Dear colleagues,
I'm not a polychaetologist but I'm very interested in "higher" phylogeny of
the Metazoa (e.g. Zrzavy et al., 1998: Phylogeny of the Metazoa based on
morphological and 18S rDNA evidence. Cladistics 14: 249-285). At
present, few animal higher taxa are not represented by any DNA
sequence. They include Lobatocerebrum psammicola, Jennaria pulchra,
many other "archiannelids", and some peculiar polychaetes, for instance
the spintherids. (And, of course, the Loricifera.) Are you able to provide
me alcohol-preserved specimens of these taxa, or inform me who I should
ask for them? If you can help, please, contact me.
Best wishes.
Jan Zrzavy
Dept. Zoology
Branisovska 31
370 05 Ceske Budejovice
Czech Republic
zrzavy at entu.cas.cz
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