Dear Dan,
Very likely Enchytraeus albidus but you need to check. I suggest: C.
Overgaard Nielsen and Bent Christensen (1959). The Enchytraeidae:
Critical revison and taxonomy of European species. Naturhistorisk Museum,
Aarhus.
Good hunting,
Barrie
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Barrie Jamieson
Professor of Zoology
E-Mail : BJamieson at zoology.uq.edu.au
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w the field on the
reproduction stuff, here's what I'm thinking about. I'm a
meiobenthologist working on exposed sandy beaches in central Chile.
Meiofaunal polychaetes are abundant (some times dominant) members of the
meiobenthos on these beaches, particularly Saccocirrus and Pisione. I
also commonly encounter members of the Protodrilidae, Nerillidae,
Hesionidae and Syllidae. One of the questions I'm interested in is
dispersal, given that most meiofaunal organisms complete their entire
life-cycle within the sediment, how do they disperse in the absence of a
pelagic larval stage. The question of the reproduction of Pisione was
raised on the list a few months ago. What kind of larvae do the species
I see in the meiobenthos have? I think Nerillidae have benthic larvae,
but I'm sure about the rest.
Regards
Matt
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