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From: O'Reilly, Myles [Myles.O'Reilly from sepa.org.uk]
Sent: 27 July 2013 00:38
To: 'annelida-bounces from oat.bio.indiana.edu'
Subject: Copepods associated with Polychaete Worms
Dear Annelidars
Some of you may be interested to learn about parasitic or commensal copepod=
s associated with polychaete worms. I have contributed to a recent paper d=
escribing 18 species (12 new to science) found with tubicolous polychaetes =
(spionids, maldanids, oweniids, phyllodocids, paraonids, cirratulids, tereb=
ellids) from European Seas:
Kim. I-H., Sikorski, A., O=92Reilly, M., & Boxshall, G. (2013). Copepods a=
ssociated with polychaete worms in European seas. Zootaxa 3651, 1-62.
The copepods co-habit the polychaete tubes often attaching directly to the =
polychaetes. Most polychaete families harbour copepod associates, which ar=
e variously transformed morphologically, and may be either ectoparasites or=
endoparasites. We suspect there are many more new, undescribed, species =
out there but finding them is very difficult as infestation levels are gene=
rally extremely low and many parasites may be dislodged and lost during sta=
ndard sampling procedures. We are keen to collect further copepod materia=
l so would interested to hear from any polychaete researchers coming acros=
s any such copepods, especially those who might be willing to donate materi=
al for our further study.
Please e-mail: myles.oreilly from sepa.org.uk<mailto:myles.oreilly from sepa.org.uk>=
for a personal pdf of the above paper and any records you might have of pa=
rasitic copepods from polychaetes.
Yours wormly
Myles O=92Reilly
Scottish Environment Protection Agency
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