From daemon Mon May 5 17:21:48 1997 Received: (from daemon@localhost) by net.bio.net (8.6.12/8.6.6) id RAA17064 Message-Id: <199705060021.RAA17064@net.bio.net> To: annelida@net.bio.net Date: Mon, 5 May 1997 18:14:30 +0200 (MDT) Reply-To: annelida@net.bio.net From: MAX MOSER Subject: circulation in lower animals Hello everybody, I am an Austrian human physiologists looking for an answer to special questions. Does anyone possibly know some specialist for circulation in lower animals who could answer the following questions: 1 when in evolution valves where introduced in the circulation? 2 are there animals without valves and without peristaltic pumping and how does the blood flow work in these cases? The reason for this questions is, that we came across a physical principle which would allow unidirectional flow in the circulation even without valves. Our hypothesis is, that valves were introduced later in the evolution, and this principle, not relying on valves, was first. If you could forward this email to someone who could possibly add some references, this would be really helpful. Please send possible answers also to my personal adress, as I am not a member of this list!!! Thanks a lot in advance and best regards, Max Moser Dr. Max Moser Physiological Institute Harrachgasse 21/5 A-8010 Graz Austria-Europe MAX MOSER -- ANNELIDA LIST Server address = biosci-server@net.bio.net (un/subscribes) Discussion address = annelida@net.bio.net (talk to all members) List archives = URL:http://www.bio.net:80/hypermail/ANNELIDA/ Research resource = URL:http://www.keil.ukans.edu/~worms/annelid.html From daemon Mon May 5 18:04:32 1997 Received: (from daemon@localhost) by net.bio.net (8.6.12/8.6.6) id SAA21836 Message-Id: <199705060104.SAA21836@net.bio.net> To: annelida@net.bio.net From: "Geoff Read" Reply-To: annelida@net.bio.net Organization: NIWA Date: Tue, 6 May 1997 12:44:48 +1100 Subject: Second release of PRO7 is online Polychaetologist address list v.7 2nd release. http://www.keil.ukans.edu/~worms/pro.html Thanks to those who took the trouble to check their entries. All additional information received has been put in place. Once again let me know anytime as and when your data needs to be updated. Regards to you all, Geoff -- Geoff Read -- ANNELIDA LIST Server address = biosci-server@net.bio.net (un/subscribes) Discussion address = annelida@net.bio.net (talk to all members) List archives = URL:http://www.bio.net:80/hypermail/ANNELIDA/ Research resource = URL:http://www.keil.ukans.edu/~worms/annelid.html From daemon Tue May 6 15:49:35 1997 Received: (from daemon@localhost) by net.bio.net (8.6.12/8.6.6) id PAA25558 Message-Id: <199705062249.PAA25558@net.bio.net> To: annelida@net.bio.net Date: 06 May 97 09:33:21 EDT Reply-To: annelida@net.bio.net From: ERT Leith <100544.2621@compuserve.com> Subject: Argentine continental shelf Dear colleagues, I am trying to find information on the benthic communities of the Argentine continental shelf, particularly the area north of the Falkland Islands between approximately 51 degrees South and 48 degrees South, although the wider shelf area is also of interest. Can any polychaetologists put me in touch with individuals or groups who have been involved with surveying this area during the past five years or so? I would also be interested to receive any opinions from ANNELIDA readers on the status of taxonomic and ecological knowledge of this fauna. Annette Woodham Consultant Marine Scientist, Environment & Resource Technology Ltd, Edinburgh, UK. ERT Leith <100544.2621@CompuServe.COM> -- ANNELIDA LIST Server address = biosci-server@net.bio.net (un/subscribes) Discussion address = annelida@net.bio.net (talk to all members) List archives = URL:http://www.bio.net:80/hypermail/ANNELIDA/ Research resource = URL:http://www.keil.ukans.edu/~worms/annelid.html From daemon Wed May 7 22:54:56 1997 Received: (from daemon@localhost) by net.bio.net (8.6.12/8.6.6) id WAA14823 Message-Id: <199705080554.WAA14823@net.bio.net> To: annelida@net.bio.net From: "Geoff Read" Reply-To: annelida@net.bio.net Organization: NIWA Date: Thu, 8 May 1997 17:41:20 +1100 Subject: Boccardia polybranchia in Europe Dear Boccardiaphiles, spionid watchers, and ecologists, It is a speculation of mine, and perhaps I'm not alone in this, that Boccardia polybranchia sensu Carazzi might have been an immigrant species from the southern hemisphere. If so, there do not appear to be sufficient new European reports of it (subsequent to Carazzi's 1893 Naples occurrence and Mesnil's 1896 northern French coast occurrences (these records repeated by others)) to indicate the species has survived and thrives today. It was quite common at least at Naples. Tell me it ain't so! It must be there! Show me the refs I've overlooked. Tell me the little darling occurs densely today in your patch of water. And please send me some examples. Seriously, I'd be interested in borrowing for a very short period any extant preserved material from Naples, the Med, France, UK and neighbours. (I am aware of putative modern check-list records by Ben-Eliahu (1976), Campoy (1979), and Fassari (1982). Any other ecological refs from the region?) Thanks for your help, -- Geoff Read -- ANNELIDA LIST Server address = biosci-server@net.bio.net (un/subscribes) Discussion address = annelida@net.bio.net (talk to all members) List archives = URL:http://www.bio.net:80/hypermail/ANNELIDA/ Research resource = URL:http://www.keil.ukans.edu/~worms/annelid.html From daemon Fri May 9 02:28:55 1997 Received: (from daemon@localhost) by net.bio.net (8.6.12/8.6.6) id CAA21675 Message-Id: <199705090928.CAA21675@net.bio.net> To: annelida@net.bio.net Date: Fri, 9 May 1997 17:37:18 +1100 (EETDT) Reply-To: annelida@net.bio.net From: Robin Wilson Subject: Australian Polychaeta: taxonomy via www and DELTA Dear annelid list subscribers This message is to alert you to the existence of web pages describing a project to produce interactive identification tools for southern Australian polychaetes. This project has been underway for about 2 years and the web pages have been created to publicise the project and especially to solicit constructive critical comment. The URL for this site is http://www.mov.vic.gov.au/poly and I hope many of you will find the time to have a look and learn a little about the project. As well as introductory pages explaining the aims of the project and principal researchers, visitors to the site will find: Introductions to many (not yet all) polychaete families, with summary information about diversity, taxonomic status etc in an Australian context. Examples (for 3 families at present, Capitellidae, Nephtyidae and Opheliidae) of character and taxon descriptions. (These files were generated by data files in the DELTA system. See links on the web site to learn more about DELTA, which is a DEscriptive Language for TAxonomy using a suite of programs developed by CSIRO in Australia.) Compressed .zip files which may be downloaded and enable interactive identification using the the DELTA program Intkey (at present only possible for 2 families, Capitellidae and Nephtyidae). The DELTA program Intkey must be installed first, but these are shareware programs available from the the DELTA site (http://www.keil.ukans.edu/delta/). Non-Australians should be aware that although this project does focus on Australian species (and is mostly directed at soft-sediment taxa from southern Australia), the Capitellidae DELTA treatment does allow either "Australian species" or "World genera" to be selected at the start of an identification. Thus this database should be useful, if only at genus level, worldwide. Many other family treatments to be posted to this site over the next weeks and months will also allow genus identifications and include most or hopefully all all known genera. One limitation of this project and web site (one of many!) is that it assumes that users are already able to make family-level identifications. Another limitation is that interactive identifications cannot be performed directly from your web browser; you must download and expand the .zip files and install Intkey on your PC. However, text descriptions of character states and of genera and species can be read from a web browser. Feedback, and constructive criticism, especially from taxonomists with experience in the families for which data are already presented, and from users who try the interactive identification files. Although I do not consider any of the data presented at this site to be complete (e.g. many character states and taxa still lack illustrations), nevertheless some level of assessment of the values of this information should now be possible. Comments that may be of general interest should be posted to this list, although the web pages support email links to me and to co-inestigators and collaborators as appropriate for each family. This project is not mine alone; Dr Pat Hutchings at the Australian Museum is a major contributor, and others are contributing to individual families. Please keep an eye on the web pages, as the content will improve and become more comprehensive over the coming weeks and months. Major improvements, such as addition of new family treatments, will be advertised by a message to this list. Minor corrections and improvements (such as those in response to the comments I am now expecting!) will be incorporated quickly and regularly. I look forward to your comments! bye Robin _____________________________________________________________________ Robin Wilson rwilson@mov.vic.gov.au Museum of Victoria 71 Victoria Crescent Abbotsford Victoria telephone 61-3 9284 0216 Australia 3067 fax 61-3 9416 0475 Polychaeta of Australia: http://www.mov.vic.gov.au/poly _____________________________________________________________________ -- ANNELIDA 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 Fri May 9 12:05:32 1997 Received: (from daemon@localhost) by net.bio.net (8.6.12/8.6.6) id MAA02395 Message-Id: <199705091905.MAA02395@net.bio.net> To: annelida@net.bio.net Date: Fri, 09 May 1997 11:10:32 -0500 Reply-To: annelida@net.bio.net From: "Dr. Andrew G. McArthur" Organization: LMS, Smithsonian Institution Subject: Help with Thermanermertes Colleagues, In the process of maintaining our deep-sea hydrothermal vent faunal database, I have come across the nemertean genus Thermanermertes for which I was unable to find any records in the CD-ROM version of the Zoological Record (1978-1996). If anyone can help me with citations to Thermanermertes, I would be very appreciative. I am after systematic citations and information on its distribution as I need to know if it is endemic to hydrothermal vents. Much thanks! Dr. Andrew G. McArthur Laboratory of Molecular Systematics, Smithsonian Museum Support Center, 4210 Silver Hill Road, Suitland, Maryland 20746 Phone: (301) 238-3444 Ext. 112, Fax: (301) 238-3059 mcarthur@onyx.si.edu, http://www.geocities.com/CapeCanaveral/8431/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ The DEEPSEA Research Newsgroup: BIONET.BIOLOGY.DEEPSEA More Info: http://www.geocities.com/CapeCanaveral/8431/deepsea.html ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- ANNELIDA 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 Fri May 9 12:05:38 1997 Received: (from daemon@localhost) by net.bio.net (8.6.12/8.6.6) id MAA02456 Message-Id: <199705091905.MAA02456@net.bio.net> To: annelida@net.bio.net Date: Fri, 09 May 1997 11:02:10 -0500 Reply-To: annelida@net.bio.net From: "Dr. Andrew G. McArthur" Organization: LMS, Smithsonian Institution Subject: Help with Siphonobranchia Colleagues, In the process of maintaining our deep-sea hydrothermal vent faunal database, I have come across the pogonophoran genus Siphonobranchia for which I was unable to find any records in the CD-ROM version of the Zoological Record (1978-1996). If anyone can help me with citations to Siphonobranchia, I would be very appreciative. I am after systematic citations and information on its distribution as I need to know if it is endemic to hydrothermal vents. Much thanks! Dr. Andrew G. McArthur Laboratory of Molecular Systematics, Smithsonian Museum Support Center, 4210 Silver Hill Road, Suitland, Maryland 20746 Phone: (301) 238-3444 Ext. 112, Fax: (301) 238-3059 mcarthur@onyx.si.edu, http://www.geocities.com/CapeCanaveral/8431/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ The DEEPSEA Research Newsgroup: BIONET.BIOLOGY.DEEPSEA More Info: http://www.geocities.com/CapeCanaveral/8431/deepsea.html ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- ANNELIDA 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 Fri May 9 12:05:35 1997 Received: (from daemon@localhost) by net.bio.net (8.6.12/8.6.6) id MAA02421 Message-Id: <199705091905.MAA02421@net.bio.net> To: annelida@net.bio.net Date: Fri, 09 May 1997 10:54:15 -0500 Reply-To: annelida@net.bio.net From: "Dr. Andrew G. McArthur" Organization: LMS, Smithsonian Institution Subject: Help with five polychaete genera Colleagues, In the process of maintaining our deep-sea hydrothermal vent faunal database, I have come across five genera of polychaetes for which I was unable to find any records in the CD-ROM version of the Zoological Record (1978-1996): Amathys Bathykurila Hesiocaeca Orbiniella Orseis If anyone can help me with citations to these, I would be very appreciative. I am after systematic citations and information on their distribution as I need to know if they are endemic to hydrothermal vents. Much thanks! Dr. Andrew G. McArthur Laboratory of Molecular Systematics, Smithsonian Museum Support Center, 4210 Silver Hill Road, Suitland, Maryland 20746 Phone: (301) 238-3444 Ext. 112, Fax: (301) 238-3059 mcarthur@onyx.si.edu, http://www.geocities.com/CapeCanaveral/8431/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ The DEEPSEA Research Newsgroup: BIONET.BIOLOGY.DEEPSEA More Info: http://www.geocities.com/CapeCanaveral/8431/deepsea.html ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- ANNELIDA 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 Fri May 9 16:46:12 1997 Received: (from daemon@localhost) by net.bio.net (8.6.12/8.6.6) id QAA19385 Message-Id: <199705092346.QAA19385@net.bio.net> To: annelida@net.bio.net Date: Fri, 9 May 1997 12:33:05 -0700 (PDT) Reply-To: annelida@net.bio.net From: "Erik V. Thuesen" Subject: Re: Help with Thermanermertes Hello Worm Folks: Check the following publication for info on Thermonemertes at HTV. Rogers, A D; Gibson, R; Tunnicliffe, V. A new genus and species of monostiliferous hoplonemertean colonizing an inchoated hydrothermal field on Juan de Fuca Ridge. Deep-Sea Research Part I Oceanographic Research Papers, v.43, n.10, (1996): 1581-1599. Erik ******************************* * Erik V. Thuesen, Ph.D. * * Lab II * * The Evergreen State College * * Olympia, Washington 98505 * * * * Voice: 360-866-6000 x6584 * * Fax: 360-866-6794 * ******************************* On Fri, 9 May 1997, Dr. Andrew G. McArthur wrote: > Date: Fri, 09 May 1997 11:10:32 -0500 > From: Dr. Andrew G. McArthur > To: nobody@net.bio.net > Subject: Help with Thermanermertes > > Colleagues, > > In the process of maintaining our deep-sea hydrothermal vent faunal > database, I have come across the nemertean genus Thermanermertes for > which I was unable to find any records in the CD-ROM version of the > Zoological Record (1978-1996). If anyone can help me with citations to > Thermanermertes, I would be very appreciative. I am after systematic > citations and information on its distribution as I need to know if it is > endemic to hydrothermal vents. Much thanks! > > Dr. Andrew G. McArthur > Laboratory of Molecular Systematics, Smithsonian Museum Support Center, > 4210 Silver Hill Road, Suitland, Maryland 20746 > > Phone: (301) 238-3444 Ext. 112, Fax: (301) 238-3059 > mcarthur@onyx.si.edu, http://www.geocities.com/CapeCanaveral/8431/ > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > The DEEPSEA Research Newsgroup: BIONET.BIOLOGY.DEEPSEA > More Info: http://www.geocities.com/CapeCanaveral/8431/deepsea.html > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > -- ANNELIDA > 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 Fri May 9 16:46:12 1997 Received: (from daemon@localhost) by net.bio.net (8.6.12/8.6.6) id QAA19381 Message-Id: <199705092346.QAA19381@net.bio.net> To: annelida@net.bio.net Date: Fri, 9 May 1997 16:46:44 -0400 (EDT) Reply-To: annelida@net.bio.net From: pchevald@ahab.rutgers.edu Subject: Re: Help with Siphonobranchia Dear Andrew, dear all, Obviously, this is not my field, and I suggest you contact Eve Southward or Steve Gardiner. However, here is where to start: Siphonobrachia ilyophora: Nielsen, C. 1965. Four new species of Pogonophora from the Atlantic Ocean off Southern Florida. Bull Mar Sci, 15: 964-986. (Description of Gupta, B.L., Little, C. 1969. Studies on Pogonophora II. Ultrastructure of the tentacular crown of Siphonobrachia. J Mar Biol Assoc UK, 49: 717-741. Southward, E.C. 1971. Pogonophora of the Northwest Atlantic: Nova Scotia to Florida. Smithson Contrib Zool, 88: 1-29. Siphonobrachia lauensis: Southward, E.C. 1991. Three new species of Pogonophora, including two vestimentiferans, from hydrothermal sites in the Lau Back-arc Basin (Southwest Pacific Ocean). J Nat Hist, 25: 859-881. Desbruyeres, D. et al. 1994. Deep-sea hydrothermal communities in Southwestern Pacific back-arc basins (the North-Fiji and Lau Basins): composition, microdistribution and food web. Mar Geol, 116: 227-242. See also: Southward, E.C. 1993. Pogonophora. In: Microscopic anatomy of invertebrates, vol. 12: 327-369. I think that's it. To my knowledge (the specialists will confirm) there are only 2 species, only one of which occurring near hydrothermal vents. Now, does that make it an "endemic to hydrothermal vents"? I would be very careful... Good luck, Pierre Pierre Chevaldonne Center for Deep-Sea Ecology and Biotechnology Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences Rutgers University Dudley Road, Cook College New Brunswick, NJ 08903, USA Tel: 908 932 8959 (x-205) Fax: 908 932 6557 E-mail: pchevald@imcs.rutgers.edu -- ANNELIDA 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 Fri May 9 16:46:12 1997 Received: (from daemon@localhost) by net.bio.net (8.6.12/8.6.6) id QAA19382 Message-Id: <199705092346.QAA19382@net.bio.net> To: annelida@net.bio.net Date: Fri, 9 May 1997 19:06:47 -0400 (EDT) Reply-To: annelida@net.bio.net From: pchevald@ahab.rutgers.edu Subject: Re: Help with Thermanermertes Andrew G. McArthur wrote: >In the process of maintaining our deep-sea hydrothermal vent faunal >database, I have come across the nemertean genus Thermanermertes for >which I was unable to find any records in the CD-ROM version of the >Zoological Record (1978-1996). If anyone can help me with citations to >Thermanermertes, I would be very appreciative. I am after systematic >citations and information on its distribution as I need to know if it is >endemic to hydrothermal vents. Much thanks! Is this an automated enquiry system??? Since the genus Thermanemertes (not Thermanermertes) has just recently been created for the hydrothermal-vent species T. valens, this is so far the only record... Ref: Rogers A.D. et al. 1996. A new genus and species of monostiliferous hoplonemertean colonizing an inchoate hydrothermal field on Juan de Fuca Ridge. Deep-Sea Res, 43: 1581-1599. Cheers, Pierre Chevaldonne Center for Deep-Sea Ecology and Biotechnology Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences Rutgers University Dudley Road, Cook College New Brunswick, NJ 08903, USA Tel: 908 932 8959 (x-205) Fax: 908 932 6557 E-mail: pchevald@imcs.rutgers.edu -- ANNELIDA 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 Fri May 9 20:12:22 1997 Received: (from daemon@localhost) by net.bio.net (8.6.12/8.6.6) id UAA23513 Message-Id: <199705100312.UAA23513@net.bio.net> To: annelida@net.bio.net Date: Sat, 10 May 1997 10:52:12 +0800 Reply-To: annelida@net.bio.net From: boqianpy Subject: Postdoctoral position available Dear all, The following message is targetting for the people who are looking for postdoctoral opportunity. Please ignore it if you are not one of them. Thanks. Pei-Yuan Qian, HKUST ______________________ Two postdoc openings in my lab, starting in summer 1997. 1). Major duty of this postdoc will be involving in screening non-toxic marine natural compounds for antifouling purpose or medical applications. Therefore, the candidates should have some basic training in larval ecology or chemical ecology of marine invertebrates. The candidate is expected to team up with one of existing postdoc who has Ph.D. degree in natural product chemistry from Germany. For your curiosity, this university has just initiated a new program in exploration and application of marine natural products. In the working team, there are 9 faculty from three departments (biology, Chemistry, and biochemistry). At this moment, we are very much interested in compounds from ocean that can be used for medical purpose or antifouling purpose. This university has also developed a very strong progrom on Traditional Chinese Medician (screening the compounds from Chinese herb medician). 2). Major duty of this postdoc will be involving in determining the relationship between flow dynamics and larval settlement in a closed system. Thus, the ideal candidate shall have trainings in biomechanics or biophysics or larval biology. For your information, at this moment, my lab has 3 postdoc (1 from Germany, 1 from Canada, 1 from China), 4 graduate students (from local), 2 RAs (1 from Canada, 1 from Hong Kong), 1 technician (from Canada), 3 visiting professors (1 from USA, 2 from China), and 2 UG students for their thesis research. The lab is fully equiped for larval biology research and for screening natural compounds (my department has 5 HPLC, 2 GC, 1 FPLC, and Mass). We also have a small indoor seawater system (13 metric tonns of seawater) and several biological incubators for algal or larval cultures. As English is the official language in working environment and thus, we perfer to have candidates who are fluent in English. The current salary for postdoc with some working experience is HK$23,750 per month. Medical benifit will also be provided. The appointment will be for one year but with the second year renewable, pending on performance and funding situation. For those who are interested in these positions, please send me a copy of your C.V. by e-mail or fax no later than May 30, 1997. If shortlisted, you will be requested to provide two reference letters. Thank you for your attention. Pei-Yuan Qian, Ph.D. Department of Biology Hong Kong University of Science and Technology Clear Water Bay, Hong Kong Tel: 0852-2358-7331 (office) 0852-2358-7336/7337 (lab) Fax: 0852-2358-1559 E-mail: boqianpy@usthk.ust.hk -- ANNELIDA 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 Sun May 11 15:04:58 1997 Received: (from daemon@localhost) by net.bio.net (8.6.12/8.6.6) id PAA02146 Message-Id: <199705112204.PAA02146@net.bio.net> To: annelida@net.bio.net From: "Chris Glasby" Reply-To: annelida@net.bio.net Organization: N I W A Date: Mon, 12 May 1997 09:40:00 +13 Subject: Re: Help with five polychaete genera Hesiocaeca is a hesionid. The genus was described by Hartman, O. (1965) Deep-water benthic polychaetous annelids off New England to Bermuda .... Allan Hancock Foundation Publications, Occassional paper 28: 1-378 with type species H. bermudensis. Since then another species in the genus has been described from the Marianas by Blake JA (1991). A new species of Hesiocaeca from hydrothermal vents .... Porc. Biol. Soc. Wash. 104(1): 175-180. Orseis is also a hesionid, but probably an invalid genus because the description appears to be based on a juvenile specimen (unpub. view). The genus was described by Ehlers, E. (1864). Die borstenwurmer nach systematischen und anatomischen untersuchungen dargestellt. Leipzig, Wilhelm Engelmann 748 pp, with type species O. pulla from the northern Adriatic. There are several described species in the genus but in my view most are either juvenile hesionids or belong to the Syllidae. Let me know if you need these references too. Chris Chris Glasby, Marine Taxonomy, NIWA - Greta Point, PO Box 14-901, Kilbirnie, Wellington, New Zealand email: c.glasby@niwa.cri.nz phone: 64-4-386 0352 fax: 64-4-386 2153 -- ANNELIDA LIST Server address = biosci-server@net.bio.net (un/subscribes) Discussion address = annelida@net.bio.net (talk to all members) List archives = URL:http://www.bio.net:80/hypermail/ANNELIDA/ Research resource = URL:http://www.keil.ukans.edu/~worms/annelid.html From daemon Sun May 11 16:10:16 1997 Received: (from daemon@localhost) by net.bio.net (8.6.12/8.6.6) id QAA11352 Message-Id: <199705112310.QAA11352@net.bio.net> To: annelida@net.bio.net From: "Geoff Read" Reply-To: annelida@net.bio.net Organization: NIWA Date: Mon, 12 May 1997 11:05:14 +1100 Subject: Re: Help with five polychaete genera > In the process of maintaining our deep-sea hydrothermal vent faunal > database, I have come across five genera of polychaetes for which I was > unable to find any records in the CD-ROM version of the Zoological > Record (1978-1996): Hmmm! So Annelida list was the next obvious resource. ;^) To do the remainder ... > Amathys Desbruyeres,D; Laubier,L (1996): A New Genus And Species Of Ampharetid Polychaete From Deep-Sea Hydrothermal Vent Community In The Azores Triple-Junction Area. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 109(2, 25 Jun), 248-255. > Bathykurila Pettibone,Marian H (1976): Revision of the genus Macellicephala McIntosh and the subfamily Macellicephalinae Hartmann-Schroder (Polychaeta: Polynoidae). Smithson. Contrib. Zool. 229, 1-71. [Bathykurila zenkevitchi n.gen. n. comb. Later papers add at least another vent sp.] > Orbiniella Day,JH (1954): The Polychaeta of Tristan da Cunha. Results of the Norwegian Scientific Expedition to Tristan da Cunha 1937-1938. 29, 1-35. -- Geoff Read -- ANNELIDA LIST Server address = biosci-server@net.bio.net (un/subscribes) Discussion address = annelida@net.bio.net (talk to all members) List archives = URL:http://www.bio.net:80/hypermail/ANNELIDA/ Research resource = URL:http://www.keil.ukans.edu/~worms/annelid.html From daemon Mon May 12 03:27:15 1997 Received: (from daemon@localhost) by net.bio.net (8.6.12/8.6.6) id DAA18666 Message-Id: <199705121027.DAA18666@net.bio.net> To: annelida@net.bio.net From: "Helmut Zibrowius" Reply-To: annelida@net.bio.net Date: Mon, 12 May 97 09:28:47 MST Subject: CD-ROM version of the Zoological Record (1978-1996) In reply to: >I have come across five genera of polychaetes for which I was >unable to find any records in the CD-ROM version of the Zoological >Record (1978-1996): That might indeed not be the most reliable and exhaustive compilation. Compare with the case of supraspecific taxa of molluscs (other than Cephalopoda): a high amount of these (of the order of 30 percent) escaped registration by the Zool. Rec. during the last decades. See references below. Bouchet P., Rocroi J.-P., 1992. Supraspecific names of molluscs: a quantitative review. Malacologia, 34: 75-86. Edwards M.A., Thorne M.J., 1993. Reply to "Supraspecific names of molluscs: a quantitative review." Malacologia, 35: 153-154. Bouchet, P. & J-P Rocroi J.-P., 1993. The lottery of bibliography databases: a reply to Edwards & Thorne. Malacologia, 35: 407-410. Edwards, M.A. & M.J. Thorne. 1995. Response to Bouchet & Rocroi.... Malacologia, 37: 157. ----------------------------------- Helmut ZIBROWIUS (Centre d'Oceanologie de Marseille) Station Marine d'Endoume Rue Batterie des Lions 13007 Marseille / France E-MAIL: hzibrowi@com.univ-mrs.fr TEL: within France 0491041624 from abroad +33 491041624 FAX: within France 0491041635 from abroad +33 491041635 --------------------------------------------------------- -- ANNELIDA 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 Mon May 12 14:41:44 1997 Received: (from daemon@localhost) by net.bio.net (8.6.12/8.6.6) id OAA20630 Message-Id: <199705122141.OAA20630@net.bio.net> To: annelida@net.bio.net Date: Mon, 12 May 1997 02:00:13 -0700 Reply-To: annelida@net.bio.net From: BIOSCI Administrator Subject: BIOSCI/bionet miniFAQ & Fundraiser (LAST REVISION: 30-JUL-95) This BIOSCI "miniFAQ" is designed to answer the questions that come up the *most frequently*. The main BIOSCI FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions) is accessible on the World Wide Web at URL http://www.bio.net/. If you can not find an answer to your question in this or other documentation, the BIOSCI technical support staff answers e-mail queries sent to biosci-help@net.bio.net We can only answer questions about the use of the newsgroups and mailing lists. We unfortunately do not have the staff to do Internet information searches or answer scientific questions. Please post those to the appropriate BIOSCI/bionet newsgroups. Contents: -------- 0) BIOSCI NEEDS YOUR SUPPORT!! 1) Using the WWW to access the BIOSCI/bionet newsgroups. 2) What to do about "spams," i.e., junk mail, ads, etc. 3) Examples of subscribing and unsubscribing to the mailing lists. 4) The BIOSCI user address and research interest directory. 0) BIOSCI NEEDS YOUR SUPPORT!! ------------------------------ BIOSCI's government funding has been expended, and we are now operating solely from advertising revenue that we have raised from our Web site at http://www.bio.net/. We need just a few minutes of your time to help us serve you. You can do two important things which will take very little time for you individually and will immensely help us continue to help you. First, please use our WWW system at http://www.bio.net/ to access the archives. You can post or reply to messages via your Web browser as described in item #1 below. Your usage helps attract sponsors. If you contact any of our sponsors, please be sure to thank them for supporting BIOSCI. It is critical for them to get this feedback if they are to continue their sponsorship for the long term. Second, if you work for a company or organization that provides products or services of interest to the biology community, please pass this message on to your marketing or marketing communications department or other appropriate group. Please ask them to help support BIOSCI by sponsoring our Web site and explain the uses and benefits of the system to the biology community. If they are interested, they can then contact us for further information at our tech support address, biosci-help@net.bio.net. 1) Using the WWW to access the BIOSCI/bionet newsgroups. -------------------------------------------------------- As of 10 December 1995, all BIOSCI/bionet full newsgroups are accessible through the World Wide Web (WWW) at URL http://www.bio.net. One can read and reply publicly or privately to both recent postings and archived messages through one's Web browser if it is configured properly to send e-mail. Each newsgroup is equipped with its own WAIS index. The main BIOSCI home page also has access to the BIO-JOURNALS Table of Contents database WAIS index and the BIOSCI user address database described in another item further below. 2) What to do about "spams," i.e., junk mail, ads, etc. ------------------------------------------------------- BIOSCI is a set of parallel USENET newsgroups (the "bionet" groups), mailing lists, and a hypermail archive at URL http://www.bio.net/. The same postings are distributed on all media (except for a small number of mailing-list-only groups at net.bio.net). Unfortunately it is becoming a despicable practice on the Internet (by a few people out to make a fast buck) to do automated mass postings to thousands of newsgroups and mailing lists. These attempts to grab free advertising are refered to as "spams" in the usual, somewhat boneheaded, net terminology. USENET is more susceptible to this practice, and many spams originate on the USENET groups and then are passed on to the mailing lists. However, spammers also get lists of mailing addresses and hit these too, so neither medium is immune. What should you do personally if you get junk mail? --------------------------------------------------- Just delete it and move on without reading it further. Filing a protest is becoming increasingly useless because spammers are often disguising the addresses where the messages are sent from. Unless you really understand Internet mail systems, your attempt at protest by sending replies to the message will often end up being sent to the address of an innocent person that the spammer is victimizing. What can BIOSCI/bionet do to protect its newsgroups? ---------------------------------------------------- The only solution currently available is to moderate the newsgroup. If this newsgroup is already moderated, then you are in good shape. Moderation protects the USENET distribution from about 95% of the spams that are being sent to date and protects the mailing lists completely. Moderation means, however, that someone has to take the time to review each message before it goes out. We have set up software here that simply allows the moderator to forward to an address at net.bio.net messages that (s)he wishes to have distributed. This takes no more time than that needed to read the message and pass it on, say about 1 min. per message. Most newsgroups currently have a discussion leader who is responsible for their newsgroup. The discussions leaders and their e-mail addresses are listed in the BIOSCI Information Sheet which is available on the Web at http://www.bio.net/. If a newsgroup is being hit with too many junk postings, please contact the discussion leader for that group and see if there is interest in moderating the group. Please do not assume that by simply posting a complaint to the newsgroup itself, anyone on the BIOSCI staff will act on your complaint. With close to 100 newsgroups to run, the BIOSCI staff has to rely on the discussion leaders of each newsgroup to report problems directly to us at biosci-help@net.bio.net. We will moderate any of our newsgroups if the discussion leader tells us that the readership of the group wishes to do so and if a moderator is willing to do the work. For most BIOSCI/bionet groups, this entails only a few minutes of work each day. Moderating a newsgroup will resolve probably 95% of the junk postings on the USENET distribution. 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. Please be sure to follow the proper procedures below. Gory details are in the BIOSCI Information sheets on the Web at http://www.bio.net. Below we give an example utilizing the METHODS-AND-REAGENTS list at both of our two BIOSCI sites: Users in the Americas and Pacific Rim countries who use the BIOSCI ------------------------------------------------------------------ node at computer net.bio.net: ---------------------------- A) Determine the "listname" which is the <=8 character mail address ^^^^^^^^^^^^^ for the group. These can be found in the BIOSCI Info. Sheet. For the METHODS-AND-REAGENTS group the mailing address is methods@net.bio.net. The listname is the portion of the address to the left of the @ sign, i.e., "methods". The listname is used with the "subscribe" and "unsubscribe" commands illustrated below. B) Mail all commands in the body of a mail message addressed to biosci-server@net.bio.net. Do NOT send commands to the newsgroup posting addresses! Leave the Subject: line blank, any text on it will be ignored. C) In the body of your message put one or more of the following commands with an "end" command on the last line, e.g., subscribe methods unsubscribe methods end Do NOT put your e-mail address or other text on these lines. The server only allows you to cancel your subscription if the address on your mail header matches the address on our mailing list. Please ask for help at biosci-help@net.bio.net if your address has changed, e.g., if you know you are on the list but the server tells you that you are not a member. Users in Europe, Africa, and Central Asia who use the BIOSCI node at -------------------------------------------------------------------- computer daresbury.ac.uk (also known as dl.ac.uk): ------------------------------------------------- To subscribe and unsubscribe to/from the BIOSCI lists, you need to specify the full USENET newsgroup name with "bionet-news." prepended. The USENET newsgroup names are listed in the BIOSCI Information sheet on the Web at http://www.bio.net/. For the METHODS-AND-REAGENTS list the USENET newsgroup name is bionet.molbio.methds-reagnts, thus the appropriate commands are sub bionet-news.bionet.molbio.methds-reagnts unsub bionet-news.bionet.molbio.methds-reagnts These commands are included in a message addressed to mxt@dl.ac.uk, NOT to the newsgroup mailing addresses. As usual, include the text in the body of the message as text on the Subject: line is ignored. To unsubscribe from all the lists at the UK node, use unsub bionet-news Please note that if the address in the list is different than the one in your mail message header, you will not be able to unsubscribe by this method. 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 May 13 11:25:00 1997 Received: (from daemon@localhost) by net.bio.net (8.6.12/8.6.6) id LAA18406 Message-Id: <199705131825.LAA18406@net.bio.net> To: annelida@net.bio.net From: ARINO, Arturo Reply-To: annelida@net.bio.net Subject: RE: Help with five polychaete genera Date: Tue, 13 May 1997 12:48:12 +0200 A few additional antiques from Zootron... >> Orbiniella Orbiniella DAY J.H., 1967: A monograph on the Polychaeta of Southern Africa Part 2. Sedentaria.- Trustees of the Brit. Mus. (Nat. Hist.), 656: 459-878 / Sudafrica (Africa S, Africa) Orbiniella drakei HARTMAN O., 1971: Abyssal Polychaetous Annelids from the Mozambique Bassin off Southeast Africa, with a Compendium of Abyssal Polychaetous Annelids from World-Wide Areas.- J. Fish. Res. Board Canada, 28 (10): 1407-1428 / Abismos () Orbiniella minuta DAY J.H., 1954: The polychaeta of Tristan de Cunha.- Norwegian Sci. Exped. Tristan de Cunha 1937-38, 1937-38, 29: 1-35 / Tristan da Cunha Orbiniella nuda HOBSON K.D., 1974: Orbiniella nuda new species (Orbiniidae) and nine new records of other sedentariate Polychaetous Annelids from Washington and British Columbia.- Can. J. Zool., 52 (1): 69-75 / Norteamerica NW HOBSON K.D., 1976: Protoariciella oligobranchia new species (Orbiniidae) and six new records of Orbiniidae, Questidae, and Paraonidae (Anelida, Polychaeta) from British Columbia.- Can. J. Zool., 54: 591-596 / British Columbia (Canada, America del Norte) -- Arturo H. Arino artarip@mail2.cti.unav.es -- ANNELIDA 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 Wed May 14 14:40:28 1997 Received: (from daemon@localhost) by net.bio.net (8.6.12/8.6.6) id OAA29479 Message-Id: <199705142140.OAA29479@net.bio.net> To: annelida@net.bio.net From: "Smith, Janet" Reply-To: annelida@net.bio.net Subject: WANTED: information on the benthic environment of St Brides Bay and Carmarthen Bay, West Wales Date: Wed, 14 May 1997 14:31:39 +0100 Dear Annelida colleagues We are involved in a study, funded by the Sea Empress Environmental Evaluation Committee (SEEEC), to investigate the potential impacts of the Sea Empress oil spill on the benthic fauna of the west Wales coast. We would like to hear of any available information from this area which would assist us in interpreting our results. Please contact either Jan Smith (js@opru.co.uk) or Graham Hobbs (gh@opru.co.uk). Thanks in advance. -- ANNELIDA LIST Server address = biosci-server@net.bio.net (un/subscribes) Discussion address = annelida@net.bio.net (talk to all members) List archives = URL:http://www.bio.net:80/hypermail/ANNELIDA/ Research resource = URL:http://www.keil.ukans.edu/~worms/annelid.html From daemon Tue May 20 02:41:21 1997 Received: (from daemon@localhost) by net.bio.net (8.6.12/8.6.6) id CAA00404 Message-Id: <199705200941.CAA00404@net.bio.net> To: annelida@net.bio.net From: "Wilfried Westheide" Reply-To: annelida@net.bio.net Organization: Biologie Uni Osnabrueck Date: Tue, 20 May 1997 10:04:35 GMT Subject: Symposium: Reproduction and development of Annelida Symposium "Reproductive Strategies and Developmental Patterns in Annelids" September 22-26, 1997 Haus Ohrbeck Osnabrueck, Germany Organized by: HD. Dr. Adriaan Dorresteijn Institut fuer Zoologie (Abt. 1) FB Biologie Johannes-Gutenberg-Universitaet 55099 Mainz Tel: 06131/394273 Fax: 06131/393835 e-mail: DORRESTE@mzdmza.zdv.uni-mainz.de Prof. Dr. Wilfried Westheide Spezielle Zoologie FB Biologie/Chemie Universitaet Osnabrueck 49069 Osnabrueck Tel.: 0541/969-2861 Fax: 0541/969-2870 e-mail: WESTHEIDE@cipfb5.biologie.uni-osnabrueck.de With financial support by the Volkswagen-Stiftung, Hannover Info: Haus Ohrbeck can be reached by car. From the intersection Lotte/Osnabrueck follow the A30 towards Osnabrueck and leave the highway at Osnabrueck- Sutthausen (exit No. 17). Turn right and head for Hage You will find Haus Ohrbeck, a monastery which can't be overseen, after approximately 3 kilometers on the right Haus Ohrbeck can also be reached by bus from the railway station Osnabrueck Hbf. Take line 13 or 15 and get off at Neumarkt. A pedestrian tunnel leads to the Johannisstrasse. Pick up the bus 405-72 ding for Holzhausen at Platform 6. Get off the bus at Kloster Ohrbeck Muenster/Osnabrueck is the nearest airport (35 km) with an inexpensive shuttle to Osnabrueck Hbf. (railway station) which, however, has to be ordered in advance. Taxis wait outside the stati The conference will be open for scientists working in this field. Lodging is possible in Haus Ohrbeck (limited to 40 persons) or nearby hotels. Our time schedule allows a limited number of short communications (presentation: 10 min; discussion: 5 min). Please submit a title and a short summary to the organizers (for approval) before August, 1997. Costs for accomodation on request. The conference fee is DM 120,- Program: Tuesday, September 23, 1997 9.00 am: Welcome by the Dean of the Osnabrueck University 9.15 am: Introduction by the organizers (W. Westheide and A. Dorresteijn) 9.30-10.15 am: A. Fischer: Reproductive and developmental phenomena in annelids: a source of exemplary research problems 10.15-10.30 am: - Coffee Break - 10.30-11.15 am: T. Bartolomaeus: Development, structure and function of segmental genital organs 11.15-12.00 am: Short communications 12.00-2.00 pm: - Lunch - 2.00-2.45 pm: G. Sella: Mating system evolution in Dorvilleidae and Dinophilidae 2.45-3.30 pm: W. Westheide: Hermaphroditism in annelids 3.30-4.15 pm: Short communications 6.00 pm: - Dinner - 8.00 pm: Round-table-discussion with a short introduction on the systematics of annelids by W. Westheide Wednesday, September 24, 1997 9.00-9.45 am: J. Hardege: Nereid polychaetes as model organisms for marine chemical ecology 9.45-10.30 am: M. Sato: Divergence of reproductive and developmental characteristics and speciation in Hediste spp. (Nereididae) 10.30-10.45 am: - Coffee Break - 10.45-11.30 am: G. Rouse: Functional and phylogenetical aspects of sperm types 11.30-12.15 am: M. Ferraguti: Clitellate sperm types 12.15-2.00 pm: - Lunch - 2.00-2.45 pm: A. Dorresteijn: On the determination of histogenetic fate in polychaetes 2.45-3.30 pm: J. Henry: Cleavage patterns and fate maps in annelids and other spiralians 3.30-4.00 pm: - Tea Break - 4.00-4.45 pm: P-Y. Qian: Larval settlement of marine polychaetes 6.00 pm: - Dinner - 8.00 pm: Short communications Thursday, September 25, 1997 9.00-9.45 am: U. Hoeger: Metabolite supply in growing oocytes of Nereis virens: Role of nucleosides 9.45-10.30 am: H-D. Franke: Reproduction of the Syllidae 10.30-11.00 am: - Coffee Break - 11.00-11.45 am: J. Blake: Reproduction and Larval Development of Spioniform Polychaetes 12.00-2.00 pm: - Lunch - 2.00-3.00 pm: Short communications 3.00-3.30 pm: - Tea Break - 3.30-4.15 pm: E. Southward: Development of Perviata and Vestimentifera (Pogonophora) 6.00 pm: - Dinner - 8.00-9.00 pm: P. Olive: Polychaete Aquaculture and Science - a mutual synergism Friday, September 26, 1997 9.00- 9.45 am: W. Dohle: The ancestral cleavage patterns of clitellates and its evolutionary deviations 9.45-10.30 am: D. Weisblat: Cellular and molecular aspects of polarity in early leech embryos 10.30-11.00 am: - Coffee Break - 11.00-11.45 am: P. Omodeo: Parthenogenesis and polyploidy in the Clitellates 12.00-2.00 pm: - Lunch - 2.00-3.00 pm: Short communications 3.00-3.45 pm: B. Conn: Reproductive strategies of parasitic annelids 3.45-4.15 pm: - Tea Break - 5.00 pm: - Conference Dinner - ======================================================================================= Prof. Dr. Wilfried Westheide Spezielle Zoologie, FB Biologie/Chemie, Universitaet Osnabrueck, D-49069 Osnabrueck Tel: +49-(0)541-969-2861 Fax: +49-(0)541-969-2870 -- ANNELIDA 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 Wed May 21 17:17:23 1997 Received: (from daemon@localhost) by net.bio.net (8.6.12/8.6.6) id RAA10425 Message-Id: <199705220017.RAA10425@net.bio.net> To: annelida@net.bio.net Date: Wed, 21 May 1997 19:03:19 -0600 (CST) Reply-To: annelida@net.bio.net From: Solis Wolfowitz Viviane Subject: Type of Heterospio longissima Dear Annelidans Does anyone know where I can locate the holotype of Heterospio longissima Ehlers, 1874, from the PORCUPINE expedition? The description is in Ehlers, 1875 Bitrage zur kenntinis der Vertikalverbreitung der Borsten-wurmer in Meere. Zeits. wiss. Zool. Leipzig. 25:1-102 With my thanks in advance and best regards Vivianne Dr. Vivianne Solis Weiss Laboratorio de Ecologia Costera (Poliquetos) Instituto de Ciencias del Mar y Limnologia Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico Circuito Exterior, C.U. Mexico, D.F., 04510 MEXICO Tel. (525) 622 5778 (525) 622 5833 (525) 645 4327 FAX: (525) 616 0748; (525) 645 1228 e-mail: solisw@mar.icmyl.unam.mx -- ANNELIDA LIST Server address = biosci-server@net.bio.net (un/subscribes) Discussion address = annelida@net.bio.net (talk to all members) List archives = URL:http://www.bio.net:80/hypermail/ANNELIDA/ Research resource = URL:http://www.keil.ukans.edu/~worms/annelid.html From daemon Wed May 21 21:20:49 1997 Received: (from daemon@localhost) by net.bio.net (8.6.12/8.6.6) id VAA07719 Message-Id: <199705220420.VAA07719@net.bio.net> To: annelida@net.bio.net Date: Wed, 21 May 1997 21:07:33 -0700 Reply-To: annelida@net.bio.net From: David Kristofferson Subject: IMPORTANT - BIOSCI moving to Stanford! After more than a decade of serving the biology community on the BIOSCI project, I have decided that it is time for me to pass the torch. The demands of my career and family are making it increasingly difficult for me to run BIOSCI adequately on a part-time basis, and I've decided that I would do the project more harm than good by clinging to it. Therefore I have concluded an agreement with the Stanford University Libraries to take over the management of the BIOSCI project effective 6 June 1997. Many of you know the work of the Stanford Libraries through HighWire Press which has done an excellent job bringing the Journal of Biological Chemistry, Science Magazine, and other prestigious journals to the WWW (see http://highwire.stanford.edu/). I have every confidence that Stanford will provide an environment where the BIOSCI project can flourish. The BIOSCI team at Daresbury will continue to support the project in Europe, and Dave Mack and Julie Lawrence on the current BIOSCI staff will continue to assist the new team at Stanford. The project will be managed by Serge Taylor of the Stanford Libraries who is responsible for developing Web-based "knowledge environments" for scientists. I will still participate with the project in an advisory capacity but have to phase myself out of day-to-day operations. Many of you who read bionet.announce, bionet.biology.computational, and bionet.jobs.offered (the groups that I moderate) have been aware of the recent posting delays that my busy schedule has inflicted on those newsgroups. I am pleased to announce that Todd McGee, Scientific Advisor of the HighWire Press, will be taking over moderation of those groups from me this week. ** NOTE ** - The BIOSCI hardware will be down for backups on 6 June and will be moved over the weekend of June 7 and 8. We will be changing the IP number of the machine, but the host name and all mailing addresses will remain unchanged. There may be a few days of service disruption during this time due to the move unfortunately, just as we experienced in BIOSCI's previous move. We hope to keep this to a minimum. We will post status reports on the move to bionet.announce before and after it happens. Please watch that newsgroup for details. It has been a pleasure serving all of you since the "early days" of biology on the Internet. I've had the pleasure of not only "knowing" many of you over the Internet, but have also met literally thousands of biologists around the U.S. and elsewhere during the many Internet training seminars that I gave over the last decade. I've been truly fortunate to have been given the chance to play a role in the growth of biology on the Internet. This is something I will always treasure. Sincerely, Dave Kristofferson BIOSCI/bionet Manager biosci-help@net.bio.net -- ANNELIDA LIST Server address = biosci-server@net.bio.net (un/subscribes) Discussion address = annelida@net.bio.net (talk to all members) List archives = URL:http://www.bio.net:80/hypermail/ANNELIDA/ Research resource = URL:http://www.keil.ukans.edu/~worms/annelid.html From daemon Thu May 22 15:28:57 1997 Received: (from daemon@localhost) by net.bio.net (8.6.12/8.6.6) id PAA21496 Message-Id: <199705222228.PAA21496@net.bio.net> To: annelida@net.bio.net Date: Thu, 22 May 1997 10:05:09 -0300 Reply-To: annelida@net.bio.net From: Paulo da Cunha Lana Organization: Centro de Estudos do Mar Subject: Re: IMPORTANT - BIOSCI moving to Stanford! David Kristofferson wrote: > After more than a decade of serving the biology community on the > BIOSCI project, I have decided that it is time for me to pass the > torch. I've been truly > fortunate to have been given the chance to play a role in the growth > of biology on the Internet. This is something I will always treasure. This is just to say thank you for all your efforts. BIOSCI has been a most helpful tool for thousands of scientists all over the world. Paulo da Cunha Lana Universidade Federal do Parana - Brazil lana@aica.cem.ufpr.br ------------------------------------ [I've forwarded this to Dave, and I'd also like to express my gratitude for a really superb service -- he's done a tremendous amount of work and a lot of it has been unpaid and in his spare time. A thorough professional. We are very lucky to be able to have the facilities that Annelida list has. Long may it continue. And as far as I know at the moment there will be no changes in the way we operate (fingers crossed). -- Geoff Read, Annelida Moderator.] -- ANNELIDA LIST Server address = biosci-server@net.bio.net (un/subscribes) Discussion address = annelida@net.bio.net (talk to all members) List archives = URL:http://www.bio.net:80/hypermail/ANNELIDA/ Research resource = URL:http://www.keil.ukans.edu/~worms/annelid.html From daemon Fri May 23 12:03:26 1997 Received: (from daemon@localhost) by net.bio.net (8.6.12/8.6.6) id MAA09653 Message-Id: <199705231903.MAA09653@net.bio.net> To: annelida@net.bio.net Date: Fri, 23 May 1997 11:15:34 -0600 (CST) Reply-To: annelida@net.bio.net From: Solis Wolfowitz Viviane Subject: Heterospio longissima holotype Dear Annelidans: Thanks a lot to all who wrote in connection with the location of the Heterospio longissima type; you were most helpful and I will try the different options suggested. With my best regards Vivianne Dr. Vivianne Solis Weiss Laboratorio de Ecologia Costera (Poliquetos) Instituto de Ciencias del Mar y Limnologia Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico Circuito Exterior, C.U. Mexico, D.F., 04510 MEXICO Tel. (525) 622 5778 (525) 622 5833 (525) 645 4327 FAX: (525) 616 0748; (525) 645 1228 e-mail: solisw@mar.icmyl.unam.mx -- ANNELIDA 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 Tue May 27 19:53:03 1997 Received: (from daemon@localhost) by net.bio.net (8.6.12/8.6.6) id TAA26831 Message-Id: <199705280253.TAA26831@net.bio.net> To: annelida@net.bio.net Date: Wed, 28 May 1997 12:13:27 +1100 (EETDT) Reply-To: annelida@net.bio.net From: Robin Wilson Subject: update to DELTA polychaeta web pages Dear annelida subscribers Some weeks ago I posted a notice to the list about a web site with information about a project to produce DELTA taxonomic databases and on-line taxonomic descriptions of southern Australian polychaetes. We have just updated parts of the web site. New features are an Intkey identification package (for DELTA Intkey users) to allow identification of Opheliidae. Southern Australian species and world genera are included, as are some figures of selected taxa and characters. The opheliid taxonomic database is the work of research assistant and html wizard Joanne Taylor, and me. As I mentioned in the previous post, each family database will have separate authorship. The other improvement is that the web pages now use frames. This allows easier scrolling and navigation within each "box", but earlier browsers may not cope. If this causes anyone problems please say so, but there is no reason not to download a new version of your current browser (or another one) that will allow this and many other web pages to be viewed. One of the main reasons for providing this information on the web is to solicit feedback. But there has been very little so far. All of us would much appreciate constructive comments, even if just to say you have downloaded a .zip file and it works OK. bye Robin _____________________________________________________________________ Robin Wilson rwilson@mov.vic.gov.au Museum of Victoria 71 Victoria Crescent Abbotsford Victoria telephone 61-3 9284 0216 Australia 3067 fax 61-3 9416 0475 Polychaeta of Australia: http://www.mov.vic.gov.au/poly _____________________________________________________________________ -- ANNELIDA LIST Server address = biosci-server@net.bio.net (un/subscribes) Discussion address = annelida@net.bio.net (talk to all members) List archives = URL:http://www.bio.net:80/hypermail/ANNELIDA/ Research resource = URL:http://www.keil.ukans.edu/~worms/annelid.html From daemon Fri May 30 16:27:44 1997 Received: (from daemon@localhost) by net.bio.net (8.6.12/8.6.6) id QAA16540 Message-Id: <199705302327.QAA16540@net.bio.net> To: annelida@net.bio.net Reply-To: annelida@net.bio.net Organization: Department of Zoology Invertebrate MSU From: "Ilya E. Ivanov" Subject: Address of Smith & Rieger Date: Fri, 30 May 97 21:50:47 +0400 Department of Invertebrate Zoology, Biological Faculty, Moscow State University, 119899, Moscow, Russia. Tel.: (095) 939 36 56 Ilya E. Ivanov ______________________________________________________________ Dear Anneliders, During last few years I have been studying ultrastructure of coelom cavity among family Phyllodocidae under the guidance of Dr. Alexander B. Tzetlin. Now I am first year post graduate student. I am planing to investigate and compare the secondary body cavity among other groups of errant polychaete. I would be much grateful if you could send me, if it's possible, e-mail addresses of Dr. Peter R. Smith and Dr. Reinhard M. Rieger Thank you in advance. Sincerely yours Ilya E. Ivanov -- ANNELIDA 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 --