From daemon Wed Jan 7 13:21:03 1998 Received: (from daemon@localhost) by net.bio.net (8.6.12-r-beta/8.6.6) id NAA15034 Message-Id: <199801072121.NAA15034@net.bio.net> To: annelida@net.bio.net Date: Wed, 07 Jan 1998 11:50:22 -0800 Reply-To: annelida@net.bio.net From: Henry-Michel CAUCHIE Organization: CRP-CU Subject: Annelid secondary production in FW Hello and happy new year, I'm currently working on the chitin production in freshwater ecosystems. I'm searching for production estimates for annelids and chitin content of these organisms. Can anybody provide me references? Thank you very much in advance. -- Henry-Michel CAUCHIE / Universite de LIEGE (BELGIUM) Present adress: CRP-CU LUXEMBOURG 162a, Avenue de la Faiencerie, L-1511 Luxembourg Tel: + 352.46.66.44.412 Fax: +352.46.66.44.413 -- ANNELIDA LIST Discuss = = talk to all members Server = = un/subscribes Archives = http://www.bio.net:80/hypermail/ANNELIDA/ Resources = http://biodiversity.uno.edu/~worms/annelid.html -- From daemon Wed Jan 7 14:41:00 1998 Received: (from daemon@localhost) by net.bio.net (8.6.12-r-beta/8.6.6) id OAA25997 Message-Id: <199801072241.OAA25997@net.bio.net> To: annelida@net.bio.net Date: Wed, 07 Jan 1998 16:10:03 -0600 Reply-To: annelida@net.bio.net From: "Stephen P. Bentivenga" Subject: Parasitology Position Organization: University of Wisconsin Oshkosh Parasitology Tenure-track Assistant Professor in biology with specialty in parasitology beginning 1 September 1998. Ph.D. required; postdoctoral and teaching experience desirable. Responsibilities: share in teaching and ongoing revision of an introductory biology course emphasizing molecular, cellular, and genetic principles; develop a research and teaching program in parasitology; pursue extramural funding; supervise M.S. theses. Send letter of application, brief statements of teaching philosophy and research interests, curriculum vitae, three letters of recommendation, and transcripts to: Chair, Department of Biology and Microbiology, University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh, Oshkosh, WI 54901-8640. Telephone: 920-424-1102; Fax: 920-424-1101; e-mail: zilinsky@uwosh.edu by 16 February 1998. Website: http://www.uwosh.edu/departments/biology/. The University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer. Stephen P. 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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. -- ANNELIDA LIST Discuss = = talk to all members Server = = un/subscribes Archives = http://www.bio.net:80/hypermail/ANNELIDA/ Resources = http://biodiversity.uno.edu/~worms/annelid.html -- From daemon Tue Jan 13 12:38:27 1998 Received: (from daemon@localhost) by net.bio.net (8.6.12-r-beta/8.6.6) id MAA02018 Message-Id: <199801132038.MAA02018@net.bio.net> To: annelida@net.bio.net Date: Tue, 13 Jan 1998 13:04:24 -0600 Reply-To: annelida@net.bio.net From: Leslie Carles Subject: Sabellariidae In Nov. '97, I collected Lygdamis sp. off of Key Largo, Florida. Using David W Kirtley's 1994 Sabellariidae key, I think the worm is Lygdamis rayrobertsi. Does anyone have a photo of this worm? A specimen? Or know of its color patterns on the feeding tentacles? The median organ and the feeding tentacles on the worm I collected are pigmented brown. The reason why I'm unsure as to its classification is that L. rayrobertsi is described as having 3 pairs of cirri on the 2nd thoracic segment; whereas the worm I collected has 4 pairs of cirri. Also, Kirtley's key does not mention the brown pigmentation on the feeding tentacles. Any help would be appreciated. Leslie Carles lcarles@tnrcc.state.tx.us -- ANNELIDA LIST Discuss = = talk to all members Server = = un/subscribes Archives = http://www.bio.net:80/hypermail/ANNELIDA/ Resources = http://biodiversity.uno.edu/~worms/annelid.html -- From daemon Sun Jan 18 23:51:12 1998 Received: (from daemon@localhost) by net.bio.net (8.6.12-r-beta/8.6.6) id XAA02432 Message-Id: <199801190751.XAA02432@net.bio.net> To: annelida@net.bio.net Date: Mon, 19 Jan 1998 14:15:03 +1000 Reply-To: annelida@net.bio.net From: path@amsg.austmus.gov.au (PatH) Subject: Benthic surveys I am trying to finish a paper on polychaete biodiversity and I am looking for a few additional refs which document the total nos of macrofaunal individuals and species collected during a benthic survey and how many of these were polychaetes and how many species of polychaetes were present. I would like a recent ref or so from N. Europe, the Antarctic, Arctic and the Pacific-- I have plenty from the southern hemisphere-- Many thanks and please reply directly to me--I am sure they are out there-- but I cannot find them. Pat -- 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://biodiversity.uno.edu/~worms/annelid.html -- From daemon Mon Jan 19 14:29:11 1998 Received: (from daemon@localhost) by net.bio.net (8.6.12-r-beta/8.6.6) id OAA23166 Message-Id: <199801192229.OAA23166@net.bio.net> To: annelida@net.bio.net Date: Mon, 19 Jan 1998 14:07:27 -0800 (PST) Reply-To: annelida@net.bio.net From: Keli Kringel Subject: Scalibregma reproduction Greetings. I am seeking references/information on reproduction in Scalibregma inflata. Particularly, I am wondering if anything is known about whether they swarm, and if there have been any reports on their releasing their gametes through breaks in the body wall. Also more general references on their reproductive biology and anatomy would be of interest to me. Any assistance is greatly appreciated. Thank you, Keli Kringel University of Washington Biological Oceanography -- ANNELIDA LIST Discuss = = talk to all members Server = = un/subscribes Archives = http://www.bio.net:80/hypermail/ANNELIDA/ Resources = http://biodiversity.uno.edu/~worms/annelid.html -- From daemon Thu Jan 22 14:12:08 1998 Received: (from daemon@localhost) by net.bio.net (8.6.12-r-beta/8.6.6) id OAA06971 Message-Id: <199801222212.OAA06971@net.bio.net> To: annelida@net.bio.net From: "Petersen, Mary Elizabeth" Reply-To: annelida@net.bio.net Subject: FW: predatory terrestrial planarians Date: Thu, 22 Jan 1998 22:27:00 +0100 Thursday, 22 January 1997 Perhaps not quite our department, but anybody want to comment on this? Mary ------- Mary E. Petersen Zoological Museum, University of Copenhagen mepetersen@zmuc.ku.dk ====== Forwarded message starts here ========= From: Douglas Yanega To: Multiple recipients of list TAXACOM Subject: predatory terrestrial planarians Date: Thursday, January 22, 1998 10:05PM Yesterday I saw one of the most amazing things ever in my life, as I watched a black-and-yellow racing-striped planarian chase a slug up a tree, catch it, wrap around it, and kill it. Since there isn't any "terrestrial planarian" mailing list, I thought I'd solicit here if anyone knows of this beastie - name, distribution, known prey habits, etc. Thanks, Dr. Douglas Yanega Depto. de Biologia Geral Instituto de Ciencias Biologicas Univ. Federal de Minas Gerais Cx. P. 486 30.161-970 Belo Horizonte, MG, BRAZIL -- ANNELIDA LIST Discuss = = talk to all members Server = = un/subscribes Archives = http://www.bio.net:80/hypermail/ANNELIDA/ Resources = http://biodiversity.uno.edu/~worms/annelid.html -- From daemon Thu Jan 22 15:06:40 1998 Received: (from daemon@localhost) by net.bio.net (8.6.12-r-beta/8.6.6) id PAA13549 Message-Id: <199801222306.PAA13549@net.bio.net> To: annelida@net.bio.net Date: Thu, 22 Jan 1998 14:45:17 -0800 Reply-To: annelida@net.bio.net From: Kirk Fitzhugh Subject: Re: FW: predatory terrestrial planarians I sent this message directly to Yanega earlier today: Dr. Yanega: The turbellarian flatworm you saw might be a species of Bipalium. They get up to 25 cm long, have distinct longitudinal black and whitish stripes and a hammer head-like anterior end. Here in the Los Angeles, California area, I get several calls per year from people finding B. kewense in their flower beds, crawling across the sidewalk, etc. I've also found it along Texas coastal communities; it apparently became established in the southern US through the transport of tropical potted plants. Hyman (The Invertebrates, Vol. II) gives a general account, noting that species are native to tropical habitats. As for prey, Bipalium is probably a general carnivore, eating any thing its proboscis can accommodate. At 10:27 PM 1/22/1998 +0100, you wrote: >Thursday, 22 January 1997 > >Perhaps not quite our department, but anybody want to comment on this? > >Mary > ------- >Mary E. Petersen >Zoological Museum, University of Copenhagen >mepetersen@zmuc.ku.dk > >====== Forwarded message starts here ========= > >From: Douglas Yanega >To: Multiple recipients of list TAXACOM >Subject: predatory terrestrial planarians >Date: Thursday, January 22, 1998 10:05PM > >Yesterday I saw one of the most amazing things ever in my life, as I >watched a black-and-yellow racing-striped planarian chase a slug up a >tree, catch it, wrap around it, and kill it. Since there isn't any >"terrestrial planarian" mailing list, I thought I'd solicit here if anyone >knows of this beastie - name, distribution, known prey habits, etc. ------------------------------------------ Kirk Fitzhugh, Ph.D. Associate Curator of Polychaetes Research & Collections Branch Los Angeles County Museum of Natural History 900 Exposition Blvd Los Angeles CA 90007 Phone: 213-763-3233 FAX: 213-746-2999 e-mail: fitzhugh@bcf.usc.edu ------------------------------------------ -- ANNELIDA LIST Discuss = = talk to all members Server = = un/subscribes Archives = http://www.bio.net:80/hypermail/ANNELIDA/ Resources = http://biodiversity.uno.edu/~worms/annelid.html -- From daemon Thu Jan 22 17:12:26 1998 Received: (from daemon@localhost) by net.bio.net (8.6.12-r-beta/8.6.6) id RAA28485 Message-Id: <199801230112.RAA28485@net.bio.net> To: annelida@net.bio.net Date: Thu, 22 Jan 1998 14:50:35 -1000 (HST) Reply-To: annelida@net.bio.net From: Pacific Science Assn Subject: Re: FW: predatory terrestrial planarians A major problem in the Pacific islands is Platydemus manokwari deBeauchamp, 1963, a large and carnivorous triclad planarian. Individuals have been introduced to the major of the islands in Micronesia and elsewhere including Oahu. Specimens have been sent for biological control of the giant African snail to the Maldives and Palawan, Philippines. Individuals have been found thorughout Okinawa and in Queensland, Australia. Platydemus manokwari, described from Irian Jaya, is the probably cause of the extinction of at least one species of Partula snail at Guam [Hopper and Smith, Pacific Science 46(1):77- , 1992]. I wrote a short note, originally in IUCN Mollusk Species Survival Group newsletter Tentacle which later reprinted in the Invasive Species Survival Group newsletter Aliens [No. 2]. L. G. Eldredge Pacific Science Association 1525 Bernice Street Honolulu, Hawaii 96817 -- ANNELIDA LIST Discuss = = talk to all members Server = = un/subscribes Archives = http://www.bio.net:80/hypermail/ANNELIDA/ Resources = http://biodiversity.uno.edu/~worms/annelid.html -- From daemon Thu Jan 22 17:47:56 1998 Received: (from daemon@localhost) by net.bio.net (8.6.12-r-beta/8.6.6) id RAA02973 Message-Id: <199801230147.RAA02973@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, 23 Jan 1998 14:35:34 +1100 Subject: Re: FW: predatory terrestrial planarians While we are on this topic I will make mention of a New Zealand export which for a while a couple of years ago caused some excitement, particularly in UK agricultural/horticultural circles, as an earthworm predator. I haven't kept up with recent developments but there's this cite: Boag,B; Evans,KA; Yeates,GW; Johns,PM; Neilson,R (1995): Assessment of the global potential distribution of the predatory land planarian Artioposthia triangulata (Dendy) (Tricladida: Terricola) from ecoclimatic data. N. Z. J. Zool. 22, 311-318. -- Geoff Read -- ANNELIDA LIST Discuss = = talk to all members Server = = un/subscribes Archives = http://www.bio.net:80/hypermail/ANNELIDA/ Resources = http://biodiversity.uno.edu/~worms/annelid.html -- From daemon Thu Jan 22 18:15:41 1998 Received: (from daemon@localhost) by net.bio.net (8.6.12-r-beta/8.6.6) id SAA06624 Message-Id: <199801230215.SAA06624@net.bio.net> To: annelida@net.bio.net From: DanauSakai Reply-To: annelida@net.bio.net Date: Thu, 22 Jan 1998 20:40:48 EST Subject: Re: FW: predatory terrestrial planarians Organization: AOL (http://www.aol.com) In a message dated 98-01-22 18:10:14 EST, Dr. Fitzhugh wrote: in response to Dr. Yanega's query << the turbellarian flatworm you saw might be a species of Bipalium. They ge tup to 25 cm long, have distinct longitudinal black and whitish stripes and ahammer head-like anterior end. Here in the Los Angeles, California area, >> The flatworm is common at the UCLA Botanical Garden and specifically the compost pile. While I was a grad student there eons ago, the story was that the turbellarians arrived with some of the plants that presently make up the gardens. Do not know if the story is true, but it seems quite logical. Also, I am dating myself but I heard this story in the early 1970's, and at that time, it was well established and a well-known denizen to the faculty and staff. Walter H. Sakai "MIGRATE WITH THE MONARCHS" Professor of Biology Santa Monica College "The best way to learn it is to teach it." 1900 Pico Blvd Santa Monica, CA 90405-1268 Tele: (310)450-5150 X9702 Emails: sakai_walter@smc.edu; DanauSakai@aol.com Master Bird Banding Permit No. 22030 -- ANNELIDA LIST Discuss = = talk to all members Server = = un/subscribes Archives = http://www.bio.net:80/hypermail/ANNELIDA/ Resources = http://biodiversity.uno.edu/~worms/annelid.html -- From daemon Thu Jan 22 18:54:13 1998 Received: (from daemon@localhost) by net.bio.net (8.6.12-r-beta/8.6.6) id SAA11198 Message-Id: <199801230254.SAA11198@net.bio.net> To: annelida@net.bio.net From: "sashka" Reply-To: annelida@net.bio.net Subject: PERSONAL: Only who requested Averintsev read this Date: Fri, 23 Jan 1998 05:14:32 +0300 For person who requested me the copy of Averintsev's papers. Repeat your mesage please. Alexander Rzhavsky. "sashka" From daemon Fri Jan 23 13:45:03 1998 Received: (from daemon@localhost) by net.bio.net (8.6.12-r-beta/8.6.6) id NAA19202 Message-Id: <199801232145.NAA19202@net.bio.net> To: annelida@net.bio.net Date: Fri, 23 Jan 1998 08:47:42 -0500 Reply-To: annelida@net.bio.net From: Joe Staton Subject: Re: FW: predatory terrestrial planarians >The flatworm is common at the UCLA Botanical Garden and specifically the >compost pile. While I was a grad student there eons ago, the story was >that the turbellarians arrived with some of the plants that presently make >up the gardens. Do not know if the story is true, but it seems quite >logical. > >Also, I am dating myself but I heard this story in the early 1970's, and at >that time, it was well established and a well-known denizen to the faculty >and staff. > >Walter H. Sakai I have collected it there, myself. It's often crawling around on the sidewalks after a winter rain. In Louisiana, locals would sometimes bring one into the University after finding one under their dog, fearing a parasite. But it was usually that the animal crawled under a dog on a concrete stab (warm canine + cool concrete = 100% humidity environment). I read in the little black book on British Planarians* that Bipalium kewense (which may not be the one originally asked about) is a tropic species which is not able to sexually reproduce in temperate environments, but it is suggested to propagate here only by asexual (fission?) means. Joe *AUTHOR: Ball, Ian R. TITLE: British planarians, Platyhelminthes, Tricladida : keys and notes for the identification of the species / Ian R. Ball, T.B. Reynoldson ; illustrated by Julian Mulock and Maria Tran Thi Vinh-Hao. PUB. INFO: Cambridge [Cambridgeshire] ; New York : Published for the Linnean Society of London and the Estuarine and Brackishwater Sciences Association by Cambridge University Press, 1981. DESCRIPTION: vi, 141 p. : ill. ; 22 cm. SERIES: Synopses of the British fauna ; a new series, 19 -- 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://biodiversity.uno.edu/~worms/annelid.html -- From daemon Fri Jan 23 17:41:08 1998 Received: (from daemon@localhost) by net.bio.net (8.6.12-r-beta/8.6.6) id RAA15089 Message-Id: <199801240141.RAA15089@net.bio.net> To: annelida@net.bio.net Date: Fri, 23 Jan 1998 05:05:44 Reply-To: annelida@net.bio.net From: Sam James Subject: Re: FW: predatory terrestrial planarians At 10:27 PM 1/22/98 +0100, you wrote: >Thursday, 22 January 1997 > >Perhaps not quite our department, but anybody want to comment on this? > I'll do it. There are many large planarians, some predators on earthworms (that brings it back to Annelida). Arthioposta (spelling?) triangulata from New Zealand is now a significant pest in the UK, where it reduces earthworm populations by 95%. This is poetic justice of a sort since European earthworms have largely taken over cultivated NZ soils. While in Ecuador I found several 10 x 3 cm planarians (black with light gray stripes). They were not interested in earthworms when placed in small containers with the potential food item. Hence predatory planarians seem to be particular about their food, if indeed these monsters were predators. In other places I have found other terrestrial planarians, but I have never tested their feeding habits. I, too, would be interested to hear from someone more informed on these animals. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~ Sam James ~ ~ Dept. of Biology ~ ~ Maharishi Univ. of Mgmt. ~ ~ Fairfield, IA 52557 ~ ~ sjames@mum.edu ~ ~ 515-472-1146 ~ ~ Systematics and Ecology ~ ~ of Earthworms ~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ -- 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://biodiversity.uno.edu/~worms/annelid.html -- From daemon Fri Jan 23 18:03:57 1998 Received: (from daemon@localhost) by net.bio.net (8.6.12-r-beta/8.6.6) id SAA17621 Message-Id: <199801240203.SAA17621@net.bio.net> To: annelida@net.bio.net From: "Geoff Read" Reply-To: annelida@net.bio.net Date: Sat, 24 Jan 1998 14:41:44 +0000 Subject: Re: FW: predatory terrestrial planarians > There are many large planarians, some predators on earthworms > (that brings it back to Annelida). Arthioposta (spelling?) triangulata ARTIOPOSTHIA I think the first UK report in the sci. lit. might be this one which places the introduction circa 1963. Bipalium kewense, aka the greenhouse planarian, turned up in 1878: Willis,RJ; Edwards,AR (1977): The occurrence of the land planarian Artioposthia triangulata (Dendy) in Northern Ireland. Irish Naturalists' Journal 19(4), 112-116. If anyone has Artioposthia cites subsequent to the Boag et al. 1995 I mentioned yesterday I'd be interested. -- 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://biodiversity.uno.edu/~worms/annelid.html -- From daemon Sat Jan 24 14:08:44 1998 Received: (from daemon@localhost) by net.bio.net (8.6.12-r-beta/8.6.6) id OAA06720 Message-Id: <199801242208.OAA06720@net.bio.net> To: annelida@net.bio.net From: "sashka" Reply-To: annelida@net.bio.net Subject: Spirorbidae Date: Sat, 24 Jan 1998 20:48:05 +0300 Dear all, I'm searching for examination undefined spirorbids from Atlantic coast of the North America. Spirorbidae fauna of this region is studied especially poor. Material from the bathyal and abyssal depths from any region also is very interesting. Please let me know about the location of such kind material. Thank you for advance, Alexander Rzhavsky "sashka" -- 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://biodiversity.uno.edu/~worms/annelid.html -- From daemon Mon Jan 26 13:49:58 1998 Received: (from daemon@localhost) by net.bio.net (8.6.12-r-beta/8.6.6) id NAA26168 Message-Id: <199801262149.NAA26168@net.bio.net> To: annelida@net.bio.net From: "Petersen, Mary Elizabeth" Reply-To: annelida@net.bio.net Subject: FW: Predatory black-and-yellow terrestrial planarian Date: Mon, 26 Jan 1998 20:15:00 +0100 Monday, 26 January 1998 The following update on the identity of the predatory terrestrial planarian was just received from Doug Yanega : >Since everyone is guessing at Bipalium, but these have hammer-shaped >heads (mine had a small, acutely pointed head - and I am familiar with B. >kewense), so I think folks have not hit upon the right critter yet. The >coloration was black and yellow, with the black in a narrow stripe at the >midline, then (on each side) a broad yellow band, a broad black band, a >narrow yellow band, a broad black band, and a narrow yellow margin. The >mouth appeared to be about halfway along the body, which was nowhere >wider than about 5 mm or so, even though it was about 50 mm long when >stretched out. I photographed it while it was coiled around the slug, but >did not keep it (I knew not how, forsooth, though several kind folks have >since sent me instructions on how to preserve planarians). Leigh Winsor >informs me that there were keys written to the planarians of Minas >Gerais, this may be my best bet, and I'm looking into this. >Thanks, >Doug Yanega Depto. de Biologia Geral, Instituto de Ciencias >Biologicas, Univ. Fed. de Minas Gerais, Cx.P. 486, 30.161-970 Belo >Horizonte, MG BRAZIL Mary E. Petersen -------------------------- mepetersen@zmuc.ku.dk -------------------------------------- -- ANNELIDA LIST Discuss = = talk to all members Server = = un/subscribes Archives = http://www.bio.net:80/hypermail/ANNELIDA/ Resources = http://biodiversity.uno.edu/~worms/annelid.html -- From daemon Mon Jan 26 13:55:06 1998 Received: (from daemon@localhost) by net.bio.net (8.6.12-r-beta/8.6.6) id NAA26683 Message-Id: <199801262155.NAA26683@net.bio.net> To: annelida@net.bio.net Date: Mon, 26 Jan 1998 18:02:44 +0100 Reply-To: annelida@net.bio.net From: arny@tmbl.gu.se (Arne Nygren) Subject: Procerastea species? Hello everyone I am doing a survey on Autolytinae and I wonder if anyone can help me with two species that I cannot find the original descriptions of. The species are Procerastea simpliseta Hartmann-Schroeder and Procerastea cirrata Hartmann-Schroeder. They are mentioned in Hartmann-Schroeder 1992 (Drei neue Polychaeten-Arten...., Helgolaender meeresunters. 46, 93-101) and are there compared to P. parasimpliseta and P. hydrozoicola Hartmann-Schroeder. I have checked both Zoological record and Ward/Fauchald bibliography. Thank you very much in advance Arne Nygren =========================================================== HOMEADDRESS: Tegnergatan 40, L1 113 59 Stockholm, SWEDEN TELEPHONE: +46(0)8-765 58 17 during daytime ADDRESS: Zoo-tax Box 50007 10405 Stockholm, SWEDEN TELEPHONE: +46(0)8-666 41 35 FAX: +46(0)8-666 41 25 E-mail: arny@tmbl.gu.se ----------------------------------------------------------------------- =========================================================== -- ANNELIDA LIST Discuss = = talk to all members Server = = un/subscribes Archives = http://www.bio.net:80/hypermail/ANNELIDA/ Resources = http://biodiversity.uno.edu/~worms/annelid.html -- From daemon Mon Jan 26 14:06:09 1998 Received: (from daemon@localhost) by net.bio.net (8.6.12-r-beta/8.6.6) id OAA27604 Message-Id: <199801262206.OAA27604@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, 27 Jan 1998 10:14:00 +1100 Subject: Re: Procerastea species? > I am doing a survey on Autolytinae and I wonder if anyone can help me > with two species that I cannot find the original descriptions of. The > species are Procerastea simpliseta Hartmann-Schroeder and Procerastea > cirrata Hartmann-Schroeder. Hartmann-Schroeder,Gesa; Hartmann,Gerd (1990): Part 15: The polychaetes of the subtropical-tropical and tropical east coast of Australia between Lake Macquarie, New South Wales, in the south and Gladstone, Queensland, in the north. Mitt. Hamb. Zool. Mus. Inst. 87, 41-88. -- Geoff Read -- ANNELIDA LIST Discuss = = talk to all members Server = = un/subscribes Archives = http://www.bio.net:80/hypermail/ANNELIDA/ Resources = http://biodiversity.uno.edu/~worms/annelid.html -- From daemon Wed Jan 28 12:52:51 1998 Received: (from daemon@localhost) by net.bio.net (8.6.12-r-beta/8.6.6) id MAA00846 Message-Id: <199801282052.MAA00846@net.bio.net> To: annelida@net.bio.net From: "Helmut Zibrowius" Reply-To: annelida@net.bio.net Date: Wed, 28 Jan 98 13:11:28 MST Subject: Commensal syllid mentioned by Ikeda and Sato A classical case of symbiosis is that of solitary scleractinian corals (Heterocyathus, Heteropsammia) with a sipunculan in a squat shell which is overgrown by the coral. There may be supplementary partners in the association, either with the coral (par example barnacles, ascothoracids, boring bivalves) or with the sipunculan (polychaetes, bivalves). Ikeda (1922) and Sato (1930) mentioned a syllid polychaete living together with the sipunculan Phascolion ikedai Sato, 1930, partner of the solitary coral Heterocyathus japonicus. Does somebody know if this syllid has subsequently been identified and described? In the original papers the syllid is simply mentioned. Additional question: Knudsen (1944) reported on an association of 3 partners in a squat gastropod shell (no coral present in this case) from Indonesia: sipunculan, syllid and bivalve Jousseaumiella. Here again the syllid first remained unidentified. Has it been identified later on? Thanks for any information on this subject! references: Ikeda I., 1922. On a case of commensalism between a simple coral and a sipunculoid [in Japanese]. Dobutsugaku zasshi [Zoological journal], 34: 275-281. Sato H., 1930. Report on the biological survey of Mutsu Bay. 15. Sipunculoidea. The Science reports of the Tohoku imperial university, (Ser. 4, biology), 5: 1-40, pl. 1-4. Knudsen J., 1944. Papers from Dr. Th. Mortensen's Pacific expedition 1914-16. 73. A gephyrean, a polychaete and a bivalve (Jousseaumiella concharum n. sp.) living together (commensalistically) in the Indo-Malayan seas. Videnskabelige meddelelser fra dansk naturhistorisk forening i Kobenhavn, 108: 15-24. ----------------------------------- 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 LIST Discuss = = talk to all members Server = = un/subscribes Archives = http://www.bio.net:80/hypermail/ANNELIDA/ Resources = http://biodiversity.uno.edu/~worms/annelid.html -- From daemon Wed Jan 28 14:45:08 1998 Received: (from daemon@localhost) by net.bio.net (8.6.12-r-beta/8.6.6) id OAA15488 Message-Id: <199801282245.OAA15488@net.bio.net> To: annelida@net.bio.net Date: Thu, 29 Jan 1998 09:29:53 +1100 Reply-To: annelida@net.bio.net From: Greg Rouse Subject: Polychaete systematics reprints Dear Colleagues, As announced by me a few weeks ago: The most recent issue of Zoologica Scripta (issue 2, 1997) contains two papers by myself and Kristian Fauchald. Fauchald K, Rouse GW. 1997. Polychaete systematics: Past and present. Zoologica Scripta 26: 71-138. Rouse GW, Fauchald K. 1997. Cladistics and polychaetes. Zoologica Scripta 26: 139-204. We are happy to say that, through the generosity of the Smithsonian Institution, we have a number of reprints of the issue containing these papers. Many of you will have by now received a copy. For those who have not and would like a copy, please e-mail me, Kristian (fauchald.kristian@nmnh.si.edu) or Linda Ward (WARD.LINDA@NMNH.SI.EDU). There will be no charge for the reprints but after these have been distributed we will be unable to supply any more, or any photocopies (too expensive). So, we will be attempting to distribute the reprints as widely as possible. greg Greg Rouse School of Biological Sciences A08 University of Sydney N.S.W. 2006 Australia Tel. (02) 9351 5571 Fax (02) 9351 4119 International: 61 2 replaces 02 -- ANNELIDA LIST Discuss = = talk to all members Server = = un/subscribes Archives = http://www.bio.net:80/hypermail/ANNELIDA/ Resources = http://biodiversity.uno.edu/~worms/annelid.html -- From daemon Wed Jan 28 16:33:42 1998 Received: (from daemon@localhost) by net.bio.net (8.6.12-r-beta/8.6.6) id QAA00420 Message-Id: <199801290033.QAA00420@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: Thu, 29 Jan 1998 13:24:39 +1100 Subject: ANNELIDA admin - Please read Folks, Any reprint request replies to Annelida list and not to the Author go automatically into a folder on my pc. I don't see them (I don't want to) and I may not look in that folder for some time. When I do I'll forward them in bulk. You have been warned! Please check the recipient address before e-mailing. Thank you, Moderator Annelida -- Geoff Read -- ANNELIDA LIST Discuss = = talk to all members Server = = un/subscribes Archives = http://www.bio.net:80/hypermail/ANNELIDA/ Resources = http://biodiversity.uno.edu/~worms/annelid.html -- From daemon Fri Jan 30 14:48:27 1998 Received: (from daemon@localhost) by net.bio.net (8.6.12-r-beta/8.6.6) id OAA28748 Message-Id: <199801302248.OAA28748@net.bio.net> To: annelida@net.bio.net Date: Fri, 30 Jan 1998 16:25:06 -0400 Reply-To: annelida@net.bio.net From: subtidal@nevados.cecun.ucn.cl (Lab de Biodiversidad y ecologia Costera) Subject: I ask for adviser [Chilean polychaetes] Gentlemen of BIOSCI: He wanted to request his aid to them to be able to identify Polychaeta species. You have information on nomenclature of this group? They have schematic drawings of this group? I am of Chile, and am working with polychaeta recently time, hope that they consider my request. One takes leave of you. Carlos L.Fleite ******************************************************************** Laboratorio de Biodiversidad y Ecologia Costera Universidad Catolica del Norte Depto de Biologia Marina Casilla 117 Larrondo 1281 Coquimbo Chile Fono: (056 - 51) 209808 - (056 - 51) 322491 (anexo 808) E-mail : subtidal@nevados.cecun.ucn.cl -- 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://biodiversity.uno.edu/~worms/annelid.html --