Vadim Khaitov wrote:
>Hello colleagues!
>Has anybody tried to maintain planctotrophic larvae of Spionidae?
>The problem is how to avoid bacterial sheet on mud in experimental dishes.
>I am trying to investigate metamorphosis and settlement.
>If there is anybody who studies the same question or knows any solution my
>problem
>answer me please.
>Thanks.
Dear Vadim,
Lennart Hannerz cultured spionid larvae with varying success some 40 years
ago. You can get some ideas from Material and Methods, pp5-6, in : Hannerz,
L. 1956. Larval development of the polychaete families Spionidae Sars,
Disomidae Mesnil, and Poecilochaetidae N. Fam. in the Gullmar Fjord .
Zoologiska bidrag Fran uppsala, Band 31. 204pp.
His ingenious apparatus, the "hannoplask", is useful for many other small
animals: Hannerz, L. 1953. A simple apparatus for producing weak
water-currents in culture dishes. Oikos, 4 (2): 148-150.
Good luck
Lennart
Lennart Gidholm, Departm of Biology /IFM), Linksping University, S-58183
Linksping, Sweden
Phone 013-282612, Fax 013-282611, E-mail leg at ifm.liu.se
