From dani from ceab.csic.es Mon Jan 7 08:02:52 2008 From: dani from ceab.csic.es (Daniel Martin) Date: Mon Jan 7 15:43:24 2008 Subject: [Annelida] Description of Mesochaetopterus rogeri, sp. nov. Message-ID: <478222FC.4070303@ceab.csic.es> Dear colleagues, our paper entitled: *"Description of a new species of /Mesochaetopterus/ (Annelida, Polychaeta, Chaetopteridae), with re-description of /Mesochaetopterus xerecus/ and an approach to the phylogeny of the family"*, will finally be published in the Zol. J. Linnean Soc., vol. 152 (2008). According to the Journal guidelines, I have posted the submitted version of the manuscript in my personal website, at the link: http://atlantis.ceab.csic.es/~dani/M_rogeri(ZJLSL).pdf However, the final PDF is already available upon request to myself (50 reprints will also be available, but I have not yet received them from the Journal). Best wishes and a fruitful and happy 2008. Dani, Joao and Michel. -- 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/ -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.bio.net/bionet/mm/annelida/attachments/20080107/cdebffa1/attachment.html From carrc from uoguelph.ca Sun Jan 13 15:19:24 2008 From: carrc from uoguelph.ca (Christina Carr) Date: Sun Jan 13 15:29:53 2008 Subject: [Annelida] Barcoding Collaboration Message-ID: <20080113151924.sh1n2hcmlcgckgok@webmail.uoguelph.ca> Hi all, I am a MSc student at the University of Guelph, Ontario and I am in the business of barcoding the diversity of Polychaete worms mainly in Canada's Arctic Ocean (more than willing, however to expand into other oceans and seas). I am in search of a Polychaete taxonomist to aid in identification of my specimens and to collaborate with if the taxonomist wishes to have any of their own specimens sequenced here in return. Please do email if there is any interest, and I thank you in advance. Christy Carr Christina Carr MSc Student Biodiversity Institute of Ontario University of Guelph carrc@uoguelph.ca 519-824-4120 x 52137 From carrc from uoguelph.ca Tue Jan 15 15:05:29 2008 From: carrc from uoguelph.ca (Christina Carr) Date: Tue Jan 15 15:07:53 2008 Subject: [Annelida] Barcoding Collaboration In-Reply-To: <20080113151924.sh1n2hcmlcgckgok@webmail.uoguelph.ca> References: <20080113151924.sh1n2hcmlcgckgok@webmail.uoguelph.ca> Message-ID: <20080115150529.13oiq54y04400ssw@webmail.uoguelph.ca> Hi again, Thanks so much to everyone who responded to my email, I have received many thoughtful and inquisitory responses! I will be in contact with those who responded as soon as I can (after speaking with my supervisor Dr.Hebert) about further collaborations and replying to general inquiries. This is very encouraging, Thanks again! Christy Quoting Christina Carr : > > Hi all, > I am a MSc student at the University of Guelph, Ontario and I am in > the business of barcoding the diversity of Polychaete worms mainly in > Canada's Arctic Ocean (more than willing, however to expand into other > oceans and seas). > I am in search of a Polychaete taxonomist to aid in identification of > my specimens and to collaborate with if the taxonomist wishes to have > any of their own specimens sequenced here in return. > Please do email if there is any interest, and I thank you in advance. > Christy Carr > > > Christina Carr > MSc Student > Biodiversity Institute of Ontario > University of Guelph > carrc@uoguelph.ca > 519-824-4120 x 52137 > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Annelida mailing list > Post: Annelida@net.bio.net > Help/archive: http://www.bio.net/biomail/listinfo/annelida > Resources: http://www.annelida.net Christina Carr MSc Student Biodiversity Institute of Ontario University of Guelph carrc@uoguelph.ca 519-824-4120 x 52137 From gread from actrix.gen.nz Thu Jan 17 04:35:02 2008 From: gread from actrix.gen.nz (Geoff Read) Date: Thu Jan 17 04:48:12 2008 Subject: [Annelida] BBC OnePlanet: From the Ground Up Message-ID: <478FD816.17332.1CD3A76@localhost> An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Dekker BWM Biological research assistant macrobenthos Monitor Taskforce Centre for Estuarine and Coastal Ecology Netherlands Institute of Ecology (NIOO-CEME) Korringaweg 7, 4401 NT Yerseke phone: +31-113-577357 (577300) E-mail: a.dekker@nioo.knaw.nl -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.bio.net/bionet/mm/annelida/attachments/20080117/34ae094d/attachment.html From Stanislas.Dubois from ifremer.fr Fri Jan 18 10:01:42 2008 From: Stanislas.Dubois from ifremer.fr (Stanislas DUBOIS) Date: Fri Jan 18 15:40:36 2008 Subject: [Annelida] English key for Typosyllis ? Message-ID: <4790BF56.1030105@ifremer.fr> Dear Polychaete lovers, I'm looking for an English key of the group Typosyllis. I do have the Frank Licher's handbook "Revision des Gattung Typosyllis Langerhans 1879(Polychaeta: Syllidae) Morphologie, Taxonomie und Phylogenie" but I have difficulties to read German. Any English version or other papers? Thanks a lot. Stan. -- ______________________________________________________ Stanislas DUBOIS (PhD) Laboratoire DYNECO / Ecologie Benthique IFREMER / Centre de Brest Technopole de Brest-Iroise B.P. 70 - 29280 Plouzan? - FRANCE Tel: (33) 02 98 22 49 18 Fax: (33) 02 98 22 45 48 email: sdubois@ifremer.fr From gil from ceab.csic.es Mon Jan 21 03:40:12 2008 From: gil from ceab.csic.es (Joao Gil) Date: Mon Jan 21 13:51:01 2008 Subject: [Annelida] English key for Typosyllis ? In-Reply-To: <4790BF56.1030105@ifremer.fr> References: <4790BF56.1030105@ifremer.fr> Message-ID: <00a501c85c09$3c9073e0$b2fe6fa1@ALCAGOITA> Dear Stanislas and all, An English translation of Frank Licher's key for Typosyllis can be found at: http://www.osnanet.de/frank.licher/index_en.htm -----Mensaje original----- De: annelida-bounces@oat.bio.indiana.edu [mailto:annelida-bounces@oat.bio.indiana.edu] En nombre de Stanislas DUBOIS Enviado el: viernes, 18 de enero de 2008 16:02 Para: annelida@magpie.bio.indiana.edu Asunto: [Annelida] English key for Typosyllis ? Dear Polychaete lovers, I'm looking for an English key of the group Typosyllis. I do have the Frank Licher's handbook "Revision des Gattung Typosyllis Langerhans 1879(Polychaeta: Syllidae) Morphologie, Taxonomie und Phylogenie" but I have difficulties to read German. Any English version or other papers? Thanks a lot. Stan. -- ______________________________________________________ Stanislas DUBOIS (PhD) Laboratoire DYNECO / Ecologie Benthique IFREMER / Centre de Brest Technopole de Brest-Iroise B.P. 70 - 29280 Plouzan? - FRANCE Tel: (33) 02 98 22 49 18 Fax: (33) 02 98 22 45 48 email: sdubois@ifremer.fr _______________________________________________ Annelida mailing list Post: Annelida@net.bio.net Help/archive: http://www.bio.net/biomail/listinfo/annelida Resources: http://www.annelida.net From g.read from niwa.co.nz Thu Jan 24 14:25:48 2008 From: g.read from niwa.co.nz (Geoff Read) Date: Thu Jan 24 14:30:30 2008 Subject: [Annelida] Job - Curator, Natal Museum, Pietermaritzburg, South Africa References: Message-ID: <47999D0C.8045.00D5.0@niwa.co.nz> Research position at Natal Museum, Pietermaritzburg, South Africa Earthworms specialist a possibility. Further info: "Dai Herbert" CURATOR: NATURAL SCIENCES RESPONSIBILITIES: The Natal Museum researchers conduct research in various fields of natural sciences. The main responsibilities for this position are: * Undertake original research (either independently or under the supervision of a chief curator), with emphasis on the unique resources housed in the Natal Museum: ideally molluscs, or other non-insect invertebrates such as myriapods, arachnids and earthworms. * Register for higher postgraduate qualification where appropriate. * Augment the collections through fieldwork where appropriate. * Critically evaluate and interpret data, and prepare high quality manuscripts that meet the standards of the international scientific community. * Formulate targeted research projects and submit applications to external funding bodies. * Assist in efficient management and databasing of the collections, and provide guidance and scientific advice where necessary. * Provide external and internal clients with authoritative information relating to collections and field of research expertise. * Engage in collaborative research projects to enhance research capacity. REQUIREMENTS: PhD degree in relevant field is preferable, ideally with publication record and curatorial experience. Applicants with an Honours or Masters Degree in relevant field may be considered if they intend to continue academic studies. Good existing knowledge of the research field and understanding the role of museum research are essential. Ability to generate funds, conduct research and communicate scientific results to academic community, general public and other interest groups. Excellent writing, presentation and communication skills. Valid drivers licence. SALARY: Negotiable at salary level 8 of Public Service Employees. The Natal Museum is an equal opportunity affirmative action employer, whose aim it is to promote representativity in all levels of occupational categories in the institution. Applications should be posted to: The Deputy Director: Natal Museum, 237 Jabu Ndlovu Street, Private Bag 9070, Pietermaritzburg, 3200. No faxed applications will be accepted. The Natal Museum reserves the right not to make an appointment. Please send a covering letter stating the position you are applying for, a detailed resume with a list of references and certified copies of all qualifications. Further enquiries regarding these positions can be directed to the Deputy Director. Closing date for submission of all applications is 15 February 2008, at 12:00. Late applications will not be accepted. If you have not heard from us by the 20 March 2008, please consider your application to have been unsuccessful. 237 Jabu Ndlovu Street, Pietermaritzburg For a never ending journey of discovery! -------------- next part -------------- An embedded message was scrubbed... From: "Dai Herbert" Subject: [MOLLUSCA] Research position at Natal Museum, Pietermaritzburg, South Africa Date: Fri, 25 Jan 2008 03:06:59 +1300 Size: 50209 Url: http://www.bio.net/bionet/mm/annelida/attachments/20080125/603aad64/attachment.txt From g.read from niwa.co.nz Sat Jan 26 00:28:30 2008 From: g.read from niwa.co.nz (Geoff Read) Date: Sat Jan 26 00:35:35 2008 Subject: [Annelida] The Nature of Palaeozoic Machaeridia Message-ID: <479B7BCD.8045.00D5.0@niwa.co.nz> Hi all, I confess ignorance of the Machaeridia fossil group till yesterday. Historically, Machaeridians have been most often regarded as echinoderms or possibly descendants of echinoderm ancestors. But, according to a paper in Nature earlier this month, these disarticulated calcitic shell plates which are common in ancient marine deposits seem to be parts of annelids. The authors thus have added a new (fossil) Class to Phylum Annelida, an event which seems to be worth a mention on this list! Caron, J.-B. 2008: Palaeontology: Ancient worms in armour [News and Views]. Nature 451: 133-134. http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/451133a http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v451/n7175/full/451133a.html Vinther, J.; Van Roy, P. ; Briggs, D. E. G. 2008: Machaeridians are Palaeozoic armoured annelids. Nature 451(7175) 10 January: 185-188. Reprint requests to: derek.briggs@yale.edu http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v451/n7175/full/nature06474.html http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/nature06474 http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v451/n7175/suppinfo/nature06474.html "The systematic affinities of several Palaeozoic skeletal taxa were only resolved when their soft-tissue morphology was revealed by the discovery of exceptionally preserved specimens. The conodonts provide a classic example, their tooth-like elements having been assigned to various invertebrate and vertebrate groups for more than 125 years until the discovery of their soft tissues revealed them to be crown-group vertebrates. Machaeridians, which are virtually ubiquitous as shell plates in benthic marine shelly assemblages ranging from Early Ordovician (Late Tremadoc) to Carboniferous, have proved no less enigmatic. The Machaeridia comprise three distinct families of worm-like animals, united by the possession of a dorsal skeleton of calcite plates that is rarely found articulated. Since they were first described 150 years ago machaeridians have been allied with barnacles, echinoderms, molluscs or annelids. Here we describe a new machaeridian with preserved soft parts, including parapodia and chaetae, from the Upper Tremadoc of Morocco, demonstrating the annelid affinity of the group. This discovery shows that a lineage of annelids evolved a dorsal skeleton of calcareous plates early in their history; it also resolves the affinities of a group of problematic Palaeozoic invertebrates previously known only from isolated elements and occasional skeletal assemblages." Inter alia Vinther et al state that "The inner shell plates in machaeridians are offset and overlap along the median line, as do the elytra of some scale worms. The elytra of scale worms, however, occur only on every other segment, whereas the shell plates of machaeridians appear to be present on every segment." However, this comment is not correct. Some Pholoididae and Sigalionidae have many consecutive elytra in the posterior body, and all scale worms have adjacent elytra on segments 4-5. -- Geoff Read http://www.annelida.net/ http://www.niwascience.co.nz/ncabb/ From g.read from niwa.co.nz Mon Jan 28 14:35:33 2008 From: g.read from niwa.co.nz (Geoff Read) Date: Mon Jan 28 14:39:52 2008 Subject: [Annelida] John S. Gray 1941-2007 Message-ID: <479EE555.8045.00D5.0@niwa.co.nz> Hi All, Just to note that there is an article on John Gray published in: Richardson, B.; Wu, R.; Shin, P.; Lam, P.; Fleddum, A.; Elliott, M. ; Sheppard, C. 2008: A tribute to John Stuart Gray (1941-2007). Marine Pollution Bulletin 56(1): 1-4. Begins: "The marine science community has been greatly saddened to learn that Professor John Gray, PhD, DSc, passed away on Sunday 21st of October at the age of 66 following a battle with pancreatic cancer. John was an internationally renowned environmental scientist whose research was dedicated to moving benthic ecology and studies of marine pollution from observation to hypothesis testing and finally, in a natural progression, to practical, applied usage of monitoring techniques. John was also a dedicated educator, not only of undergraduate and post-graduate students in Norway and abroad, but also of governments and the general public, and his intellectual contributions will undoubtedly continue to shape the future of marine benthic ecology, marine pollution studies and their various applications. Above all, John was a wonderful friend, colleague, mentor and gentleman (in all senses of the word), and will be greatly missed." http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/B6V6N-4RJK2RJ-2/2/e4ae12107972553ca125375e1569b33d http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2007.11.009 -- Geoff Read http://www.annelida.net/ http://www.niwascience.co.nz/ncabb/ From g.read from niwa.co.nz Wed Jan 30 15:39:41 2008 From: g.read from niwa.co.nz (Geoff Read) Date: Wed Jan 30 15:42:17 2008 Subject: [Annelida] Freshwater animal diversity assessment project papers Message-ID: <47A1975C.8045.00D5.0@niwa.co.nz> Hi folks, Issue 595(1) of Hydrobiologia, January 2008, is devoted to the Freshwater Animal Diversity Assessment (FADA) project. http://www.springerlink.com/link.asp?id=100271 The 62 papers include reviews of polychaetes, oligochaetes and leeches. Balian, E.; Segers, H.; L?v?que, C.; Martens, K. (2008). An introduction to the Freshwater Animal Diversity Assessment (FADA) project. Hydrobiologia 595(1): 3-8. "Taxonomic experts were invited to join a team of authors to write an article on the diversity of each animal group. These coordinating authors participated in a workshop during which they presented the data on their taxonomic group, and together discussed standards of a common approach (October 13?16, 2005). The resulting reviews are included in the present special issue of Hydrobiologia. As mentioned before, the main goal of FADA is to provide an expert assessment of animal species diversity in the continental (fresh) waters of the world, focusing on taxonomic and biogeographic diversity. The main three objectives for each group are: 1. to give an as accurate as possible estimate of global species and generic diversity; 2. to report on geographic distribution (by zoogeographic region, as described below), and to identify possible gaps; 3. to highlight the main areas of endemicity. Because extant patterns are the results of historical processes, the project also emphasises phylogenetic aspects and processes of evolution and speciation. In addition, information on human-related issues, such as economical and medical uses, threats, conservation issues, is included when pertinent." Glasby, C.; Timm, T. (2008). Global diversity of polychaetes (Polychaeta; Annelida) in freshwater. Hydrobiologia 595(1): 107-115. Martin, P.; Martinez-Ansemil, E.; Pinder, A.; Timm, T.; Wetzel, M. (2008). Global diversity of oligochaetous clitellates (?Oligochaeta?; Clitellata) in freshwater. Hydrobiologia 595(1): 117-127. Sket, B.; Trontelj, P. (2008). Global diversity of leeches (Hirudinea) in freshwater. Hydrobiologia 595(1): 129-137. -- Geoff Read http://www.annelida.net/ http://www.niwascience.co.nz/ncabb/ From fredrik.pleijel from tmbl.gu.se Wed Jan 30 05:10:34 2008 From: fredrik.pleijel from tmbl.gu.se (Fredrik Pleijel) Date: Wed Jan 30 19:32:57 2008 Subject: [Annelida] Lopadorhynchus Message-ID: <4881190.1201687834154.JavaMail.oracle@midtier-vas-1.it.gu.se> Dear all, together with Jenny Ekl?f (ex-Persson) I'm doing a study on relationships of lopadorhynchids. We have a good sample of taxa for DNA-data but lack Lopadorhynchus. Anyone who have access to ethanol-preserved spms and would be willing to share? Thanks!/Fredrik -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.bio.net/bionet/mm/annelida/attachments/20080130/b53e998a/attachment.html From g.read from niwa.co.nz Wed Jan 30 20:13:59 2008 From: g.read from niwa.co.nz (Geoff Read) Date: Wed Jan 30 20:17:06 2008 Subject: [Annelida] Pointer to Alan J. Southward (1928-2007) obituary Message-ID: <47A1D7A6.8045.00D5.0@niwa.co.nz> Dando, P.R. (2008). Obituary: Alan J. Southward (1928-2007). Nature (3 January 2008) 451(7174): 28-28. "Looking through dredge sievings, the Southwards [Eve C, Alan J.] noticed hair-like organisms that had probably been ignored previously because they resembled the fibres of the dredge nets. They became fascinated by these small, mouthless, gutless tubeworms, known as pogonophores ..." http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v451/n7174/full/451028a.html A pdf may be available from Paul R. Dando, Email: oss109@bangor.ac.uk