01:23 -0100 Reply-To: annelida@net.bio.net From: Daniel Martin Subject: Re: Nereididae First, I would like to thank Dr. Perkins for clarifying my doubts. I think that Annelida is a forum of discussion and, in my message, I simply tried to express my doubts and my opinion. Of course, I am not such a type of narrow-minded scientist that tries to keep using a family name if this name is not correct. Therefore, I agree with Dr. Perkins in that, and I quoted, >however, I would prefer that a matter such as this be decided >by an organisation such as the International Polychaetology Association. These are my last words on this subject, I hope. Thus, I would also quote Dr. Bellan and I say: > "punto e basta" Thanks again, Daniel Martin Dr. Daniel Martin Centre d'Estudis Avancats de Blanes (C.S.I.C.) Cami de Sta. Barbara s/n 17300 Blanes, Girona Spain FAX: 34 72 337806 Phone: 34 72 336101 WWW page: http://www.ceab.es From daemon Wed Aug 14 15:09:42 1996 Received: (from daemon@localhost) by net.bio.net (8.6.12/8.6.6) id PAA22418 Message-Id: <199608142209.PAA22418@net.bio.net> To: annelida@net.bio.net Date: Wed, 14 Aug 1996 15:28:27 +0300 (EET DST) Reply-To: annelida@net.bio.net From: nadiapap@imbc.gr (Nadia Papadopoulou) Subject: Nereididae/Nephthys v Nephtys Tom Perkins wrote: * 1. "the stem for the purposes of the code is found by deleting the case ending of the genitive singular." The genus name Nereis is the 'nominative' singular; the 'genitive' singular of Nereis is Nereidis; 'is' is the case ending; and 'Nereid' is the stem to which 'idae' is added. * 2.. "I would prefer that a matter such as this be decided by an organization such as the International Poly. Assoc." I wouldn't want to go on, on Nereididae, any longer, especially after Tom Perkins's latest message (see * 1 & 2 ). In fact it is because of that, that I just couldn't resist saying: 1. "as a Greek, I couldn't agree more", 2. absolutely and 3. addressing a new subject/name problem: Nephtys versus Nephthys ?! Nadia Papadopoulou-Smith nadiapap@imbc.gr Institute of Marine Biology of Crete From daemon Wed Aug 14 19:50:22 1996 Received: (from daemon@localhost) by net.bio.net (8.6.12/8.6.6) id TAA26981 Message-Id: <199608150250.TAA26981@net.bio.net> To: annelida@net.bio.net From: "Geoff Read" Reply-To: annelida@net.bio.net Organization: NIWA (Greta Point) Date: Thu, 15 Aug 1996 14:50:48 +12 Subject: Undersea caves, sulphur, and annelids An exotic mix indeed! Continues from a prior paper in the 4th Poly. Conf. proceedings 1994 (p.323-29). There were no other polychaete-related outputs within the latest JMBAUK issue. AU Southward A J; Kennicutt M C II; Alcala-Herrera J; Abbiati M; Airoldi L; Cinelli F; Bianchi C N; Morri C; Southward E C. PY 1996 TI On the biology of submarine caves with sulphur springs: Appraisal of 13C-12C ratios as a guide to trophic relations. SO Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 76 (2) 265-285. AB Submarine caves with sulphurous springs at Cape Palinuro, Campania, Italy, have a richer fauna than expected from the known oligotrophic nature of the cave habitat. Warm water containing sulphide issues from springs and rises above the cooler ambient seawater with a sharp thermocline/chemocline between. The warm water then escapes from the caves mixed with cooler sea-water, probably inducing an inflow of ambient sea-water. Bacterial mats, often dominated by large species of attached bacteria resembling Beggiatoa, line the upper parts of the inner caves and act as primary producers ... ... Animals living close to the bacterial mats benefit most, notably a polychaete Phyllochaetopterus [P. socialis], an oligochaete Thalassodrilides [T. gurwitschii], a podocopid ostracod Paracypris and certain echinoderms and bivalves. The large sponges (Geodia, Petrosia) may not benefit from bacterial production. -- ANNELIDA discussion list -- Discuss = annelida@net.bio.net = talk to all members Server = biosci-server@net.bio.net = un/subscribes Archives = http://www.bio.net:80/hypermail/ANNELIDA/ Resources = http://www.keil.ukans.edu/~worms/annelid.html -- From daemon Thu Aug 15 16:07:17 1996 Received: (from daemon@localhost) by net.bio.net (8.6.12/8.6.6) id QAA02006 Message-Id: <199608152307.QAA02006@net.bio.net> To: annelida@net.bio.net Date: Thu, 15 Aug 96 15:01:14 PDT Reply-To: annelida@net.bio.net From: martin@coast.ucsd.edu (C. Martin) Subject: Of Paraonids and Oenonids Fellow Annelidians, First, I cannot seem to find the first paper describing the genus (or subgenus) _Acmira_. The only paper that I was able to find was by Hartmann-Schroeder, G; Hartmann, G (1991). Also, does anybody know if there are papers that mention _Acmira_ around the Arabian Sea area. I found this critter at 3400 m. Second, I wanted to find out more on Oenonidae. According to the Worldwide Polychaete Family List compiled by Geoff Read, Oenonidae is not only a recognized family, but it has also absorbed arabellids and some former lysaretids. However, a counterpart of mine was of the opinion that Oenonidae is now part of Lysaretidae. Could anybody clarify that for me? Thanks, Christopher C. Martin Marine Life Research Group 0218 University of California, San Diego Scripps Institution of Oceanography 9500 Gilman Drive La Jolla, CA 92093-0218 (619) 534-3579 "WORMS HAVE PLAYED A MORE IMPORTANT PART IN THE HISTORY OF THE WORLD THAN MOST PEOPLE WOULD AT FIRST SUPPOSE" -CHARLES DARWIN From daemon Thu Aug 15 17:16:20 1996 Received: (from daemon@localhost) by net.bio.net (8.6.12/8.6.6) id RAA10398 Message-Id: <199608160016.RAA10398@net.bio.net> To: annelida@net.bio.net From: "Geoff Read" Reply-To: annelida@net.bio.net Organization: NIWA (Greta Point) Date: Fri, 16 Aug 1996 12:06:56 +12 Subject: Re: Of Paraonids and Oenonids Christopher Martin asked: > Second, I wanted to find out more on Oenonidae. According to the > Worldwide Polychaete Family List compiled by Geoff Read, Oenonidae is not > only a recognized family, but it has also absorbed arabellids and some > former lysaretids. However, a counterpart of mine was of the opinion that > Oenonidae is now part of Lysaretidae. Could anybody clarify that for me? Firstly, I am pleased the web list (at http://www.keil.ukans.edu/~worms/pc-fam.html) is circulating. Comments and corrections are always welcome. It would certainly help with queries like the one above if I added citations for the latest lit. and I hope to do this sometime. The somewhat complicated oenonid situation is well summarised in Brigitte Hilbig's recent (Dec 1995) chapter on Oenonidae (Tax. Atlas ... Santa Barbara. vol. 5:315). In very brief -- "Orensanz (1990) ... transferred Lysarete to the Lumbrineridae ... merged Arabellidae with Oenonidae, the latter being the older name. The families Lysaretidae and Arabellidae are therefore no longer recognised." I believe I heard a rumour that this rearrangement was subject of some debate in the Californian taxonomy group SCAMIT. Is that correct (I may be confused here with another topic)? If there are alternative proposals underway or recently published from any source I would be interested to hear about them. -- Geoff Read |\ | | \ /\ / /\ Nat. Inst. Water & Atmos. Res., Wellington NZ | \| | \/ \/ /--\ Taihoro Nukurangi Annelida resources => http://www.keil.ukans.edu/~worms/annelid.html ANNELIDA mailing list => annelida@net.bio.net & biosci-server@net.bio.net List Archives => http://www.bio.net:80/hypermail/ANNELIDA/ -- From daemon Thu Aug 15 19:49:29 1996 Received: (from daemon@localhost) by net.bio.net (8.6.12/8.6.6) id TAA28407 Message-Id: <199608160249.TAA28407@net.bio.net> To: annelida@net.bio.net Date: Thu, 15 Aug 1996 19:34:50 -0700 Reply-To: annelida@net.bio.net From: jablake@ix.netcom.com (JAMES ALAN BLAKE) Subject: Re: Of Paraonids and Oenonids In reply to Christopher Martin, You wrote: >First, I cannot seem to find the first paper describing the genus >(or subgenus) _Acmira_. The only paper that I was able to find was by >Hartmann-Schroeder, G; Hartmann, G (1991). Also, does anybody know if >there are papers that mention _Acmira_ around the Arabian Sea area. I >found this critter at 3400 m. Hartley, J.P. 1981: JMBAUK 61:133-149, determined that Acesta was preoccupied in the Mollusca and renamed the genus Acmira. Geoff Read has correctly addressed your question on the composition of the Oeonidae. As much as I like the name Arabellidae, that family name must be suppressed in favor of Oenonidae. Orensanz (1990) has revised this group. As Geoff notes, the taxonomic history is nicely reviewed by Brigitte Hilbig in the vol. of the Tax. Atlas. Have a good day, Jim Blake (jablake@ix.netcom.com) From daemon Fri Aug 16 15:46:56 1996 Received: (from daemon@localhost) by net.bio.net (8.6.12/8.6.6) id PAA01023 Message-Id: <199608162246.PAA01023@net.bio.net> To: annelida@net.bio.net Date: Fri, 16 Aug 1996 11:44:48 -0500 Reply-To: annelida@net.bio.net From: "Gary R. Gaston" Subject: Paraonidae >From: martin@coast.ucsd.edu (C. Martin) >Subject: Of Paraonids and Oenonids >Fellow Annelidians, > First, I cannot seem to find the first paper describing the genus >(or subgenus) _Acmira_. The only paper that I was able to find was by >Hartmann-Schroeder, G; Hartmann, G (1991). Also, does anybody know if >there are papers that mention _Acmira_ around the Arabian Sea area. I >found this critter at 3400 m. Hartley corrected the subgenus name of _Acesta_ to _Acmira_, since the former was preoccupied in Mollusca. I don't mean to be promotional, BUT there is a review of the subgenera of _Aricidea_ and a table describing the species of _Aricidea_ (_Allia_) in a recent publication authored by me and Jerry McLelland: Aricidea (Allia) bryani, a new species...Gulf of Mexico. 1996. Gulf Research Reports 9:189-195. available from the address below: Gary R. Gaston Biology Department University of Mississippi University, MS 38677 USA l. Hauchiella is totally achaetous, but there is no doubt about its being an polycirrin terebellid. A feature of Terebellidae not mentioned, is that the tentacles rise behind a constantly everted upper lip. Tentacles and branchiae can often be lost in preserved specimens, the upper lip never. Torleif Holthe VM, NTNU Trondheim, Norway From daemon Tue Aug 20 01:39:28 1996 Received: (from daemon@localhost) by net.bio.net (8.6.12/8.6.6) id BAA04705 Message-Id: <199608200839.BAA04705@net.bio.net> To: annelida@net.bio.net Date: Tue, 20 Aug 96 10:26:00 PDT Reply-To: annelida@net.bio.net From: Craeymeersch Johan Subject: Harmothoe Following Tebble and Chambers (1982) - Polychaetes from Scottish Waters, part 1 Family Polynoidae. Royal Scottish Museum Studies, Edinburgh - to identify specimen of Harmothoe, one has to look for bidentate or unidentate chaetae. This works very well for larger animals. Younger animals, however, only have a few bidentate chaetae, and one has to look very carefully to find them. Does anyone know another (easier) way to identify the younger specimen? Johan Craeymeersch Netherlands Institute of Ecology Vierstraat 28 4401 EA Yerseke the Netherlands craeymeersch@cemo.nioo.knaw.nl From daemon Tue Aug 20 16:39:18 1996 Received: (from daemon@localhost) by net.bio.net (8.6.12/8.6.6) id QAA12185 Message-Id: <199608202339.QAA12185@net.bio.net> To: annelida@net.bio.net Reply-To: annelida@net.bio.net Organization: Hydrobiology, Biology Dept., Moscow University From: Igor Jirkov Date: Tue, 20 Aug 96 13:42:09 +0400 Subject: Re: etymology Bobretzky, N.V., 18??-1???, Russian? scientist, who e.g. 1875 wrote a paper together with the French scientist Antoine F. Marion, 1846-1900. Goniadella bobretzkii (Annenkova,1922) Bobretzky Nikolay Vasiljevich 1 April 1843 - 24 November 1907 Russian zoologist. Graduated from the Kiev University (1866). Then worked there. 1877 - professor, chief of the Zoology department 1900-1907-rector of the University. in Russia and USSR - the first person in the High School (University or equivalent), who really is the director, chief, manager of the Organization. Usually he is elected. Main interests: invertebrate embryology (Polychaeta, Crustacea, Insecta, Mollusca). Author of 1st Russian manual for universities on Zoology (1884). Igor Jirkov jirkov@hydro.bio.msu.su From daemon Tue Aug 20 19:01:02 1996 Received: (from daemon@localhost) by net.bio.net (8.6.12/8.6.6) id TAA23123 Message-Id: <199608210201.TAA23123@net.bio.net> To: annelida@net.bio.net Date: Wed, 21 Aug 1996 11:21:37 +1000 Reply-To: annelida@net.bio.net From: Sebastian Rainer Subject: Re: Harmothoe At 10:26 20/08/96 PDT, Johan Craeymeersch wrote: > >Following Tebble and Chambers (1982) - Polychaetes from Scottish Waters, >part 1 Family Polynoidae. Royal Scottish Museum Studies, Edinburgh - to >identify specimen of Harmothoe, one has to look for bidentate or unidentate >chaetae. This works very well for larger animals. Younger animals, however, >only have a few bidentate chaetae, and one has to look very carefully to >find them. Does anyone know another (easier) way to identify the younger >specimen? The form and arrangement of elytral macro- and microtubercles is frequently distinctive for many species of Harmothoe, while colour patterns on the body and cirri, and on the elytra, will offer further guidance. These criteria require, of course, that collecting and preserving should be done carefully, and argue against storage in alcohol before identification. Sebastian Rainer From daemon Mon Aug 26 21:52:00 1996 Received: (from daemon@localhost) by net.bio.net (8.6.12/8.6.6) id VAA00439 Message-Id: <199608270452.VAA00439@net.bio.net> To: annelida@net.bio.net From: "Geoff Read" Reply-To: annelida@net.bio.net Organization: NIWA (Greta Point) Date: Tue, 27 Aug 1996 16:34:15 +12 Subject: Polychaete Researchers Online - Update request Hello polychaete folks, I hope Northerners are gradually coming in from the sun back to their keyboards as I want to do a general update of the PRO address list (URL: http://www.keil.ukans.edu/~ worms/pro-new.html for March 1996 edition), and I have got myself setup to do it relatively painlessly for everybody. If your details have not changed OR if you have already sent me a correction then DO NOTHING. I will in a few days post a DRAFT version to the list for you to check your details for errors. If you have never submitted an entry (open to anyone with research interests which touch upon polychaetes) then you can do it EASILY by using the web form: URL: http://www.keil.ukans.edu/~worms/pro-form.html Alternatively use the SIMPLIFIED FORM below and e-mail it to me here at NIWA. If you just want to change your E-mail address or Research Interest or add a personal web page URL then just fill in those fields. DO NOT use the address form in earlier versions of PRO (I can no longer accept those and will not be using same format). 'Research interest' and 'notes' text can be about a screen-full each in length if necessary (You can use 'notes' for things like additional addresses, phone numbers and e-mails, WWW URLS, as well as any other comments.) I regret the task of getting your information into these forms EXACTLY as you want it to look is each individual's responsibility. In other words I usually cannot second-guess what you might want (I may get into trouble with name-order in multi-part surnames and which part is the surname/family-name for names of Chinese origin). Thanks for your help with this and regards to you all, Geoff Read New PRO form ------------------ SURNAME: Research Interests: Name and Title: Institution: Street Address & city: COUNTRY: Post code: E-mail (preferred): Telephone: Fax: WWW home page: Notes: [SURNAME example = MCINTOSH] [Name and Title example = Professor William C. McIntosh (Ph.D.)]