From g.read from niwa.co.nz Tue Apr 1 14:25:51 2008 From: g.read from niwa.co.nz (Geoff Read) Date: Tue Apr 1 14:28:44 2008 Subject: [Annelida] Job - Falklands benthic survey Message-ID: <47F3430F.8045.00D5.0@niwa.co.nz> Opportunity for someone. Re-posting, original post Marine-B. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Project Officer/Benthic Ecologist - Falkland Islands Project Officer: Falkland Islands Shallow Marine Programme The Shallow Marine Surveys Group in conjunction with Falklands Conservation is inviting applications from suitably qualified scientists to lead a two-year fully funded investigation into the shallow marine environment of the Falkland Islands. The successful applicant will be an experienced diver with a background in the collection and identification of benthic marine fauna. A solid knowledge of database and GIS systems will also be required. There will be some weekend and after hours work as well as extended field work in remote locations. Falkland Islands Shallow Marine Programme's objective is to provide baseline data about the wildlife of the shallow marine environment of the Falkland Islands. For a nation comprising over 700 islands and a correspondingly large coastline, little is known about the inshore environment around the Falkland Islands. ? Salary ?26,000/$US52,000 per annum ? 2 year contract Some of the duties include: ? Planning and conducting shallow marine surveys and expeditions ? Managing and building on the National Marine Invertebrates Collection ? Reviewing the legislation and processes leading to the establishment of Marine Nature Reserves and Marine Protected areas in other countries ? Planning for the production of a field guide to the shallow marine environment ? Report writing and contributing to peer reviewed publications. The ideal candidate should have a PhD or equivalent experience in biology/zoology. Experience should include: ? A good knowledge of benthic ecology ? Marine invertebrate taxonomy ? The application of modern statistical methods ? Geographical Information Systems ? A well documented SCUBA history including cold water diving ? RIB/motor boat handling qualifications For further information and a full job description please contact Dr. Paul Brickle (pbrickle@smsg-falklands.org) or Wetjens Dimmlich (wdimmlich@smsg-falklands.org). Letters of application and CVs should reach Shallow Marine Surveys Group via the e-mail addresses above before 20th April 2008. Please visit www.smsg-falklands.org to learn more about the Shallow Marine Surveys Group and www.falklandsconservation.com for more information about Falklands Conservation. From eri.assis from gmail.com Wed Apr 2 05:48:31 2008 From: eri.assis from gmail.com (=?ISO-8859-1?Q?Jos=E9_Eriberto_Assis?=) Date: Wed Apr 2 13:47:08 2008 Subject: [Annelida] I need address Message-ID: Dear friend Polychaetologists I would like to know the address eletronic (e-mail) of Dr. Andrews S.Y. Mackie. Departament of Zoology, National Museum of Wales. Cathays Park, Cardiffic, Wales, U.K. Thank you very much -- JOS? ERIBERTO DE ASSIS Universidade Federal da Para?ba Centro de Ci?ncias Exatas e da Natureza Departamento de Sistem?tica e Ecologia Jo?o Pessoa, Para?ba, Brasil. CEP: 58059-900. e-mail: eri.assis@gmail.com -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.bio.net/bionet/mm/annelida/attachments/20080402/0ef042da/attachment.html From selim_samia from yahoo.com Thu Apr 3 16:17:36 2008 From: selim_samia from yahoo.com (Samia Selim) Date: Fri Apr 4 15:25:29 2008 Subject: [Annelida] need help Message-ID: <906579.57712.qm@web90609.mail.mud.yahoo.com> Dear all Now I preparing a paper about new records of syllids from the Egyptian waters. I have many specimens of Parapionosyllis, one of them similar to P. floridana in the general shape, and prostomium without eyes, but with parapodial glands and the setae are shorter, is there any species similar to this or not? Please, if any know, Please tell me, because the library of my institute is so poor in the recent publications. Also I have been doubt in the identification of some specimens . So, I need any recent publications about this genus (excluding any published in Bull. Mar. Sci ?present in our library- and Australian records 2005; I get them from the net). Please, if anyone have copies helping me in my work, send me (if you can electronically). Many thanks for your help and cooperation. I will be so grateful if you can send me copies of the following publications: Imajima, M. 1966. The Syllidae (Polychaetous Annelids) from Japan (III). Eusyllinae. Publ. Seto Marine Biol. Lab. 14: 85-116. Imajima, M. 1966. The Syllidae (Polychaetous Annelids) from Japan (I). Exogoninae. Publ. Seto Marine Biol. Lab. 13: 385-404. Kudenov, J. A. & L. Harris. 1995. Family Syllidae Grube, 1850, p 1-97. In J. A. Blake, B. Hilbig & P. H. Scott (eds.) Taxonomic Atlas of the Benthic Fauna of the Santa Maria Basin and Western Santa Barbara Channel. Vol 5. The Annelida, Part 2: 1-99. Santa Barbara Museum Nat. Hist. California. A big thank to every body that try to help me and replied to my requests. Samia Selim --------------------------------- You rock. That's why Blockbuster's offering you one month of Blockbuster Total Access, No Cost. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.bio.net/bionet/mm/annelida/attachments/20080403/fa39ba74/attachment.html From paulobonifacio from gmail.com Fri Apr 4 21:36:25 2008 From: paulobonifacio from gmail.com (=?ISO-8859-1?Q?Paulo_Henrique_Bonif=E1cio?=) Date: Fri Apr 4 23:07:46 2008 Subject: [Annelida] Sites of the publications and search Message-ID: Hello poliquetologists, I found sites of the search and wish share with you. *1*. Site of the search japanese with very articles in english about Japan and around: http://ci.nii.ac.jp/en/ *2*. Some articles of MINORU IMAGIMA: http://ci.nii.ac.jp/search/servlet/Kensaku?dnum=25&sortType=year1&Text=&condition0=1&area0=auth&comb0=1&keyword0=%2FIMAJIMA%2CMinoru%2F&conditionRange0=1&areaRange0=year&KeyRangeS0=&KeyRangeE0=&select=&pnum=1&mode=0&sortType_bottom=&AREACNT=1&JNUM=1&RANGE_AREACNT=1&SORTFLG=DESC&SORTKEY=year1&SORTMARK=0&USELANG=en *3*. Site of the GALATHEA REPORT - Scientific Results of The Danish Deep-Sea Expedition Round the World 1950-52 : http://www.zmuc.ku.dk/InverWeb/Galathea/index.html This have articles of the KIRKEGAARD, J?RGEN B. *4*. Site of the Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand: http://www.rsnz.org/publish/jrsnz/ Good luck! Carefully, Paulo Bonif?cio _________________________________________ Paulo H. O. Bonif?cio Departamento de Zoologia Universidade Federal de Pernambuco - UFPE Telefone: +55 81 21267807 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Name: not available Type: image/bmp Size: 13854 bytes Desc: Picture (Device Independent Bitmap) Url : http://www.bio.net/bionet/mm/annelida/attachments/20080409/61ccee05/attachment.bin From dani from ceab.csic.es Wed Apr 9 05:38:51 2008 From: dani from ceab.csic.es (Daniel Martin) Date: Wed Apr 9 14:42:42 2008 Subject: [Annelida] last articles as PDFs Message-ID: <47FC9CBB.5020905@ceab.csic.es> Dear colleagues, The following papers have been made available as PDFs from my personal web site (see below). This completes the availability of all my published. Please feel free to download all those that may be of your interest (and tell me any possible mistakes so that I could correct them). Wormly, Dani. ______________________________________ Pinedo, S., Sard?, R. & Martin, D., 1997.- Comparative study of the trophic structure of the soft bottom assemblages in the Bay of Blanes (Western Mediterranean Sea). Bull. Mar. Sci. 60(2): 529- 543 Nozais, C., Martin, D., Cha, J.H., Duch?ne, J.C., Charles, F. & Gr?mare, A., 1997.- Dynamics of egg production in Mediterranean populations of the terebellid polychaete Eupolymnia nebulosa. J. Mar. Biol. Ass. UK 77: 1027-1043. Martin, D., Claret, M., Pinedo, S. & Sard?, R., 1997.- Vertical and spatial distribution of near-shore littoral meroplankton off the Bay of Blanes (NW Mediterranean sea). J. Plank. Res. 19(12): 2079-2089 Martin, D., Pinedo, S. & Sard?, R., 2000.- Distribution patterns and trophic structure of soft-bottom polychaete assemblages in a north-western Mediterranean shallow-water bay. Ophelia 53(1): 1-17 Gr?cia, F., clamor, B., Jaume, D., Forn?s, J. J., Uriz, M.J., Martin, D., Gil., J., Gracia, P., Febrer, M. & Pons, G. (2005) La Cova des Coll (Felanitx, Mallorca): espeleog?nesi, geomorfologia, fauna i conservaci?. Endins 27: 141-186. (in Catalan, with English legends). _____________________________________ -- Dr. Daniel Martin Scientific Researcher Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cientificas (CSIC) Director Centre d'Estudis Avancats de Blanes (CEAB) -> Carrer d'acces a la Cala Sant Francesc 14 -> 17300 Blanes (Girona), Catalunya (Spain) -> Tel: (34) 972336101 -> Fax: (34) 972337806 -> WWW Institutional: http://www.ceab.csic.es -> WWW Personal: http://www.ceab.csic.es/~dani/ From g.read from niwa.co.nz Mon Apr 14 14:51:50 2008 From: g.read from niwa.co.nz (Geoff Read) Date: Mon Apr 14 14:53:44 2008 Subject: [Annelida] Opportunities at Uni Bergen, Norway Message-ID: <48045E95.8045.00D5.0@niwa.co.nz> FYI UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN Professor in Marine Evolutionary Developmental Biology at the Department of Biology http://melding.uib.no/doc/Ledige_stillinger/1205311630.html http://www.uib.no/mnfa/stillingsomtaler/professorat/marin-evol-utviklingsbiologi-08-engelsk.htm Natural History Collections, Bergen Museum Postdoctoral fellow in zoology (systematics or paleobiology) http://www.jobbnorge.no/visstilling2.aspx?stillid=47127&lang=EN From g.read from niwa.co.nz Mon Apr 14 22:36:17 2008 From: g.read from niwa.co.nz (Geoff Read) Date: Mon Apr 14 22:39:17 2008 Subject: [Annelida] Tubificoid Naididae Message-ID: <4804CB71.8045.00D5.0@niwa.co.nz> FYI Zootaxa open access letter. ICZN rules - a farewell to Tubificidae (Annelida, Clitellata) CHRISTER ERSEUS (Sweden), MARK J. WETZEL (USA) & LENA GUSTAVSSON (Sweden) Zootaxa 1744: 66-68 (9 Apr. 2008) 0 plates; 28 references http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2008/f/zt01744p068.pdf Summary. Morphological and molecular characters support that the former clitellate family Naididae Ehrenberg, 1828 is nested within another family, Tubificidae Vejdovsk?, 1876. To avoid paraphyly of the latter, it has been suggested that the two should be regarded as a single taxon. A recent decision by the International Commission of Zoological Nomenclature [2007; opinion 2167 (Case 3305)] ruled against a proposed reversal of the nomenclatural priority of Naididae over Tubificidae, with the consequence that all former tubificids should now be regarded as members of the Naididae whenever these two names are regarded as synonyms. The paper is a plea to clitellate researchers to conform to this ruling. From kfitzhug from nhm.org Tue Apr 15 18:54:48 2008 From: kfitzhug from nhm.org (J. Kirk Fitzhugh) Date: Tue Apr 15 19:03:53 2008 Subject: [Annelida] Tubificoid Naididae In-Reply-To: <4804CB71.8045.00D5.0@niwa.co.nz> References: <4804CB71.8045.00D5.0@niwa.co.nz> Message-ID: An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.bio.net/bionet/mm/annelida/attachments/20080415/277edb62/attachment.html From smithack07 from gmail.com Thu Apr 17 23:08:02 2008 From: smithack07 from gmail.com (smitha ck) Date: Thu Apr 17 23:18:11 2008 Subject: [Annelida] request for papers Message-ID: * Hi all, I am a research fellow from India and working on Taxonomy of Polychaetes of the Continental Shelf of India. Does anyone have a pdf copy of the description of Prionospio andamanensis, Prionospio (Prionospio) lineata, Prionospio membranacea, Prionospio multibranchiata, Prionospio (Prionospio) cf cornuta, Prionospio (Prionospio) runei and Prionospio (Minuspio) sp. ? If with you, please send me a copy of that. That will be very much helpful for my work. Thanks in advance. -- regards Smitha C K Department of Marine Biology,Micrbiology & Biochemistry School of Ocean Science & Technology Cochin University of Science & Technology Cochin-16 Kerala India * -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.bio.net/bionet/mm/annelida/attachments/20080417/2815af54/attachment.html From g.read from niwa.co.nz Sat Apr 19 02:59:57 2008 From: g.read from niwa.co.nz (Geoff Read) Date: Sat Apr 19 03:03:33 2008 Subject: Phuket paper Re: [Annelida] request for papers In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <480A4F3C.8045.00D5.0@niwa.co.nz> Hi, If someone else has it I think the paper below covers some of those. I don't have access to the journal, or a copy myself. Hylleberg, J. ; Nateewathana, A. 1991: Polychaetes of Thailand, Spionidae (Part 1); Prionospio of the steenstrupi group with description of eight new species from the Andaman Sea. Phuket Marine Biological Center, Research Bulletin 55: 1-32. P. membranacea is an Imajima species Imajima, M. 1990: Spionidae (Annelida, Polychaeta), from Japan IV. The genus Prionospio (Prionospio). Bulletin of the National Science Museum Series A (Zoology) 16(3): 105-140. It is online directly at: http://ci.nii.ac.jp/naid/110004311741/en/ Also search down in http://ci.nii.ac.jp/en?TZ=20080419164525414 as Imajima's papers on other putative Prionospio subgenera are online. Geoff >>> On 18/04/2008 at 4:08 p.m., "smitha ck" wrote: > * Hi all, > > I am a research fellow from India and working on Taxonomy of Polychaetes of > the Continental Shelf of India. > > Does anyone have a pdf copy of the description of Prionospio > andamanensis, > Prionospio (Prionospio) lineata, Prionospio membranacea, Prionospio > multibranchiata, Prionospio (Prionospio) cf cornuta, Prionospio > (Prionospio) > runei and Prionospio (Minuspio) sp. ? If with you, please send me a copy > of that. That will be very much helpful for my work. > > Thanks in advance. > -- > regards > Smitha C K > Department of Marine Biology,Micrbiology & Biochemistry > School of Ocean Science & Technology > Cochin University of Science & Technology > Cochin-16 > Kerala > India -- Geoff Read http://www.annelida.net/ http://www.niwascience.co.nz/ncabb/ From christer.erseus from zool.gu.se Mon Apr 21 07:14:13 2008 From: christer.erseus from zool.gu.se (=?iso-8859-1?Q?Christer_Ers=E9us?=) Date: Mon Apr 21 14:44:15 2008 Subject: [Annelida] Tubificoid Naididae Message-ID: <004001c8a3a9$39342ba0$c001a8c0@zoologen.local> Dear all, A response to Kirk Fitzhugh's recent comment (repeated below): The studies by Sj?lin et al (2005) and Envall et al. (2006) both analyzed a combination of mitochondrial and nuclear genetic information, and they gave strong support for ?Naididae? being phylogenetically nested within ?Tubificidae?. The morphological data available were not included and have so far not been analyzed in combination with the gene data. However, as previous morphological studies (by necessity based on a very limited number of characters) also have suggested this position of ?Naididae?, we feel confident enough about our conclusion that the complex Tubificidae/Naididae needs a new definition/classification. Of course, if Kirk or anyone else thinks that our conclusion is wrong, one is free to continue regarding the two ?families? as two taxa of the same rank. The essence of our recent communication (?ICZN rules ?) is merely that ?all former tubificids should now be regarded as members of the Naididae WHENEVER these two names are regarded as synonyms. Christer ------Kirk's message------ In looking at the references in this paper, it appears that placement of the Naididae in the Tubificidae is determined on the basis of analyses using separate data sets. I was curious if anyone has combined all data and looked at the results. This would be required to provide a new definition of the Naididae. Kirk -----Original Message----- From: annelida-bounces@oat.bio.indiana.edu [mailto:annelida-bounces@oat.bio.indiana.edu] On Behalf Of Geoff Read Sent: den 15 april 2008 05:36 To: annelida@magpie.bio.indiana.edu Subject: [Annelida] Tubificoid Naididae FYI Zootaxa open access letter. ICZN rules - a farewell to Tubificidae (Annelida, Clitellata) CHRISTER ERSEUS (Sweden), MARK J. WETZEL (USA) & LENA GUSTAVSSON (Sweden) Zootaxa 1744: 66-68 (9 Apr. 2008) 0 plates; 28 references http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2008/f/zt01744p068.pdf Summary. Morphological and molecular characters support that the former clitellate family Naididae Ehrenberg, 1828 is nested within another family, Tubificidae Vejdovsk?, 1876. To avoid paraphyly of the latter, it has been suggested that the two should be regarded as a single taxon. A recent decision by the International Commission of Zoological Nomenclature [2007; opinion 2167 (Case 3305)] ruled against a proposed reversal of the nomenclatural priority of Naididae over Tubificidae, with the consequence that all former tubificids should now be regarded as members of the Naididae whenever these two names are regarded as synonyms. The paper is a plea to clitellate researchers to conform to this ruling. _______________________________________________ Annelida mailing list Post: Annelida@net.bio.net Help/archive: http://www.bio.net/biomail/listinfo/annelida Resources: http://www.annelida.net From kfitzhug from nhm.org Mon Apr 21 15:13:49 2008 From: kfitzhug from nhm.org (J. Kirk Fitzhugh) Date: Mon Apr 21 15:19:30 2008 Subject: [Annelida] Tubificoid Naididae In-Reply-To: <004001c8a3a9$39342ba0$c001a8c0@zoologen.local> References: <004001c8a3a9$39342ba0$c001a8c0@zoologen.local> Message-ID: Thanks Christer. I don't think of phylogenetic hypotheses in terms of 'right' or 'wrong,' or true or false, since valid testing is virtually never performed. I was only curious to ascertain the extent to which irrationality was minimized in the derivation of the conclusions. You answered my question, for which I'm grateful. Kirk At 05:14 AM 4/21/2008, you wrote: >Dear all, > >A response to Kirk Fitzhugh's recent comment (repeated below): > >The studies by Sj?lin et al (2005) and Envall et al. (2006) both analyzed a >combination of mitochondrial and nuclear genetic information, and they gave >strong support for ?Naididae? being phylogenetically nested within >?Tubificidae?. The morphological data available were not included and have >so far not been analyzed in combination with the gene data. However, as >previous morphological studies (by necessity based on a very limited number >of characters) also have suggested this position of ?Naididae?, we feel >confident enough about our conclusion that the complex Tubificidae/Naididae >needs a new definition/classification. > >Of course, if Kirk or anyone else thinks that our conclusion is wrong, one >is free to continue regarding the two ?families? as two taxa of the same >rank. The essence of our recent communication (?ICZN rules ?) is merely that >?all former tubificids should now be regarded as members of the Naididae >WHENEVER these two names are regarded as synonyms. > >Christer > > >------Kirk's message------ > >In looking at the references in this paper, it appears that placement of the >Naididae in the Tubificidae is determined on the basis of analyses using >separate data sets. I was curious if anyone has combined all data and looked >at the results. This would be required to provide a new definition of the >Naididae. > >Kirk > > >-----Original Message----- >From: annelida-bounces@oat.bio.indiana.edu >[mailto:annelida-bounces@oat.bio.indiana.edu] On Behalf Of Geoff Read >Sent: den 15 april 2008 05:36 >To: annelida@magpie.bio.indiana.edu >Subject: [Annelida] Tubificoid Naididae > >FYI > >Zootaxa open access letter. > > >ICZN rules - a farewell to Tubificidae (Annelida, Clitellata) >CHRISTER ERSEUS (Sweden), MARK J. WETZEL (USA) & LENA GUSTAVSSON >(Sweden) >Zootaxa 1744: 66-68 (9 Apr. 2008) 0 plates; 28 references > >http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2008/f/zt01744p068.pdf > >Summary. Morphological and molecular characters support that the former >clitellate family Naididae Ehrenberg, 1828 is nested within another >family, Tubificidae Vejdovsk?, 1876. To avoid paraphyly of the latter, >it has been suggested that the two should be regarded as a single taxon. >A recent decision by the International Commission of Zoological >Nomenclature [2007; opinion 2167 (Case 3305)] ruled against a proposed >reversal of the nomenclatural priority of Naididae over Tubificidae, >with the consequence that all former tubificids should now be regarded >as members of the Naididae whenever these two names are regarded as >synonyms. The paper is a plea to clitellate researchers to conform to >this ruling. > > > >_______________________________________________ >Annelida mailing list >Post: Annelida@net.bio.net >Help/archive: http://www.bio.net/biomail/listinfo/annelida >Resources: http://www.annelida.net > > > >_______________________________________________ >Annelida mailing list >Post: Annelida@net.bio.net >Help/archive: http://www.bio.net/biomail/listinfo/annelida >Resources: http://www.annelida.net From yckingf from tm.net.my Sun Apr 27 11:20:11 2008 From: yckingf from tm.net.my (King) Date: Sun Apr 27 14:44:04 2008 Subject: [Annelida] Aquafarming? [of leeches] Message-ID: <4814A7BA.000020.00124@KING> Skipped content of type multipart/related-------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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Transport of live alien organisms, involving importing them to new countries, is strictly controlled by many governments, for obvious reasons. If anyone is interested in importing live Malaysian leeches please check with your appropriate border control agency first to find out if it can be done legally. Geoff -- Geoff Read http://www.annelida.net/ http://www.niwascience.co.nz/ncabb/ From schulzea from tamug.edu Mon Apr 28 16:06:21 2008 From: schulzea from tamug.edu (Anja Schulze) Date: Mon Apr 28 16:08:13 2008 Subject: [Annelida] field preservation methods Message-ID: Hi all, As most of you are probably aware, transporting and shipping samples in ethanol or on dry ice, especially across borders is increasingly difficult. In the past, I have preserved my samples in 95% ethanol, dumped most of the ethanol from the vials and took them as checked luggage on the plane with me. Those were relatively small amounts and I have never run into problems with the airlines or customs. However, I might have to take a larger amount of samples from Mexico to the US and am thinking about alternatives to ethanol. This might be of general interest for anybody working in remote locations where freezing is not an option and where trying to ship something with a reliable service could be a nightmare. I found the following reference which compares different field preservation methods for a variety of marine invertebrates for DNA analyses, including a polychaete (Phragmatopoma): Dawson, M. N., Raskoff, K. A. and Jacobs, D. K. 1998. Field preservation of marine invertebrate tissue for DNA analysis. Mol. Mar. Biol. Biotech. 7: 145-152. According to their study, storage in DMSO-NaCl preserves DNA for months even if kept at 25 C. The visual appearance of the specimens was still good too. Does anybody else have experience with this method for polychaetes? Other, less successful, alternatives mentioned are: CTAB-NaCl, "Queen's" lysis buffer and urea buffer. RNAlater should work too but is quite expensive. Any other insights? Thanks, Anja Anja Schulze, Ph.D Assistant Professor Department of Marine Biology Texas A&M University at Galveston 5007 Avenue U Galveston, TX 77551 Phone: 409-740-4540 Email: schulzea@tamug.edu http://www.tamug.edu/schulze/ -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.bio.net/bionet/mm/annelida/attachments/20080428/81b21a86/attachment.html