From daemon Sun Aug 3 18:27:47 1997 Received: (from daemon@localhost) by net.bio.net (8.8.6/8.6.6) id SAA29193 Message-Id: <199708040127.SAA29193@net.bio.net> To: annelida@net.bio.net From: "Geoff Read" Reply-To: annelida@net.bio.net Organization: NIWA (Nat. Inst. Water & Atmos. Research) Date: Mon, 4 Aug 1997 13:23:14 +1100 Subject: Re: Chaetopterus alert > Panganiban,G; Irvine,SM; Lowe,C; Roehl,H; Corley,LS; Sherbon,B; Grenier, > JK; Fallon,JF; Kimble,J; Walker,M; Wray,GA; Swalla,BJ; Martindale,MQ; > Carroll,SB (1997): The origin and evolution of animal appendages. > Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of > America 94(10), 5162-5166. It was a Chaetopterus variopedatus larva that they used to examine the expression of the Distal-less gene. In fact I discovered the complete article is online. This is the figure with the Chaetopterus larva: http://www.pnas.org/cgi/content/full/94/10/5162/F1 If you can go to that first you can get back to the article rather than search for it from the journal home page at: http://www.pnas.org/ -- 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 Aug 5 03:50:49 1997 Received: (from daemon@localhost) by net.bio.net (8.8.6/8.6.6) id DAA05377 Message-Id: <199708051050.DAA05377@net.bio.net> To: annelida@net.bio.net Date: Tue, 5 Aug 1997 16:48:58 +1100 Reply-To: annelida@net.bio.net From: EleniTW_at_AMBS@amsg.austmus.gov.au (EleniTW) Subject: Sabella spallanzanii Dear All I'm currently working at the Australian Museum, Sydney on a literature review investigating the ability of target organisms to suvive in Ballast Water. The organisms of interest being Sabella spallanzanii, Carcinus maenus, Asterias amurensis, Undaria pinnatifida, Gymnodinium catenatum and Alexandrium spp. I'm looking for information on the life history, habitat, growth rates, survival rates and larval stages (including tolerance of physical parameters such as temperature, salinity, light, dissolved oxygen) of Sabella spallanzanii. I'm also looking for information on the ability of Sabella spallanzanii larvae to survive in ballast water. So far I have only found limited information on Sabella spallanzanii and any new leads or personal communications would be greatly appreciated. I can be contacted by email: elenitw@amsg.austmus.gov.au mail: Australian Museum 1 Stanley Lane East Sydney NSW 2010 Australia fax: 0011-61-2-9380-6964 phone: 0011-61-2-9320-6311 Your help in this matter is much appreciated Yours sincerely Dr Eleni Taylor-Wood -- 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 Thu Aug 7 15:29:36 1997 Received: (from daemon@localhost) by net.bio.net (8.8.6/8.6.6) id PAA10987 Message-Id: <199708072229.PAA10987@net.bio.net> To: annelida@net.bio.net Date: Thu, 7 Aug 1997 11:46:25 +0200 Reply-To: annelida@net.bio.net From: MAX MOSER Subject: self-supporting closed systems Dear folks, I am interested (as a hobbyist) in self-supporting closed systems like the ecoball, which is a small sealed salt-water filled glass ball containing some algae and small water animals who are supposed to survive for several years given the right light and temperature. Is anybody familiar with literature or people doing research in that topic? Regards, Max Moser Dr. Max Moser Physiological Institute Harrachgasse 21/5 A-8010 Graz Austria-Europe -- 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 Aug 7 19:03:33 1997 Received: (from daemon@localhost) by net.bio.net (8.8.6/8.6.6) id TAA03248 Message-Id: <199708080203.TAA03248@net.bio.net> To: annelida@net.bio.net Date: Fri, 8 Aug 1997 09:52:20 +1100 Reply-To: annelida@net.bio.net From: EleniTW_at_AMBS@amsg.austmus.gov.au (EleniTW) Subject: Replies to Sabella spallanzanii Hello All, I have received the following replies to my query on Sabella spallanzanii 1) Sabella spallanzanii used to run under the name Spirographis spallanzanii and used to be considered a "typical" Mediterranean species. Thus., most of the studies of the beast will be in French or Italian journals. I am pretty sure you would get an earful if you contacted Maria Cristina Gambi at the Naples Lab. 2) I am a researcher currently working on non-native species in Chesapeake Bay. One of the primary transport mechanisms we are investigating, is ship ballast water. You may have seen some of Jim Carlton's work on the west coast of the US (I suggest you get several of his papers, if you haven't already- at least one of them, Carlton and Cohen, 1996 is available over the internet at a non indigenous species web site) To date we have sampled over 150 ships in the Bay, and there is definite evidence that larvae, juveniles and adults of many species of polychaetes are being transported live in ballast water. Though we have never seen a sabellid, we have gotten serpulids. Again, we have found many different species and life stages of crabs in ballast water, though not the green crab (yet). 3) I am doing my PhD at Melbourne uni on ecological interactions between Sabella spallanzanii and other sessile organisms. I know of very few publications on Sabella, but I have listed a few below (if you have others, I'd appreciate them too). With regard to larval tolerances etc, you might try getting in touch with Yuri Shiraki at Flinders Uni (yuri.shiraki@flinders.edu.au)-she has had some success at rearing larvae through to settlement. As for survival in ballast tanks, it is not implausable that adult worms could live inside ballast tanks. They seem to have no problem living attached to metal objects, and I believe that adult specimens have been found in seawater storage tanks at the Marine and Freshwater Research Institute at Queenscliff, Vic. Carey,JM; Watson,JE (1992): Benthos of the muddy bottom habitat of the geelong arm of Port Phillip Bay, Victoria, Australia. Vic. Nat. 109, 196-202. Dales,RP (1961): The coelomic and peritoneal cell systems of some Sabellid polychaetes. Quart. J. micr. Sci. 102, 327-346. Fauchald,K; Jumars,PA (1979): The diet of worms: a study of polychaete feeding guilds. Oceanogr. Mar. Biol. Ann. Rev. 17, 193-284. Fitzhugh,K (1989): A systematic revision of the Sabellidae-Caobangidae-Sabellongidae complex (Annelida: Polychaeta). Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist. 192, 1-104. Gambi,MC; Castelli,A; Giangrande,A; Lanera,P; Prevedelli,D; Zunarelli Vandini,R (1994): Polychaetes of commercial and applied interest in Italy: an overview. In: Actes de la 4eme Conference internationale des Polychetes. Vol. 162. (Eds: Dauvin,JC; Laubier,L; Reish,DJ) Mem. Mus. natn. Hist. nat., Paris, 593-603. * Giangrande,A; Petraroli,A (1994): Observations on reprocuction and growth of Sabella spallanzanii (Polychaeta, Sabellidae) in the Mediterranean Sea. In: Actes de la 4eme Conference internationale des Polychetes. 162nd ed. Vol. 162. (Eds: Dauvin,JC; Laubier,L; Reish,DJ) Mem. Mus. natn. Hist. Nat., Paris, 51-56. Koechlin,N (1977): Installation d'une epifaune a Spirographis spallanzanii Viviani, Sycon ciliatum Fabricus et Ciona intestinalis (L.) dans le Port de Plaisance De Lezardrieux (Cotes-du-Nord). Cah. Biol. Mar. 18, 325-337. McEuen,FS; Wu,BL; Chia,FS (1983): Reproduction and development of Sabella media a sabellid polychaete with extratubular brooding. Mar. Biol 76, 301-309. Parry, G et al(1996). Final report to FRDC: Mapping and distribution of Sabella spallanzanii in Port Phillip Bay. 4) Geordie Clapin was doing some research on Sabella spallanzanii with CSIRO here in WA. I know he published the following report, but more research was done after this date. I'm not sure of the details of the project. I can't find his email address at the moment and I know he was leaving CSIRO soon. You might try contacting the CSIRO marine labs where the work was being carried out. Phone number: (08) 9422 8200. Clapin, G and Evans, D (1995) The status of the introduced marine fanworm Sabella spallanzan in Western Australia : a preliminary investigation. CSIRO Division of Fisheries, Technical report (Centre for Research on Introduced Marine Pests (Australia)) ; no. 2. Someone else to contact would be Sabastian Rainer or Marnie Nelson. They both work at Centre for Research on Introduced Marine Pests, CSIRO, Hobart. Dr Sebastian F. Rainer CSIRO Division of Fisheries Marine Laboratories Castray Esplanade, Hobart, Tas AUSTRALIA (Postcode: 7000) E-mail: sebastian.rainer@ml.csiro.au Tel: 61-02-32-5377 Fax: 61-02-32-5485 5) Newell, RC. 1970 "Biology of intertidal animals" discusses some of the physiology of S.spallenzanii based on reviews of several papers published through the period 1930-1960. most of the data presented is on S.pavonina but there is a bit of comparative stuff with S.spallenzanii, including an oxygen dissociation curve of the respiratory pigment (chlorocruorin). Thanks everybody for your help and interest. I'll keep you all informed of any more replies that I get. cheers Eleni -- 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 Sat Aug 9 21:53:50 1997 Received: (from daemon@localhost) by net.bio.net (8.6.12/8.6.6) id VAA29004 Message-Id: <199708100453.VAA29004@net.bio.net> To: annelida@net.bio.net From: "Geoff Read" Reply-To: annelida@net.bio.net Date: Sun, 10 Aug 1997 16:38:04 +0000 Subject: Gulf of Mexico Ice Worms 'Ice worms' -- Does anyone know more about what they are? Andrew McArthur's Deepsea list has just posted a reference to the Pennsylvania State University Dept of Biology web page of Charles Fisher (URL below). Below is all the relevant text from that site, & also URLs for the images you will find there. Also there is an article in the latest New Scientist (9 August 1997. Vol. 155 No. 2094). http://www.bio.psu.edu/fisher/new.html http://www.bio.psu.edu/fisher/images/webiceworm1.jpeg "Methane hydrates like this one, which is 700 meters deep in the Gulf of Mexico, are crystal structures of methane and water which can form under conditions of low temperature and high pressure. This hydrate mound, which is over 6 feet in diameter, has risen off of the seafloor because the "methane ice" is lighter than the sediment or sea water." http://www.bio.psu.edu/fisher/images/webiceworm4.jpeg "On close inspection, myriads of one to two inch long polychaete worms can be seen living on and in the surface of the hydrates. These worms were only discovered on July 15th 1997, and we are just beginning to study them. We speculate that they may colonize the hydrates even when they are buried, and that the worm's nutrition is tightly tied to the hydrate itself. However, these and many other speculations about this new species of worm remain to be tested and verified." That's it! -- Geoff Read -- 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 Aug 11 19:31:00 1997 Received: (from daemon@localhost) by net.bio.net (8.6.12/8.6.6) id TAA04998 Message-Id: <199708120231.TAA04998@net.bio.net> To: annelida@net.bio.net Date: Tue, 12 Aug 1997 10:45:17 +0900 Reply-To: annelida@net.bio.net From: Tomoyuki Miura Subject: WWW site for Polychaete TV star Moderator note - for the (Japanese) page with all the animals go to: http://www.jamstec.go.jp/jamstec-j/PR/SEIBUTU/index.html ------------------------- Dear Colleagues, I add just one more information on Polychaete TV news star mailed by Geoff, 26 Jul 1997. Deep-sea pelagic animals of the TV news are now on the JAMSTEC page . You have a choice of English version or Japanese one, but no concerned data in English one. The video steel of pelagic polychaete recorded at a depth of 6500m is placed with its explanation in Japanese: . Tomo ---------------------------------------- Tomoyuki Miura Faculty of Fisheries, Kagoshima University 4-50-20 Shimoarata, Kagoshima 890, Japan Tel: +81-99-286-4272 Fax: +81-99-286-4015 ---------------------------------------- -- 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 Aug 11 20:00:02 1997 Received: (from daemon@localhost) by net.bio.net (8.6.12/8.6.6) id UAA06787 Message-Id: <199708120300.UAA06787@net.bio.net> To: annelida@net.bio.net Date: Sun, 10 Aug 1997 11:58:06 -0500 (CDT) Reply-To: annelida@net.bio.net From: jablake@ix.netcom.com (JAMES A. BLAKE) Subject: Re: Gulf of Mexico Ice Worms Dear Geoff and the Annelid List, The reference to "Ice Worms" is a new one to me, but the worm may turn out to be the same one that occurs at various other seeps in the Gulf of Mexico and that has been collected and known, but not described, for about 10 yrs. The worm occurs in "writhing" masses and it turns out to be related to orbiniids, albeit something that seems very plesiomorphic to me. I have worked up a description but am at a loss at the moment as to how to classify it. It is certainly a new genus and species, and at least a new subfamily. Kevin Eckelbarger is studying the spermatogenesis and has found an unusual sperm structure; Craig Young is working on its reproduction and other aspects of the ecology. I am doing the taxonomy. Bye, Jim Blake ENSR, 89 Water Street Woods Hole, MA 02543 (jablake@ix.netcom.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 Mon Aug 11 20:25:05 1997 Received: (from daemon@localhost) by net.bio.net (8.6.12/8.6.6) id UAA09882 Message-Id: <199708120325.UAA09882@net.bio.net> To: annelida@net.bio.net From: "Geoff Read" Reply-To: annelida@net.bio.net Organization: NIWA (Nat. Inst. Water & Atmos. Research) Date: Tue, 12 Aug 1997 15:21:50 +1100 Subject: Re: Gulf of Mexico Ice Worms James Blake wrote: > The reference to "Ice Worms" is a new one to me, but the worm may turn > out to be the same one that occurs at various other seeps in the Gulf > of Mexico and that has been collected and known, but not described, for > about 10 yrs. > > The worm occurs in "writhing" masses and it turns out to be related to > orbiniids, albeit something that seems very plesiomorphic to me. Thanks Jim. No, I think that could be another worm -- the species Fisher apparently nicknames 'snotworms' (!!) which have just been brought to my attention (thanks Mary - I missed them.). http://www.bio.psu.edu/fisher/images/snotworms.jpeg -- 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 Aug 12 15:07:33 1997 Received: (from daemon@localhost) by net.bio.net (8.6.12/8.6.6) id PAA10692 Message-Id: <199708122207.PAA10692@net.bio.net> To: annelida@net.bio.net Date: Tue, 12 Aug 1997 12:24:40 +0100 Reply-To: annelida@net.bio.net From: f.pleijel@tmbl.gu.se (Fredrik Pleijel) Subject: New taxa in abstracts A large amount of a taxonomist's work involves trying to establish what earlier authors have intended with a taxon name. This may be understandable when examining 18th, 19th and early 20th century descriptions; it is at least in part an effect of the fact that these earlier authors did not have to differentiate their new taxa from as many previous ones as we have today. These descriptions simply do not provide information on many characters. Although we may have quite different expectations of modern descriptions, a quick browse of the volumes from the proceedings of International Polychaete Conferences unfortunately provides the following list of new taxa and combinations which were briefly introduced solely in abstracts and without accompanying paper: 3rd meeting in California: Lycastopsis riojai, new species; Cirratulus gayheadius, new combination; Protocirrinereis chrysoderma, new combination, Protocirrinereis ?antarctica, new combination. 4th meeting in France Pseudocirratulida, new order, Pseudocirratulidae, new family. 5th meeting in China Flotidae, new family; Polyophthalmus qingdaoensis, new species; Micronerilla brevis, new species; Paraleiochrides, new genus. Eupraxillella, Diopatra mexicana, Mooreonuphis pumae and Pista malmgreni were also named in abstracts in those publications but constitute nomina nuda since they were not accompanied by any descriptions. The abstract descriptions fulfill the requirements of the Code for introduction of new taxa (except the new order, a rank not governed by these rules) in including latinized name together with some (no matter how brief) descriptive part. In our view, however, they do not fulfill the requirements of biologists. We minimally expect a description and a diagnosis; the former detailing characteristics which the experienced taxonomist considers of importance and worthy of communication, the latter features which permit us to recognize this taxon as different from all previously named ones. Additionally, the new taxon should be followed by comparisons of characters to those of closely related groups plus an evaluation of its relationships. Very little of all of this information can or should be provided in an abstract. These names also tend to introduce nomenclatural problems when the full paper is later published with statements that the taxa are newly erected; in that moment the authors actually create both junior homonyms and junior synonyms of the taxa which were earlier described in the abstract. The introduction of new combinations also represents nomenclatural acts, and should be treated with similar caution as new taxa. New synonomies, in contrast, represent individual taxonomist's judgement on group affinities, and as such represent separate acts without nomenclatural bearing. There may be other reasons for not introducing them in abstract. We therefore urge authors and editors to avoid future publication of new taxa and new combinations in abstracts whenever these are published without accompanying paper. These abstracts may be presented in similar form as before, except that the formal introduction of new names should await the complete publication. Thanks from Fredrik Pleijel & Kristian Fauchald Fredrik Pleijel Executive editor for Zoologica Scripta Current address (1st Sept 96 - 1 Oct 97): Dep Inv Zool National Museum of Natural History MRC 163 Smithsonian Institution Washington DC 205 60 US tel 202 357 4594 fax 202 357 3043 e-mail f.pleijel@tmbl.gu.se -- 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 Aug 12 16:41:39 1997 Received: (from daemon@localhost) by net.bio.net (8.6.12/8.6.6) id QAA20926 Message-Id: <199708122341.QAA20926@net.bio.net> To: annelida@net.bio.net From: "Geoff Read" Reply-To: annelida@net.bio.net Organization: NIWA (Nat. Inst. Water & Atmos. Research) Date: Wed, 13 Aug 1997 11:14:53 +1100 Subject: Re: New taxa in abstracts > 5th meeting in China > [...] Polyophthalmus qingdaoensis, new species; > Micronerilla brevis, new species; Paraleiochrides, new genus. Further information on the above: Polyophthalmus qingdaoensis was published two years ago. Purschke,G; Ding,Z; Muller,MC (1995): Ultrastructural Differences As A Taxonomic Marker - The Segmental Ocelli Of Polyophthalmus Pictus And Polyophthalmus Qingdaoensis Sp N (Polychaeta, Opheliidae). Zoomorphology 115(4, Nov), 229-241. The thoracic seta equation in the abstract for _Paraleiochrides_ Zhang & Sun got mangled somewhere along the line and is useless. The intended version is properly in the conference booklet (poster paper) as something like; Peristomium + 1 s/o + 10 s/s + 1 s/u _Micronerilla brevis_ comes from a Russian poster in the booklet. Regrettably I don't think the physical item, along with all Russians except one, made it to the conference. Currently we have full papers in the proceedings that weren't presented at the conference - I'm happy with that. But, if the situation should occur again, I wonder if the line should be firmly drawn against abstracts that weren't presented? What is the point of them? > We therefore urge authors and editors to avoid future publication of new > taxa and new combinations in abstracts whenever these are published without > accompanying paper. There are manuals for biology editors. If it's not already in them it surely should be. -- 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 Aug 12 16:42:36 1997 Received: (from daemon@localhost) by net.bio.net (8.6.12/8.6.6) id QAA20988 Message-Id: <199708122342.QAA20988@net.bio.net> To: annelida@net.bio.net Date: Tue, 12 Aug 1997 15:47:36 -0700 (PDT) Reply-To: annelida@net.bio.net From: "Erik V. Thuesen" Subject: Re: WWW site for Polychaete TV star Dear Colleagues with an interest in pelagic Polychaeta: I have looked at the jpeg on the JAMSTEC web site of the Polychaete TV star and it seems that the star is likely a species of Flota. Whether it is one of the two described species (Flota flabelligera or F. vitjasa), the same as our undescribed species from the Deep-sea Benthic Boundary Layer (BBL) off California and Hawaii, or another new species is impossible to tell from the jpeg. Cheers, ERIK ******************************* * Erik V. Thuesen, Ph.D. * * Lab II * * The Evergreen State College * * Olympia, Washington 98505 * * * * Voice: 360-866-6000 x6584 * * Fax: 360-866-6794 * ******************************* -- 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 Aug 12 16:53:30 1997 Received: (from daemon@localhost) by net.bio.net (8.6.12/8.6.6) id QAA22410 Message-Id: <199708122353.QAA22410@net.bio.net> To: annelida@net.bio.net Date: Tue, 12 Aug 1997 16:07:46 -0700 (PDT) Reply-To: annelida@net.bio.net From: "Erik V. Thuesen" Subject: Re: New taxa in abstracts: Flotidae Hello Flota aficionados: As I was sending off my message about Flota sp. the movie star, the message from Fredrik Pleijel & Kristian Fauchald arrived. Regarding the family Flotidae, I would like to point out that correct citation for the new family is Buzhinskaya, GN (1996) [UNIQUE FEATURES OF MORPHOLOGY OF SOME DEEP-SEA PELAGIC POLYCHAETES], DOKLADY AKADEMII NAUK 347:133-135. The English translation was published as Buzhinskaya, GN (1996) UNIQUE MORPHOLOGical features of certain DEEP-water PELAGIC POLYCHETES (sic), DOKLADY Biological Sciences 347:139-141. I assume that the Russian version rather than the English translation is the proper one to cite. Both predate BULLETIN OF MARINE SCIENCE, 1997 MAR, V60 N2. Regards, ERIK ******************************* * Erik V. Thuesen, Ph.D. * * Lab II * * The Evergreen State College * * Olympia, Washington 98505 * * * * Voice: 360-866-6000 x6584 * * Fax: 360-866-6794 * ******************************* -- 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 Aug 12 17:45:42 1997 Received: (from daemon@localhost) by net.bio.net (8.6.12/8.6.6) id RAA27125 Message-Id: <199708130045.RAA27125@net.bio.net> To: annelida@net.bio.net From: "Geoff Read" Reply-To: annelida@net.bio.net Organization: NIWA (Nat. Inst. Water & Atmos. Research) Date: Wed, 13 Aug 1997 12:38:12 +1100 Subject: Re: New taxa in abstracts: Flotidae > ... citation for > the new family is Buzhinskaya, GN (1996) [UNIQUE FEATURES OF MORPHOLOGY > OF SOME DEEP-SEA PELAGIC POLYCHAETES], DOKLADY AKADEMII NAUK 347:133-135. Another mystery we can stop worrying about, thanks to Eric Thuesen. I too was unaware Flotidae had been formally published. Even though I have had the citation above sitting in my database since August 1996. The title doesn't mention Flota, and no abstract or keywords were supplied by the alert service. -- 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 Aug 12 18:50:26 1997 Received: (from daemon@localhost) by net.bio.net (8.6.12/8.6.6) id SAA05049 Message-Id: <199708130150.SAA05049@net.bio.net> To: annelida@net.bio.net From: "M. Eric Benbow" Reply-To: annelida@net.bio.net Organization: University of Dayton Date: Tue, 12 Aug 1997 13:22:39 EST Subject: Freshwater Polychaetes Dear Friends, Recently, I have collected many freshwater polychaetes from high gradient mountain streams of the Hawaiian Islands. How common are freshwater polychaetes and are there many people interested in them. Where can I find some recent literature on these worms. I also collected large aquatic oligochaetes in the same streams and they cannot be identified. Thanks for any help. M. Eric Benbow University of Dayton Dayton, OH -- 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 Aug 12 20:26:00 1997 Received: (from daemon@localhost) by net.bio.net (8.6.12/8.6.6) id UAA15778 Message-Id: <199708130326.UAA15778@net.bio.net> To: annelida@net.bio.net From: "Dr. Julie Brock" Reply-To: annelida@net.bio.net Organization: University of Hawaii - Zoology Date: Tue, 12 Aug 1997 18:00:22 -1000 Subject: Re: Freshwater Polychaetes Reef and Shore fauna of Hawaii has Namalycastis abiuma from mixohaline and limnetic waters (page 297 if you have access to a copy). Chris Glasby has written papers on Australian FW nereids and may be able to add to the species list. I think he also did a hawaii paper, but it has strayed from my reprint collection. Aloha, Julie Bailey-Brock -- 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 Aug 13 14:49:09 1997 Received: (from daemon@localhost) by net.bio.net (8.6.12/8.6.6) id OAA17652 Message-Id: <199708132149.OAA17652@net.bio.net> To: annelida@net.bio.net From: "Fournier, Judith" Reply-To: annelida@net.bio.net Subject: Re: New taxa in abstracts Date: Wed, 13 Aug 97 15:19:00 PDT >> We therefore urge authors and editors to avoid future publication of new >> taxa and new combinations in abstracts whenever these are published >> without accompanying paper. >From Geoff: >There are manuals for biology editors. If it's not already in them it >surely should be. The International Code of Zoological Nomenclature already covers that -- Appendix E, General Recommendation No. 23: "A Zoologist should not publish a name for the first time in an abstract, table of contents, introduction or key, published in advance of the work or of that part of the work that contains the description of the new taxon in question." This is especially important in the case of conference abstracts. Perhaps we can start a trend by insisting on adherence to this recommendation? Judy Fournier (almost retired...;-)) Canadian Museum of Nature -- 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 Aug 13 17:21:16 1997 Received: (from daemon@localhost) by net.bio.net (8.6.12/8.6.6) id RAA03642 Message-Id: <199708140021.RAA03642@net.bio.net> To: annelida@net.bio.net Date: Thu, 14 Aug 1997 10:08:49 +1000 Reply-To: annelida@net.bio.net From: mstdfw@itecnmi.com (Michael Trianni) Organization: Div. Fish & Wildlife Subject: Identification references To anyone who can help: Hafa Adai! I am a Fisheries Biologist with the Division of Fish and Wildlife in Saipan, Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands. I am interestdin obtaining identification references for polychaetes. My graduate work at Humboldt State University in N. California was involved with the identification of benthic infauna. I used numerous guides for identification purposes; Fauchald, Smith and Carlton, Hobson and Banse, Hartman. I still keep my 'eye open' for polychaetes during the course of fieldwork, but unfortunately do not have the aforementioned guides available to me, so generic or specific ID is difficult. Does anyone know where I can obtain these and/or other guides pertinent to this region? Does anyone have reference to articles, publications, concerning species of polychaetes that occur on coral reefs? Has anyone completed work on such? I would sincerely appreciate any information or guidance on this matter. Best Regards Mike Trianni -- 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 Aug 14 14:57:36 1997 Received: (from daemon@localhost) by net.bio.net (8.6.12/8.6.6) id OAA23270 Message-Id: <199708142157.OAA23270@net.bio.net> To: annelida@net.bio.net Date: Thu, 14 Aug 1997 13:51:27 -0700 (PDT) Reply-To: annelida@net.bio.net From: "Erik V. Thuesen" Subject: Polychaete porno star Polychaete Folks: The polychaete TV star, Flota sp., has moved on to a new genre. I just received a copy of the August 15 issue of the Japanese magazine "Friday" from Tomo Miura. Tucked between the nude photo of a University of Tokyo female student with her face pixelated for anonymity and the "full nude" expose of eight up and coming Japanese actresses, is the in situ photo that appears on the JAMSTEC web page. The caption in this article gives some additional important info: body length 15 cm. That is within the size range of the Flota sp. that we are finding off California and Hawaii. The complete citation for those of you wishing to track down the article for your files is... Anonymous, 1997. "Shinkai 6500" no nihonkaiko mitaiken zon masutatepu kara no dejitaru purintohan namae no nai "shinkai no ikimono" tachi. Friday. 14(35):32-33. Hopefully there are not any mistakes in the citation, but my Japanese is a bit rusty. Good luck asking your librarians to find that one! ERIK ******************************* * Erik V. Thuesen, Ph.D. * * Lab II * * The Evergreen State College * * Olympia, Washington 98505 * * * * Voice: 360-866-6000 x6584 * * Fax: 360-866-6794 * ******************************* -- 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 Aug 14 15:25:42 1997 Received: (from daemon@localhost) by net.bio.net (8.6.12/8.6.6) id PAA26771 Message-Id: <199708142225.PAA26771@net.bio.net> To: annelida@net.bio.net Date: Thu, 14 Aug 1997 14:14:54 -0600 (CST) Reply-To: annelida@net.bio.net From: Hector Hernandez Arana Subject: Polychaete and P450 citochrome Hello folks, I wish to know if somebody can provide me with information concerning on p450 citocrhome activity in polychaetes (any species). I am developing a protocol research for a Doctoral programme in Mexico, and I will work with enzimatic sistems and it relation to contaminants in marine invertebrates. I will apreciate any information or literature about it. Best regards, Laura Sanchez Garcia -- 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 Aug 14 18:18:44 1997 Received: (from daemon@localhost) by net.bio.net (8.6.12/8.6.6) id SAA14805 Message-Id: <199708150118.SAA14805@net.bio.net> To: annelida@net.bio.net From: "Geoff Read" Reply-To: annelida@net.bio.net Organization: NIWA (Nat. Inst. Water & Atmos. Research) Date: Fri, 15 Aug 1997 13:03:38 +1100 Subject: Re: Gulf of Mexico Ice Worms I mentioned ... > ... Also there is an article in the > latest New Scientist (9 August 1997. Vol. 155 No. 2094). This issue has just arrived down under. It has the same photo as the web site, but there are a few more snippets of information: 'Lair of the ice worms' (by Stephanie Pain), p19 [ice surface] "etched with dimples ... like the outside of a beehive, with a worm in each dimple." " ... [worms] appear to be a new species belonging to a group called the HESIONIDS, Fisher says. [...] between 2 and 5 centimetres long, look like typical polychaetes, with a row of bristly 'feet' along each side. A haemoglobin-type molecule in their blood gives their bodies a pinkish colour, and their bristles are white." "[... found right through the ice ] The burrow system appears to be quite extensive [Ian MacDonald says]." (Worms are PINK. Is the band of BLUEish things in the top of the photo something significant or just part of the substratum?) -- 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 Thu Aug 14 22:27:57 1997 Received: (from daemon@localhost) by net.bio.net (8.6.12/8.6.6) id WAA07444 Message-Id: <199708150527.WAA07444@net.bio.net> To: annelida@net.bio.net Date: Thu, 14 Aug 1997 23:01:47 -0500 (CDT) Reply-To: annelida@net.bio.net From: jablake@ix.netcom.com (JAMES A. BLAKE) Subject: Ice worm and Polychaete TV Star in Science Dear Annelid enthusiast, The latest issue of Science (8 August, vol. 277) has brief articles and photographs of: (1) the "Iceworms from the the Gulf" on page 769 along with a photo of the "methane dwellers;" and (2) a call out article and photo on page 771 entitled "A new Denizen of the Deep?" that is the now famous JAMSTEC worm. So, the Ice Worm and the TV Star have now achieved even more recognition in gracing the pages of Science. Who knows what further adventures these two beasties will encounter on the road to stardom. I got a note that Kevin Eckelbarger was off with Craig Young to survey the seeps in the Gulf and that he would try and get some iceworms. Good luck guys. Bye, Jim Blake ENSR, 89 Water Street Woods Hole, MA 02543 (jablake@ix.netcom.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 Fri Aug 15 17:13:56 1997 Received: (from daemon@localhost) by net.bio.net (8.6.12/8.6.6) id RAA22634 Message-Id: <199708160013.RAA22634@net.bio.net> To: annelida@net.bio.net Date: Fri, 15 Aug 1997 10:29:31 -0700 Reply-To: annelida@net.bio.net From: Angel de Leon Subject: Re: New taxa in abstracts >Eupraxillella, Diopatra mexicana, Mooreonuphis pumae and Pista malmgreni >were also named in abstracts in those publications but constitute nomina >nuda since they were not accompanied by any descriptions. Dear friends, Thanks a lot Fredrik for your and Kristian ear tug. In my case, the paper of the Onuphidae from western Mexico was published in the Cahiers de Biologie Marine in the vol. 35 of 1994. I think these number was first to the 4th meeting memories. Then, if the CBM publication was first, the name Diopatra mexicana is a valid name. The reference is: de Leon-Gonzalez, J.A. 1994. Soft bottom polychaetes from the western coast of Baja California Sur, Mexico. 4. Onuphidae. Cah. Biol. Mar., 35: 57-67. Lycastopsis riojai of Bastida-Zavala was described in 1990? in the Revista de Biologia Tropical (Costa Rica) in the vol. 38(2b), but the 3th meeting memories was published on march of 1991. The complete reference is follow: Bastida-Zavala, J.R. 1991 (1990). Lycastopsis riojai, a new species of polychaete (Polychaeta: Nereidae) from the Gulf of California. Rev. Biol. Trop., 38(2b): 415-420. Thanks a lot again, is very important these attention calls. Sincerely yours, Angel de Leon Lab. Zoologia de Invertebrados Fac. Ciencias Biologicas, UANL Ap. Postal 5, "F" San Nicolas de los Garza, N.L. 66451 MEXICO -- 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 Aug 17 15:06:02 1997 Received: (from daemon@localhost) by net.bio.net (8.6.12/8.6.6) id PAA16618 Message-Id: <199708172206.PAA16618@net.bio.net> To: annelida@net.bio.net Date: Sun, 17 Aug 1997 08:38:24 -0700 Reply-To: annelida@net.bio.net From: cfisher@psu.edu (Charles Fisher) Subject: Iceworms [ MODERATOR WARNING: the 'small' b/w photo in this URL is a VERY LARGE file: http://www.science.psu.edu/iceworms/smallbwworm.gif = >700 Kb ] Francois Lallier has brought to my attention the interest of your group in our recent discovery of "iceworms". they are not the "orbiniid" Dr. Blake mentioned, which we have been collecting along with methanotrophic mussels by the thousands for many years (we have spent many hours separating those slimey worms from our mussels, which is why my students knicknamed them snotworms). According to Drs. Andre Toulmond and Daniel Desbruyeres they are apparantly a new species of Hesionid. We are working on a respectable scientific publication for submission in the next few weeks, , but in the mean time they have been featured in the most recent issues of New Scientist, Science, and Science News, along with alot of newspapers. Most of the articles are pretty good, although the London Times article belongs in the National Enquirer..... Check out our Seep web site for information on the worms and the other fauna there: http://www.bio.psu.edu/fisher/main.html Another site has higher quality images for public use, including a head-on SEM: http://www.science.psu.edu/iceworms/iceworms.html I hope this helps a bit. I would be happy to answer, (or refer) any questions that arise after folks have checked out these sources. Cheers Chuck Fisher Chuck Fisher Assoc. Prof. of Biology Penn. State Univ. 208 Mueller Lab University Park, PA 16802 Office: 814 865-3365 Fax: 814 865-9131 cfisher@psu.edu -- 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 Aug 17 23:41:18 1997 Received: (from daemon@localhost) by net.bio.net (8.6.12/8.6.6) id XAA28396 Message-Id: <199708180641.XAA28396@net.bio.net> To: annelida@net.bio.net From: "Geoff Read" Reply-To: annelida@net.bio.net Organization: NIWA (Nat. Inst. Water & Atmos. Research) Date: Mon, 18 Aug 1997 18:27:38 +1100 Subject: Darwin's polychaetes Hello folks, Just a bit of idle curiosity really. We know he was good at finches, barnacles and earthworms, and at many other things besides those, but what about the sea worms? Darwin collected a few around the world. Were any described as new species by others? I can see a couple of McIntosh Challenger species named after him (for no particular reason) in Hartman's catalogue, but that's it. So, has anyone found any other Darwinian links to Polychaeta? -- 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 Sat Aug 30 21:59:27 1997 Received: (from daemon@localhost) by net.bio.net (8.6.12/8.6.6) id VAA12755 Message-Id: <199708310459.VAA12755@net.bio.net> To: annelida@net.bio.net Date: Sat, 30 Aug 1997 17:05:31 +1200 (NZST) Reply-To: annelida@net.bio.net From: Geoffrey Read Subject: Fwd: Biology of marine coastal species: job ad Organization: Actrix - Internet Services [This might be of interest to someone. Please reply to M. Hadfield. DO _NOT_ REPLY TO ME - GBR] ------- start of forwarded message ------- Comments: Gated by NETNEWS@AUVM.AMERICAN.EDU Newsgroups: sci.bio.ecology Date: Fri, 22 Aug 1997 12:48:25 -1000 Reply-To: "Dr Michael Hadfield (by way of george roderick)" Sender: "Ecological Society of America: grants, jobs, news" From: "Dr Michael Hadfield (by way of george roderick)" Subject: biology of marine coastal species: job ad Lines: 27 ASSISTANT RESEARCHER, TENURE TRACK KEWALO MARINE LABORATORY UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII The University of Hawaii invites applications for an 11-month tenure-track, salaried Assistant Researcher to join the faculty at the Kewalo Marine Laboratory, Pacific Biomedical Research Center. The position is subject to clearance and availability of funds. We seek individuals with research interests in the biology of marine coastal species, including, but not limited to, molecular and biochemical mechanisms of (1) response to environmental stress, (2) microbial interactions, or (3) processes of invasion and extinction. Candidates must have a Ph.D. in the biological sciences, at least two years postdoctoral experience, a solid publication record and demonstrated potential to obtain extramural funding. Responsibilities include maintaining an active, funded research program, training biologists at the graduate and postdoctoral levels, and participating in the development of the mission of the Kewalo Marine Laboratory. Applicants should submit a letter describing research interests and experience, a current CV, copies of three publications, and names, addresses, e-mail and telephone numbers of four references to: Dr. F. C. Greenwood, Director, Pacific Biomedical Research Center, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, HI 96822. Deadline for applications is October 31, 1997. Consideration of applications will begin on November 1, 1997 and will continue until the position is filled. The University of Hawaii is an Equal Opportunity Employer. [please direct questions to Dr Michael Hadfield ] ------- end of forwarded message ------- -- 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 Aug 31 15:07:17 1997 Received: (from daemon@localhost) by net.bio.net (8.6.12/8.6.6) id PAA28412 Message-Id: <199708312207.PAA28412@net.bio.net> To: annelida@net.bio.net From: "GIA PENDRED" Reply-To: annelida@net.bio.net Organization: University of Portsmouth Date: Sun, 31 Aug 1997 13:22:57 GMT Subject: Freshwater serpulids Hello, I am a postgraduate student at the University of Portsmouth, England who is new to your list. I am interested in freshwater serpulids and wondered if anybody has any information about their lifestyles, tolerances and associated taxa. I have heard of Marifugia cavatica that exists in some caves in the former Yugoslavia, but the only reference cited is from 1930 in an obscure journal and is not in English! Does anybody have any further references or info' from personal observation? I am also interested in serpulids that can tolerate low salinities, such as Ficopomatus enigmaticus and would be keen to hear of any research concerning their salinity tolerances and typical community compositions. Thank you to anybody who can help, Gia ************************************* Gia Pendred Department of Geology University of Portsmouth Burnaby Road Portsmouth. PO1 3QL. Tel: 01705 843026 / 842259 email: gia.pendred@port.ac.uk ************************************* -- 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 Aug 31 15:17:29 1997 Received: (from daemon@localhost) by net.bio.net (8.6.12/8.6.6) id PAA29042 Message-Id: <199708312217.PAA29042@net.bio.net> To: annelida@net.bio.net From: "Geoff Read" Reply-To: annelida@net.bio.net Organization: NIWA (Nat. Inst. Water & Atmos. Research) Date: Mon, 1 Sep 1997 10:06:40 +1100 Subject: Re: Freshwater serpulids Gia Pendred wrote: > ... I have heard of Marifugia cavatica > that exists in some caves in the former Yugoslavia, but the only > reference cited is from 1930 in an obscure journal and is not in > English! Does anybody have any further references ... To get the obvious out the way first .... These below are probably from Linda Ward's electronic bibliography available at http://www.keil.ukans.edu/~worms/bibliog/bibliowf.html Absolon,K (1930): Marifugia cavatica, novy rod morskych cervu Polychaeta, nalezeny ve sladkych vodach Hercegoviny. Zvlastni otisk z Vedy prirodni roe 11, 1-9 Bianchi,CN (1979): Serpuloidea (Annelida, Polychaeta) delle acque Italiane: Elenco delle specie e chiavi per la determinazione. Annali del Museo Civico di Stria Naturale 'Giacomo Doria' Geno 82, 266-294. Chardard,R (1945): Sur les organies sacciformes de deux serpuliens: Marifugia cavatica Absalon et Hrabe et Mercierella enigmatica Fauvel. Bulletin de Museum Hist. Nat. Paris, 2 17, 493-496. Matjasic,J; Sket,B (1966): Developpement larvaire du serpulien caverincole Marifugia cavatica, Absolon et Hrabe (Polychaeta, Sedentaria). Int. J. Speleol. 2, 9-1 Remy,Paul (1937): Sur Marifugia cavatica Absalom et Hrabe, serpulide des eaux douces sousterranees du Karst adriatique. Bulletin de Museum d'Histoire naturelle, Paris 9, 66 Sket,B (1983): [Is Marifugia a refugee from the sea?]. Proteus 46(3), 102-104 ten Hove,Harry A (1979): Different causes of mass occurrence in serpulids. Chapter 16 in: G. Larwood and B. R. Rosen, eds. Biology and Systematics of Colonial Organisms. Academic Press, Lond and New York. pp.281-298. I was unable to find anything relevant in a quick look at ASFA online. -- 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 Sun Aug 31 18:04:45 1997 Received: (from daemon@localhost) by net.bio.net (8.6.12/8.6.6) id SAA10962 Message-Id: <199709010104.SAA10962@net.bio.net> To: annelida@net.bio.net Date: Sun, 31 Aug 1997 20:25:22 -0400 Reply-To: annelida@net.bio.net From: fdutra@ns1.nantucket.net (Frank Dutra) Subject: Polychaete Parts Hi, I was wondering if anyone could point me in the right direction inre the existence/identification/duration of polychaete and other annelid body parts (possibly setae?) in core samples of marine sediments. I'm not an expert in the field and would appreciate any citations or other leads. Thanks Frank Dutra -- 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