14 years ago, as degree student, I made my practices of Ictiology in one
island of Bahia de La Paz (Gulf of California). The fishermen took some
dead sharks and placed them on the beach, just at the tide level. Soon
after measuring the sharks, I observed that some worms, of 1-2 cm,
ascended by the sides of the sharks from the sand. I thought they were
carrion feeders. I collected them for curiosity (until that moment I didn't
know what they were). Then I took them to Sergio Salazar-Vallejo and he
identified them as nereidids.
Some years later, these same specimens were used to describe
Lycastopsis riojai that was later on passed to Namanereis (see Glasby
revision). It's funny, because after starting with that I abandoned my
interest for fishes and I continued with the polychaetes.
Saludos!
Rolando Bastida-Zavala, M.Sc.
El Colegio de la Frontera Sur (ECOSUR)
Apdo. Postal 424, Chetumal, QROO
C.P. 77000, Mexico
Tel: 52(9) 83-216-66 ext. 219 (Bentos)
Fax: 52(9) 83-204-47 ext. 240
E-mail's: rolando at ecosur-qroo.mxrbastida_zavala at hotmail.com
ICQ: 46193355 (Hydroides)
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