Dear Róisín Nash, and others who may be interested,
Apologies for this delayed reaction, but I have been out of the running for
a few weeks.
At 23:15 4-9-00 +0100, you wrote:
> I am studying the reproductive cycle of a sabellid Bispiravolutacornis
> which I found to have extraovarian oogenesis with one exception. One
> sabellid was found with follicle cells in the epithelial lining of the
> gut. This particular polychaete was also seen to have oocytes developing
> within the coelom, often in close association with blood vessels. I am
> curious to know if anyone has come across or read similar predicaments
> with other polychaetes. Any information would be greatly appreciated.
>> Thanking you in advance,
> Róisín Nash
Recently Kupriyanova, Nishi, ten Hove & Rzhavsky have been working on a
review of serpulid reproduction (manuscript stage). We briefly touched
upon similar things in serps. You may want to consult the following papers,
which may direct you to further literature regarding the subject:
Clark R.B. & Olive, P.J.W. 1973. Recent advances in polychaete
endocrinology and reproductive biology. Oceanography and Marine
Biology: an Annual Review 11, 176-223.
Di Grande, F. & Sabelli, B. 1973. Prime osservazioni sulla sessualità del
polichete serpulide Mercierella enigmatica Fauvel. Atti della'Accademia
Nazionale dei Lincei, Rendiconti Classe di Scienze Fisiche, Matematiche e
Naturali. 53, 173-177.
Dixon, D.R. 1981. Reproductive biology of the serpulid Ficopomatus
(Mercierella) enigmaticus in the Thames estuary, S. E. England. Journal of
the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 61, 805-815.
Rullier, F. 1955. Développement du serpulien Mercierella enigmatica
Fauvel. Vie et Milieu 6, 225-240.
Schenk, S.L. 1875. Entwickelungsvorgänge im Eichen von Serpula nach
der künstlichen Befruchtung. Sitzungsberichte der Kaiserliche Akademie
für Wissenschaften Wien (math. nat. Classe) 70, Abt. III, 287-300.
Schroeder, P.C., & C.O. Hermans, 1975.- Annelida : Polychaeta. pp. 1-
213, 31 figs in: A.C. Giese & J.S. Pearse (eds). Reproduction of marine
invertebrates. 3. Annelids and Echiurans. New York, etc., 1975, xii + 343
pp., 71 figs.
Vuillemin, S. 1965. Contribution à l'étude écologique du lac de Tunis.
Biologie de Mercierella enigmatica Fauvel. Thesis, Paris, A 4622 (5469),
554 pp.
A nice chance to practice your linguistic skills,
wormly
dr. Harry A. ten Hove
Institute for Biodiversity and Ecosystem Dynamics
Zoological Museum
POB 94766, 1090 GT, Amsterdam
the Netherlands
tel. +31205256906
<hove at bio.uva.nl>
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