Dear annelid researchers, dear Tomo Miura, dear Geoff,
The tube staining method was developed by Dr. Charles R. Fisher of
Pennsylvania State University. His e-mail address is cfisher at psu.edu
The stained worms on page 95 are the vestimentiferan Lamellibrachia sp.,
while, if I am not mistaking, a second species (Escarpia sp.) can be seen at
the periphery of the main Lamellibrachia "bush" on pages 96-97. I am not
quite sure they have clearly been assigned to species yet. But Chuck Fisher
would be the most appropriate person to ask.
Regards
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 at imcs.rutgers.edu
