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Re: sewage-induce polychaete reef

2009-12-09T18:20:38Z

Hi Christy
Fascinating yes, and a little bit terrifying (I love the title of one of
you recommended papers national pest!).
We started in 2007 the study of the populational dynamics of "Boccardia
polybranchia" that were associated to mytilids beds near the outfall
before reef formation. This species form also patches among the little
mussels (Brachidontes) and were successfully used as indicator of
moderated organic contamination (Elias et al., 2003 and 2006).
However this "new" species is different (invader...?). We have written a
manuscript to Marine Pollution Bulletin, but the Editor considers
(November) the phenomenon is only of local relevance... (It is my fault to
born in Latin America). We observed the exclusion of the mussels,
suffocated by Boccardia reef. The stony-rocks (dominant hard substrate)
were covered totally by a thick layer (more than 30 cm height) of tube
worms. People can walk over and over including tourists (a poster
recommended not to swing because you are at 1,200 m from sewage effluent).
Like other spionids brood into the tube several capsules with nursery eggs
and one or two larvae.
Experimentally (last week) we proved a total recovery to small disturbance
in 3-4 days. The reef also support the storm season (April to September
2009).
Well Christy thank you for your interest. Good trek to Caifornia and if
you can send me the articles!
Cheers wormly
Rodolfo

>> Hi Rodolfo,
>>
>> Fascinating! Can you tell us a bit more about these reefs? When did they
>> form and how long have they persisted? I've been studying beds formed by
>> Boccardia proboscidea and Dipolydora sp. in Bodega Harbor (Central
>> California). Densities are in the tens of thousands per m2, which is
>> much
>> less dense than you find. They form patches of dense tubes and mucky
>> sediment rather than reefs. The patches are adjacent to areas with
>> almost no
>> spionids and high densities of phoronids. I've been studying the ecology
>> of
>> these patches, including why the patches persist over multiple
>> generations
>> adjacent to a very different community type. There are similar patches
>> of
>> Boccardia proboscidea in other NE Pacific locations and SE Australia
>> near a
>> sewage outfall as well as records of other bed-forming spionids.
>>
>> Here are the references I have for Boccardia proboscidea in Australia
>> (where it is invasive):
>>
>> Dorsey, J. 1982. "Intertidal community offshore from the Werribee
>> sewage-treatment farm: an opportunistic infaunal assemblage."
>> *Australian
>> Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research* *33*: 45-54.
>>
>>
>>
>> Hayes, K., C. Sliwa, S. Migus, F. McEnnulty, P. Dunstan. 2004. "National
>> priority pests." *CSIRO Marine Research Report.*
>>
>>
>>
>> Newall, B., R. Molloy, et al. 1999. Environmental impact assesment and
>> review of effluent disposal options for Eastern Treatment Plant.
>> Wembley,
>> Australia, CSIRO.
>>
>> I have a few more references for other occurrences of spionid beds that
>> I
>> can send when I return home next week.
>>
>> Cheers,
>>
>> Christy Bowles
>>
>> --
>> Christy Bowles
>>
>> PhD Candidate
>> Bodega Marine Lab and Graduate Group in Ecology
>> University of California, Davis
>> http://www.des.ucdavis.edu/faculty/grosholz/people/bowles.htm
>> cmbowles@...
>>
>>
>>
>> On Wed, Dec 9, 2009 at 12:15 PM, Rodolfo Elias <roelias@...>
>> wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> Dear all
>>> I want to know if some of you have some references about polychaetes
>>> that build "reefs" in sewage-impacted areas.
>>> >From spring 2008 the area around Mar del Plata's sewage discharges (SW
>>> Atlantic) almost all intertidal areas are covered by sand-tubes of
>>> Boccardia sp. (possibly a not described species), forming reef
>>> structures. Density can reach 650,000 ind.m-2, and this reef can
>>> support
>>> a person walking over. The reefs supports also all the autumn-winter
>>> storms.
>>> There are a student dealing with these (large number of) worms, and any
>>> info will be welcome!
>>>
>>> Hoping to see you in Lecce!
>>> Wormly
>>> Rodolfo Elias
>>>
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>>
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Re: sewage-induce polychaete reef

2009-12-09T13:07:20Z

Hi Rodolfo,

Fascinating! Can you tell us a bit more about these reefs? When did they form and how long have they persisted? I've been studying beds formed by Boccardia proboscidea and Dipolydora sp. in Bodega Harbor (Central California). Densities are in the tens of thousands per m2, which is much less dense than you find. They form patches of dense tubes and mucky sediment rather than reefs. The patches are adjacent to areas with almost no spionids and high densities of phoronids. I've been studying the ecology of these patches, including why the patches persist over multiple generations adjacent to a very different community type. There are similar patches of Boccardia proboscidea in other NE Pacific locations and SE Australia near a sewage outfall as well as records of other bed-forming spionids.

Here are the references I have for Boccardia proboscidea in Australia (where it is invasive):

Dorsey, J. 1982. "Intertidal community offshore from the Werribee sewage-treatment farm: an opportunistic infaunal assemblage." Australian Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research 33: 45-54.

Hayes, K., C. Sliwa, S. Migus, F. McEnnulty, P. Dunstan. 2004. "National priority pests." CSIRO Marine Research Report.

Newall, B., R. Molloy, et al. 1999. Environmental impact assesment and review of effluent disposal options for Eastern Treatment Plant. Wembley, Australia, CSIRO.

I have a few more references for other occurrences of spionid beds that I can send when I return home next week.

Cheers,

Christy Bowles

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On Wed, Dec 9, 2009 at 12:15 PM, Rodolfo Elias <roelias@...> wrote:

Dear all
I want to know if some of you have some references about polychaetes
that build "reefs" in sewage-impacted areas.
>From spring 2008 the area around Mar del Plata's sewage discharges (SW
Atlantic) almost all intertidal areas are covered by sand-tubes of
Boccardia sp. (possibly a not described species), forming reef
structures. Density can reach 650,000 ind.m-2, and this reef can support
a person walking over. The reefs supports also all the autumn-winter
storms.
There are a student dealing with these (large number of) worms, and any
info will be welcome!

Hoping to see you in Lecce!
Wormly
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sewage-induce polychaete reef

2009-12-09T12:15:28Z

Dear all
I want to know if some of you have some references about polychaetes
that build "reefs" in sewage-impacted areas.
>From spring 2008 the area around Mar del Plata's sewage discharges (SW
Atlantic) almost all intertidal areas are covered by sand-tubes of
Boccardia sp. (possibly a not described species), forming reef
structures. Density can reach 650,000 ind.m-2, and this reef can support
a person walking over. The reefs supports also all the autumn-winter
storms.
There are a student dealing with these (large number of) worms, and any
info will be welcome!

Hoping to see you in Lecce!
Wormly
Rodolfo Elias

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Re: Raphidrilus specimens request

2009-12-09T05:08:10Z

Dear Wagner,

I have Raphidrilus nemasoma (or at least something that I called
Raphidrilus nemasoma :-)) from the Northern Adriatic Sea. I collected it
in November 2008. in Vrsar harbour (Northern Adriatic sea), in the talus
of the invasive algae Caulerpa racemosa. I found all 23 specimens in
only one sub-sample. They are fixed in formalin and then conserved in
70% alcohol.
Let me know how can I help.

Many greetings,
Barbara

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Center for Marine Research
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52210 Rovinj
Croatia
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On Thu, 2009-12-03 at 16:00 -0800, Wagner Magalhaes wrote:

> Dear all,
>
>
>
> We have been working on an undescribed Raphidrilus very abundant on an
> invasive alga in Oahu´s shallow water, Hawaii. Since Petersen and
> George (1991) pointed out that Raphidrilus nemasoma Monticelli, 1910
> series type have been lost or never kept, we wonder if anyone has
> recently collected specimens from the type locality (Gulf of Napoli)
> or any other location where unidentified Raphidrilus specimens have
> been found (e.g. from Florida or British Columbia, Canada).
>
>
>
> Any help/info would be greatly appreciated,
>
>
>
> Wagner Magalhães
>
> Research Assistant
>
> Wormlab, University of Hawaii
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Corrigenda Re: Kirtley's 1994 publication on Sabellariidae

2009-12-08T13:25:26Z

And here attached is a superior version as pdf.

Many thanks to Sergio Salazar for the nice upgrade to the plain typescript.

Geoff

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>>> On 7/12/2009 at 9:13 a.m., "Geoff Read" <g.read@...> wrote:
> Dear all,
>
> I'd forgotten all about it but here is a repeat of the Corrigenda by David
> Kirtley (deceased) that was in
> the 1995 e-mail newsletter circulated by yrs truly, should anyone wish to
> print it and insert in the book.

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"unusual" Spionid from Florida waters (<5m)

2009-12-08T12:53:24Z

Hello:

I was hoping some on this list may be able to direct me to literature or someone with expertise on Spionid polychaetes, particularly in the genus Polydora.

I seem to occasionally find specimens that do not appear in Blake's Revision of Polydora from the East Coast of North America (1971). Most recently, one has caught my eye:

Very dark, distinctive pigmentation at the anterior end.

Distinctively swollen-looking dorsum around setiger 2 that folds over itself and overlaps setiger 1.

Other features: hooded hooks begin around setiger 7, appearing to have slightly constricted shaft; the modified spines of setiger 5 are in a tight semi-circle, with very long pennoned companion setae reaching far into the center of semi-cirlce created by modified spines; prostomium notched, nuchal tentacle present.

Thanks very much in advance for having a look at this.

Scott Jones

Benthic Ecology

Smithsonian Marine Station, Fort Pierce

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10th Polychaete Conference, reminder for abstract submission

2009-12-08T06:43:20Z

Dears annelidians, colleagues and worm's friends,
with this message we would like to remind to all of you that the
deadline for abstract submission for communication and/or poster
presentations for the 10th Polychaete Conference (20-26 June 2010,
Lecce, Italy) is the next 31st of December. The template for abstract
preparation and the annex form are both available at the Conference site
at www.polychaeta.it;
you can print or download them, but first you have shortly to register
to the system, unless you have already pre-registered.
For any query, please do not exitate to contact one of us.
We also wish to inform you that up to date more than 150 colleagues
have pre-registered and most have send tentative titles or abstract (a few)
of
their contributions. So we expect to receive shortly most of the others
abstract's contributions.
We also would like to inform that at the beginning of January we will
send a third announcement for the 10th IPC and that at that time we hope to
announce also the possibility of some fellowships available for PhD
students or young investigators to help with travel or accomodation and fee
expences, and the requirements to appl for such grants.
We profit of this message to send to all of you our very best wishes and
warm regards
for Christmas and the New Year
ad majora, ciao, cheers
Adriana Giangrande and Maria Cristina Gambi
(organizers of the 10th Polychaete Conference)

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circum-Antarctic polychaete workshop

2009-12-08T02:30:25Z

Dear Annelidians,

please read the following announcement if you work on material from the
Southern Ocean!

SOAP (Southern Ocean Annelid Project)

Workshop on circum-Antarctic Polychaetes

A one-week workshop dealing with circum-Antarctic polychaetes will be
held from 8 to 12 March 2010 at the Swope Center, Marine Biological
Laboratory, Woods Hole, MA, USA. The goal is to compare material from
selected families from the Weddell Sea and Ross Sea to determine whether
polychaetes have circumpolar distributions or are endemic to one of the
two areas. Additionally, younger scientists are invited to expand their
knowledge and to seek help from experienced taxonomists. There will be
four or five invited speakers and a maximum of ten other participants.
The speakers that agreed to participate so far are: Adrian Glover
(spionids), Stacy Doner (cirratulids), Jim Blake (several smaller
families), Ruth Barnich (scale worms) and, hopefully, Maria Cristina
Gambi (sabellids).

The workshop will be rather structured to ensure tangible outcomes as
requested by the funding projects. Any data from the workshop will be
submitted to SCAR/MarBIN. Photos, sketches and preliminary descriptions
of new species will be submitted to polychaetes.info which is a
repository for working species among other things.

Paticipants will be selected by the organising committee, consisting of
me, Maria Cristina Gambi, Myriam Schüller, and Kerstin Kroeger. Please
submit a short message to the email address below, stating your
affiliation, area of taxonomic interest/expertise and any material that
you might be able to bring along. Your message should reach me no later
than 31 December.

Funding of this workshop is by the Census of Marine Life projects CAML
and CeDAMar and by ENSR in Woods Hole. I will also try to raise some
additional funds from the German Science Foundation so everybody can
participate with all expenses paid. I am looking forward to your
applications!

Worm regards
Brigitte for the SOAP team

Brigitte Ebbe
Senckenberg am Meer
Deutsches Zentrum für Marine Biodiversitätsforschung/German Centre for
Marine Biodiversity Research
CeDAMar
c/o Zoologisches Forschungsmuseum Alexander Koenig
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Corrigenda Re: Kirtley's 1994 publication on Sabellariidae

2009-12-06T12:13:08Z

Dear all,

I'd forgotten all about it but here is a repeat of the Corrigenda by David Kirtley (deceased) that was in
the 1995 e-mail newsletter circulated by yrs truly, should anyone wish to print it and insert in the book.

Geoff

==============================================================

- SABELLARIIDAE REVISION CORRIGENDA
---------------------------------
From David Kirtley &ltdwkirtley@...>

Kirtley, D.W., 1994, A review and taxonomic revision of
the family Sabellariidae Johnston, 1865 (Annelida;
Polychaeta). Sabecon Press, Science Series Number 1,
223 pages. CORRIGENDA.

pp. 2 and 31. Subsequent to the publication of this edition, Dr. Mary E.
Petersen, Zoological Museum, University of Copenhagen, went through the
collections there and found three of the original six specimens listed in
an unpublished catalogue by Kroeyer of worms transferred to the
Zoological Museum from the Royal Museum (ZMUC Archives A92, p. 38). The
specimens are labelled "R.[ Roerglas, vial] Serpula caudata Kr., meget
smukt, Vestindien [very beautiful, West Indies], 14/1-56 [14 January
1856, journal date]." The catalogue entry gives the date of collection
as 18/9-45 [18 September, 1845]. The name of the collector is not given.
Dr. Petersen writes that: "Dr. Torben Wolf, ZMUC, pointed out that
Kroeyer was first in the West Indies in 1853 and thus could not have
collected the material in 1845, but that Oersted may have collected it."

The name "Serpula caudata Kr." exists only in the hand-written Kroeyer's
catalog and on the specimen labels. There is no record that Kroeyer ever
formally published this name; therefore, it has no nomenclatural status
(ICZN, 1985:13-17, Articles 8 & 9). Moerch, 1863:96, indicated that
Kroeyer was the original author of the species by including his name
after the binomen _Phragmatopoma caudata_. Dr. Petersen suggests, and I
concur, that the appropriate name for this species should be written as:
_Phragmatopoma caudata_ Kroeyer in Moerch, 1863.

p. 74. The name _Sabellaria spinulosa_ Leuckart, 1849, has been used by
numerous authors for what are now considered to be a number of apparently
unrelated forms. Along with a list of "varieties," the species has been
considered as an example of the "cosmopolitan" distribution of
sabellariid species. Johansson (1927:93), included Iceland (Island) in
the list of localities in the distribution of this species. Hartman
(1959:476), lists the type locality as Iceland and that error is repeated
under Remarks: p. 76. Dr. Petersen also called my attention to the fact
that Leuckart (1849), in a paper entitled "Zur Kenntnis der Fauna von
Island" included a discussion, unrelated to any sabellariid material
collected from Iceland, of a sabellariid species collected from the North
Sea near Helgoland which Frey and Leuckart previously (1847:15) had
thought might be _Amphitrite ostrearia_ Cuvier and they transferred this
species to _Hermella ostrearia_ (Cuvier). Grube (1848: 38) proposed the
name _Sabellaria longispina_ for a species collected from the
Mediterranean (Mittelmeer, perhaps Trieste) by Otto which Grube
considered identical with Frey and Leuckart's _H. ostrearia_ (Cuvier).
Leuckhart (1849:178-179, footnote 3) proposed a new name, _Hermella
spinulosa_, for the species from Helgoland. This species name is listed
in the Material examined on p. 75, (ZMB Q-2253); Nordsee and Trieste); as
is _Sabellaria ostrearia_ (Cuv.) (ZMB Q-4866); Helgoland). The
Mediterranean and North Sea forms should be re-examined and compared to
determine whether or not they belong in the same, or a different group.

p. 185. In the original description of the genus _Bathysabellaria_
Lechapt and Gruet, 1993:243, the presence of an unpaired median organ at
the anterior end of the ventral midline of the prostomium was not noted.
Subsequent studies of an additional new species in this genus (Lechapt
and Kirtley, in preparation) reveal the presence of this feature and a
re-examination of examples of _B. neocaledoniensis_ Lechapt and Gruet,
1993, confirm the presence of this organ. In all other known genera of
Sabellariidae the median organ, if present, is located at, or near, the
anterior dorsal midline; between the opercular peduncles (lobes, stalks).
[-- CORRIGENDA ends]

Dr Kirtley comments: Since I had been assured that the type material of
_Phragmatopoma caudata_ Kroeyer, a major reef-building species on the
western Atlantic coast in the W. hemisphere - had been lost, and since I
believe the name should be conserved - I am pleased that the types are
found and future workers could refer to something better than the
illustrations published by Moerch.

The name "S. spinulosa" has been spread around the globe by polychaete
taxonomists like jelly on bread, as solid proof of the existence of
"cosmopolitan" species. I am also pleased to find out why no one in
Iceland ever answered my inquiries about local sabellariid specimens.

The presence of a ventral median organ may only be of interest to those
who may wonder what the animals use them for anyway, but I think the
structure and position of this organ might be found to be useful
information in analysis of the phylogenetic relationships among various
taxa in Sabellariidae.

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Re: Kirtley's 1994 publication on Sabellariidae

2009-12-05T15:15:14Z

Greetings!

In addition to David Kirtley's book on Sabellariidae, and the corrigenda mentioned by Joao, he also edited and translated to English the 156-page paper by:

Bruno Caline, Yves Gruet, Claudine Legendre, Jeannine Le Phun, Alain L'Homer, Robert Mathieu & Regina Zbinden. 1992. "The Sabellariid Reefs in the Bay of Mont Saint-Michel, France. Ecology, Geomorphology, Sedimentology and Geologic Implications". ISSN Number: 1063-3061.

The volume is published by Florida Oceanographic Society Contributions to Marine Science [FOSCMS], Vol. 1, No. 1, with 10 plates with black-and-white photos, 1 fold-out color plate and numerous black-and-white plates in the text. After the list of lliterature cited, there are two pages with a list of all the figures in the text, grouped by chapter and with the page number for each.

The address of the Florida Oceanographic Society is given on page ii:
890 N. E. Ocean Boulevard
Stuart, Florida 34996

Since Joao has provided an email address for the FOSCMS [Pam Sweeney (pamsweeney@...)], it should be easy to find out if copies are still available and how much they cost. I suspect that if they still have a large number, they will be relatively inexpensive.

Mary

Mary E. Petersen
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On Sat, Dec 5, 2009 at 1:01 PM, Joao Gil <gil@...> wrote:

Dear all,

As far as I remember there have been at least 3 postings at Annelida asking for this book in the last years. Almost 7 years ago I was able to buy a brand new copy of Kirtley (1994), after finding a comment at the IAMSLIC mailing list using Google, stating that the Florida Oceanographic Society (www.floridaoceanographic.org) still had numerous copies available for sale. I have finally located this information again in my old computer, which is still occupying half of my desk. The contact person was Mark Perry (markperry@...), who then redirected me to Pam Sweeney (pamsweeney@...) who was the person in charge of the sales, and I believe the person that you should contact in order to buy the publication. The book costed $20 US Dollars plus postage. I don’t know if there are still copies available, or if the contacts are still the correct ones, but maybe it is worth a try.

By the way, there is a short “Sabellariidae Revision Corrigenda” written by Dr. Kirtley, after the publication of the book. It was published in “Chaetozone Nine” Polychaete Newsletter, in 1995, by Geoff Read.

I hope this helps.

Best wishes,

João

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Kirtley's 1994 publication on Sabellariidae

2009-12-05T10:01:02Z

Dear all,

As far as I remember there have been at least 3 postings at Annelida asking for this book in the last years. Almost 7 years ago I was able to buy a brand new copy of Kirtley (1994), after finding a comment at the IAMSLIC mailing list using Google, stating that the Florida Oceanographic Society (www.floridaoceanographic.org) still had numerous copies available for sale. I have finally located this information again in my old computer, which is still occupying half of my desk. The contact person was Mark Perry (markperry@...), who then redirected me to Pam Sweeney (pamsweeney@...) who was the person in charge of the sales, and I believe the person that you should contact in order to buy the publication. The book costed $20 US Dollars plus postage. I don’t know if there are still copies available, or if the contacts are still the correct ones, but maybe it is worth a try.

By the way, there is a short “Sabellariidae Revision Corrigenda” written by Dr. Kirtley, after the publication of the book. It was published in “Chaetozone Nine” Polychaete Newsletter, in 1995, by Geoff Read.

I hope this helps.

Best wishes,

João

João Gil

CEAB-CSIC

Carrer d'accés a la Cala Sant Francesc, 14

E-17300 BLANES (GIRONA)

SPAIN

Email: gil@...

Telef. (34) 972.33.61.01

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Zachs

2009-12-04T03:09:36Z

Dear all,

Thank you, Joao! The exact data of Zachs paper publication is 1933. The handwritten note on the first page is just the remark of the reprint owner.

Best regards

Temir
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Zachs (1933) pdf

2009-12-04T02:14:19Z

Dear all,

I’m sorry for the delay in posting this, but I wasn’t sure of having the “right” Zachs at home. The photocopies were a courtesy of Dr. Buzhinskaya through my colleague Javier Sanchez, who travelled to the Museum of St. Petersburg some years ago. I would like to thank to both for the trouble of searching for the paper and photocoping it. There is an handwriting note in the first page stating 1934 as the publication year, but I’m not sure if this is correct. Maybe 1934 was the publication year of the 1933’s proceedings of something like that... I have always found this paper dated as 1933 but maybe it would be worth to check this, for questions of priority, as there is quite a few new taxa described in the paper, as already noted by Geoff Read.

I have scanned the paper and uploaded it in my Mediafire account, but I’m afraid that some pages are a little inclined... If someone knowns if it is covered by copyrights, please email me. You can find the paper at the following links:

Zachs, I. 1933. K. faune kol´chatykh chevi Severo-Yaponskogo moarya. Polychaeten vom Nordjapanischen Meer. (Bucht “Peter der Grosse”). Issledovaniya Morei SSSR, 19, 125-137. [In Russian with German summary].

or:

http://www.mediafire.com/file/btk4wiyfgzx/Zachs1933.pdf

I’m not sure for how long Mediafire will maintain this link active, but if you find it to be dead, please send me an email and I will upload it again, and try to maintain the link active for the next months. The same is true for the links I have posted anteriorly. By the way, I was quite surprised for the numerous downloads of the pdfs of Augener (1913) and Chamberlin (1920). I would like to thank to everybody that has written to me with positive input. Part of the merits are due to Ascenção Ravara. I will check if I have something else already scanned and still not available elsewhere to upload in the future and share it with you.

All the best,

João

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Raphidrilus specimens request

2009-12-03T16:00:17Z

Dear all,

We have been working on an undescribed Raphidrilus very abundant on an invasive alga in Oahu´s shallow water, Hawaii. Since Petersen and George (1991) pointed out that Raphidrilus nemasoma Monticelli, 1910 series type have been lost or never kept, we wonder if anyone has recently collected specimens from the type locality (Gulf of Napoli) or any other location where unidentified Raphidrilus specimens have been found (e.g. from Florida or British Columbia, Canada).

Any help/info would be greatly appreciated,

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Pdfs of Augener (1913) and Chamberlin (1920) available

2009-12-03T03:32:45Z

Dear all,

I have just scanned a couple of old publications for a friend, and we
thought that maybe they are of interest for somebody else. The papers are
scanned without the "search" option (I don't known how to do it), and are
uploaded in my free Mediafire account, so expect some advertising while
downloading them (that's why the account is free, anyway). I don't know if
these papers are still covered by copyright, so if someone of you holds the
copyrights or knows that they are still covered by copyrights, please, send
me an email and I will remove them immediately. Mediafire is quite easy to
use, so just follow the instructions.

The papers and links are:

AUGENER, H. 1913. Beitrag zur Kenntnis verschiedener Anneliden und
Bemerkungen über die nordischen Nephthys-Arten und deren epitoke Formen.
Archiv für Naturgeschichte, Abteilung A, Berlin, 78 (10): 162-212, plates
5-6. <http://www.mediafire.com/file/yjdm2kmy3yn/Augener1913.pdf>

http://www.mediafire.com/file/yjdm2kmy3yn/Augener1913.pdf

CHAMBERLIN, R.V. 1920. Polychaeta. Report of the Canadian Arctic Expedition
1913-18, Ottawa, 9B: 1-41.
<http://www.mediafire.com/file/ztgzom1mdwn/Chamberlin1920.pdf>

http://www.mediafire.com/file/ztgzom1mdwn/Chamberlin1920.pdf

All the best,

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Re: Zaks Zachs 1933 Re: A request

2009-12-03T01:40:02Z

Re: Zaks Zachs 1933 Re: [Annelida] A request

Dear all,

Some 25 years ago I was sent a set of photonegatives (black and white) of the paper, of which as far as I know the correct citation is given below, by the library Leningrad, now St. Petersburg. If anyone has the possibility to make a high resolution scan of those negatives, 2 pages to the negative, and distribute that, I am happy to forward those negatives. I only have a not too good print of the for me relevant serpulids, as well as a Dutch translation of those pages).

Zachs, I.G., 1933.- [Polychaeten vom Nordjapanischen Meer. (Bucht "Peter der Grosse").] Issled. Morei SSSR 19: 125-137. [Exploration des mers de l'URSS [in Russian, German summary: 136-137].

By the way, I would be very surprised if a species from cold-temperate origin (Nort Japanese Seas) would occur in Brasil as well.

wormly,

If anyone does have a scan of the Ivan G. Zaks (or Zachs) 1933 work, or
has it handy could they send a copy my way also please?
There are over 20 new species in it, including some Polydora, and the
maldanid species José Eriberto wants, then described in Asychis. The
title and the journal name are variously seen in transliteration.

Zoological Record 1935 hardcopy simply has journal as: "Explorations
des Mers URSS Leningrad" which is probably not going to help much. And
they use 'Zaks'

Thanks,

Geoff

>>> On 2/12/2009 at 12:26 a.m., José Eriberto
Assis<eri.assis@...> wrote:
> Hi all
> I would like to known if somebody has this reference in PDF or Copy
and can
> send me: [...]

> Zars, I. 1933. K. faune kol´chatykh chevi Severo-Yaponskogo moarya.
[The
> annelidan fauna of the northern parte of the Sea of Japan].
Gosudarstvennye
> Gidrologicheskii instit. Issledovaniya Morei SSSR. no. 19, 125-137
[in
> Russianm with German summary].
> I am indentify some species of the Maldanidae and I found the species

> *Chirimia
> punctata *(Zars, 1933) for the Brazil, and I need confirm if this
species is
> the sheme species of the Japan coast (Seas of Japan and Okhotsk).
> Best wishes

> Thank you very much

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Zaks Zachs 1933 Re: A request

2009-12-02T19:17:48Z

If anyone does have a scan of the Ivan G. Zaks (or Zachs) 1933 work, or
has it handy could they send a copy my way also please?
There are over 20 new species in it, including some Polydora, and the
maldanid species José Eriberto wants, then described in Asychis. The
title and the journal name are variously seen in transliteration.

Zoological Record 1935 hardcopy simply has journal as: "Explorations
des Mers URSS Leningrad" which is probably not going to help much. And
they use 'Zaks'

Thanks,

Geoff

>>> On 2/12/2009 at 12:26 a.m., José Eriberto
Assis<eri.assis@...> wrote:
> Hi all
> I would like to known if somebody has this reference in PDF or Copy
and can
> send me: [...]

> Zars, I. 1933. K. faune koĺchatykh chevi Severo-Yaponskogo moarya.
[The
> annelidan fauna of the northern parte of the Sea of Japan].
Gosudarstvennye
> Gidrologicheskii instit. Issledovaniya Morei SSSR. no. 19, 125-137
[in
> Russianm with German summary].
> I am indentify some species of the Maldanidae and I found the species

> *Chirimia
> punctata *(Zars, 1933) for the Brazil, and I need confirm if this
species is
> the sheme species of the Japan coast (Seas of Japan and Okhotsk).
> Best wishes
> Thank you very much

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A request

2009-12-01T03:26:14Z

Hi all

I would like to known if somebody has this reference in PDF or Copy and can send me:

Uschakov, P.V. 1950. Mnogoschetinkovye chervi (Polychaeta) Okhotskogo morya. [Polychaeta of the Sea of Okhotsk]. Issledovaniya Dal´nvostochnykh Morei SSSR. no. 2, 140-234. [In Russian];

Zars, I. 1933. K. faune kol´chatykh chevi Severo-Yaponskogo moarya. [The annelidan fauna of the northern parte of the Sea of Japan]. Gosudarstvennye Gidrologicheskii instit. Issledovaniya Morei SSSR. no. 19, 125-137 [in Russianm with German summary].

I am indentify some species of the Maldanidae and I found the species Chirimia punctata (Zars, 1933) for the Brazil, and I need confirm if this species is the sheme species of the Japan coast (Seas of Japan and Okhotsk).

Best wishes

Thank you very much

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Re: Cirratulus and Aphelochaeta filiformis

2009-11-30T12:36:06Z

Hi Barbara,

The original name is Cirratulus filiformis. In 1999 Mary Petersen transferred the taxon to Aphelochaeta. Thus use the combination A. filformis (Keferstein, 1862).

I have just changed the C. filiformis entry in WoRMS, World Register of Marine Species, to reflect this. It is currently the invalid name of the pair. There already was a valid name entry for A. filiformis. Hence the confusion. And 'homotypic synonym' status means only that there has been a simple nomenclature change for the same physical original specimen of Keferstein's (if it exists).

http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=146834

Cheers,

Geoff

>>> On 30/11/2009 at 11:10 p.m., Barbara Mikac <barbara.mikac@...> wrote:
> Dear colleagues,
>
> I'm wandering if Aphelochaeta filiformis (Keferstein, 1862) and
> Cirratulus filiformis Keferstein, 1862 are synonyms or these are two
> valid species? I know that two genera, Aphelochaeta and Cirratulus are
> differing among each other by having (Aphelochaeta) and not having
> (Cirratulus) palps. However, in different sources I'm finding both
> species as valid (with the same species name, author and year) and I'm
> not sure any more if that's maybe the synonymy?
>
> Thank you very much for your help!
>
> Barbara
>
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Re: Odontosyllis is not a fireworm

2009-11-30T08:56:26Z

Hi Geoff,

I expierences both :) not exactly with Odontosyllis, but with Eusyllis blomstrandi and with Eurythoe spec.

with Eusyllis i worked in the lab of Albrecht Fischer in Mainz, Germany and Eurythoe i had contact with while snorkeling in Honduras. So i secund that handling the latter is much more burning like fire on the skin, but seeing the luminescence is more like experiencing fireworks.

Its absolutly correct to choose less confusing common names in scientific publications, but actually i beliefe this won´t really let the term fireworm for Odontosyllis die in the use of common public use.

So its better to point out that this term exists, but is confusing and therefore usefule to use a more biunique term, than just "ignoring" it and creating insular solutions of new common names.

We imho have the scientific names because they are biunique and international, wrongly used common names or confusing common names are common names, because they are common ;).

kind regards

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Cirratulus and Aphelochaeta filiformis

2009-11-30T02:10:45Z

Dear colleagues,

I'm wandering if Aphelochaeta filiformis (Keferstein, 1862) and
Cirratulus filiformis Keferstein, 1862 are synonyms or these are two
valid species? I know that two genera, Aphelochaeta and Cirratulus are
differing among each other by having (Aphelochaeta) and not having
(Cirratulus) palps. However, in different sources I'm finding both
species as valid (with the same species name, author and year) and I'm
not sure any more if that's maybe the synonymy?

Thank you very much for your help!

Barbara

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Re: Odontosyllis is not a fireworm

2009-11-29T23:07:29Z

Hi Sven,

Odontosyllis enopla is also known as the Bermuda Glow Worm, and there are
Glow Worm Cruises for tourists.

http://emilyanncrawford.blogspot.com/2009/06/bermuda-glow-worm.html

I was thinking I'd invent the term 'nightlight worms' for Odontosyllis
species in general (we have them in New Zealand too, and I have caught
them swarming in abundance on a few occasions), but the marine glowworm
seems a pretty good common name to me. There is no fire involved, whereas
(reputedly) quite a bit of fire is experienced after careless handling of
a live amphinomid. A similar usage to 'fiery' chili peppers.

Best to minimize use of all common names for groups probably. And
certainly best not to expect sharp logic in usage. There are no marine
bamboo plants for bamboo worms to eat (tenuously lookalike), and I don't
know what connection nereidids have with rags. Rag worms = ragged worms,
as against smooth-bodied earthworms? Lugworms? Don't know the etymology.

Geoff

>>> On 28/11/2009 at 7:15 a.m., Sven Zörner<s.a.z@...> wrote:
> Hi Geoff,
>
> you are absolutely right that the term fireworm is confusing, since it
is used in a different way.
> But actually "Bermuda fireworm" is actually the common name of
*Odontosyllis
> enopla*, which is also commonly used in non taxonomic papers.
>
> So it might be helpful to always point out that this term is a common name
> and not to be used in a way which leads to using it as english term for
> taxonomic group.

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Re: Tiny fresh water worms

2009-11-27T10:24:10Z

Looks like Aeolosoma.

-Chase Akins
Lab Tech - UH Wormlab

Ariel Chipman wrote:

> Dear annelid enthusiasts,
>
> As a non-annelid specialist, I wonder if someone in this list can
> help with identifying some very small worms that have invaded a
> paramecium culture that I have been maintaining for teaching. The
> culture is fresh water, but is far from clean, and includes input
> from various different sources, so it is next to impossible to trace
> where they came from. They are roughly a millimeter long, have
> definite segments with chaetae, no obvious eyes, and no external
> mouthparts. They are generally soft bodied and very flexible. A hard
> pharynx is visible (but not obvious in the photos), and they seem to
> be feeding on plant matter, rather than the Paramecia that surround
> them (I infer this from green matter in their guts, and because I
> think I saw them browsing on plant material, but never attacking a
> Paramecium). I showed them to our local annelid expert, Nechama
> Ben-Eliahu. She suspects they are archiannelids, but they don't fit
> in with any of the keys she has. I attach two photos, which I have
> scaled down for sending, but can provide higher resolution versions
> (and more photos) if anyone is interested. One photo is lower
> magnification and shows two individuals of slightly different sizes.
> The second photo is a hihger magbnification of the head region, with
> a Paramecium for scale.
>
> I would be happy for any help in identifying these critters.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Ariel
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Re: Odontosyllis is not a fireworm

2009-11-27T10:15:22Z

Hi Geoff,

you are absolutely right that the term fireworm is confusing, since it is used in a different way.
But actually "Bermuda fireworm" is actually the common name of Odontosyllis enopla, which is also commonly used in non taxonomic papers.

So it might be helpful to always point out that this term is a common name and not to be used in a way which leads to using it as english term for taxonomic group.

kind regards

Sven

2009/10/30 Geoff Read <gread@...>

Hi all,

I was surprised to see a press release for a recent paper by Scripps
biologists repeatedly use the term 'fireworm' for an Odontosyllis syllid
with bioluminescence, as though it was the accepted term for this group of
worms. It sounds impressive. And in analogy with firefly (a beetle!)
perhaps?

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Fwd: Tiny fresh water worms

2009-11-27T06:03:03Z

These look like Aelosoma sp. - formerly considered oligochaetes, they are now considered to be freshwater polychaetes. They have hair setae in dorsal and ventral bundles. Though seldom sampled by conventional means due to their small size, they can be very abundant in aquariums and other cultures including native sediments. See Rouse & Pleijel 2001 Polychaetes, Oxford University Press.

Cheers,

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Dear annelid enthusiasts,

As a non-annelid specialist, I wonder if someone in this list can help with identifying some very small worms that have invaded a paramecium culture that I have been maintaining for teaching. The culture is fresh water, but is far from clean, and includes input from various different sources, so it is next to impossible to trace where they came from. They are roughly a millimeter long, have definite segments with chaetae, no obvious eyes, and no external mouthparts. They are generally soft bodied and very flexible. A hard pharynx is visible (but not obvious in the photos), and they seem to be feeding on plant matter, rather than the Paramecia that surround them (I infer this from green matter in their guts, and because I think I saw them browsing on plant material, but never attacking a Paramecium). I showed them to our local annelid expert, Nechama Ben-Eliahu. She suspects they are archiannelids, but they don't fit in with any of the keys she has. I attach two photos, which I have scaled down for sending, but can provide higher resolution versions (and more photos) if anyone is interested. One photo is lower magnification and shows two individuals of slightly different sizes. The second photo is a hihger magbnification of the head region, with a Paramecium for scale.

I would be happy for any help in identifying these critters.

Cheers,

Ariel

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RE: Tiny fresh water worms

2009-11-27T04:19:31Z

Dear Ariel,
Have you considered the family Aeolosomatidae (now
considered part of the polychaete order Aphanoneura)? If it is one of
these you may have trouble getting it to species as Timm, 2009, says
"They should be identified alive since tending to burst and lose most
taxonomically important structures at fixation".

Some possibly helpful publications:

Timm, T. 2009. A guide to the freshwater Oligochaeta and Polychaeta of
northern and central Europe. Lauterbornia 66:1-235.

Glasby, C.J., Timm, T., Muir, A.I. & Gil, J. 2009. Catalogue of
non-marine Polychaeta (Annelida) of the world. Zootaxa 2070: 1-52.

Bunke, D. 1988. 30. Aeolosomatidae and Potamodrilidae. In Higgins, R P &
Thiel, H [Editors] Introduction to the study of meiofauna. Washington
(Smithsonian Institution Press):345-348.

Good luck!
Alex

Mr. A.I. Muir, Nematode and Polychaete Research Group, Department of
Zoology, The Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, South Kensington,
LONDON SW7 5BD, UNITED KINGDOM

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-----Original Message-----

As a non-annelid specialist, I wonder if someone in this list can help
with identifying some very small worms that have invaded a paramecium
culture that I have been maintaining for teaching. The culture is fresh
water, but is far from clean, and includes input from various different
sources, so it is next to impossible to trace where they came from. They
are roughly a millimeter long, have definite segments with chaetae, no
obvious eyes, and no external mouthparts. They are generally soft bodied
and very flexible. A hard pharynx is visible (but not obvious in the
photos), and they seem to be feeding on plant matter, rather than the
Paramecia that surround them (I infer this from green matter in their
guts, and because I think I saw them browsing on plant material, but
never attacking a Paramecium). I showed them to our local annelid
expert, Nechama Ben-Eliahu. She suspects they are archiannelids, but
they don't fit in with any of the keys she has. I attach two photos,
which I have scaled down for sending, but can provide higher resolution
versions (and more photos) if anyone is interested. One photo is lower
magnification and shows two individuals of slightly different sizes. The
second photo is a hihger magnification of the head region, with a
Paramecium for scale.

I would be happy for any help in identifying these critters.

Cheers,

Ariel

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Re: Tiny fresh water worms

2009-11-27T03:45:37Z

Dear All,

Many thanks to all the people who replied to my query and sent me
additional material. Since the answers were all off-list, I will
summarize for those curious to hear the outcome. There is a general
consensus that these are members of the Aeolosomatidae, but difficult
to identify beyond that. Several people have sent keys or references,
and I will delve into these to see what I can conclude. The
Aeolosomatidae are meiofaunal annelids, though there is little
agreement in the literature about where they fit phylogenetically
(Oligochaeta or Polychaeta). Their most distinctive feature is the
presence of large red or orange epidermal glands. These are clear in
the worms I have, though not obvious in the monochrome image I sent.
They reproduce asexually by paratomy, which would explain why they are
suddenly so abundant in one culture.

If anyone is interested in this group, I can try to isolate some and
send them.

Best,

Ariel

On 26 Nov 2009, at 15:13, Ariel Chipman wrote:

> Dear annelid enthusiasts,
>
> As a non-annelid specialist, I wonder if someone in this list can
> help with identifying some very small worms that have invaded a
> paramecium culture that I have been maintaining for teaching. The
> culture is fresh water, but is far from clean, and includes input
> from various different sources, so it is next to impossible to trace
> where they came from. They are roughly a millimeter long, have
> definite segments with chaetae, no obvious eyes, and no external
> mouthparts. They are generally soft bodied and very flexible. A hard
> pharynx is visible (but not obvious in the photos), and they seem to
> be feeding on plant matter, rather than the Paramecia that surround
> them (I infer this from green matter in their guts, and because I
> think I saw them browsing on plant material, but never attacking a
> Paramecium). I showed them to our local annelid expert, Nechama Ben-
> Eliahu. She suspects they are archiannelids, but they don't fit in
> with any of the keys she has. I attach two photos, which I have
> scaled down for sending, but can provide higher resolution versions
> (and more photos) if anyone is interested. One photo is lower
> magnification and shows two individuals of slightly different sizes.
> The second photo is a hihger magbnification of the head region, with
> a Paramecium for scale.
>
> I would be happy for any help in identifying these critters.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Ariel
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Tiny freshwater worms

2009-11-27T01:45:45Z

Hi Geoff

I've replied directly to Ariel with this information but as the list doesn't seem to accept my posts I'll copy it to you as well.

Cheers, Sue.

Hello Ariel

I suspect your worms are oligochaetes of the family Aeolosomatidae. I've attached a page from the Collins guide to freshwater Life for a picture (Fitter & Manuel 1986) and Brinkhurst 1971 Guide for the Identification of Freshwater Oligochaeta for a key to the family. Hope this helps

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Tiny fresh water worms

2009-11-26T05:13:45Z

Dear annelid enthusiasts,

As a non-annelid specialist, I wonder if someone in this list can help
with identifying some very small worms that have invaded a paramecium
culture that I have been maintaining for teaching. The culture is
fresh water, but is far from clean, and includes input from various
different sources, so it is next to impossible to trace where they
came from. They are roughly a millimeter long, have definite segments
with chaetae, no obvious eyes, and no external mouthparts. They are
generally soft bodied and very flexible. A hard pharynx is visible
(but not obvious in the photos), and they seem to be feeding on plant
matter, rather than the Paramecia that surround them (I infer this
from green matter in their guts, and because I think I saw them
browsing on plant material, but never attacking a Paramecium). I
showed them to our local annelid expert, Nechama Ben-Eliahu. She
suspects they are archiannelids, but they don't fit in with any of the
keys she has. I attach two photos, which I have scaled down for
sending, but can provide higher resolution versions (and more photos)
if anyone is interested. One photo is lower magnification and shows
two individuals of slightly different sizes. The second photo is a
hihger magbnification of the head region, with a Paramecium for scale.

I would be happy for any help in identifying these critters.

Cheers,

Ariel

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summer course in embryology of marine invertebrates

2009-11-24T02:53:14Z

Dear colleagues,

please distribute widely to potential applicants.

Sincerely,
Nataliya

The White Sea Biological station (WSBS) of the Moscow State University offers 2.5 week long intensive summer course in embryology of marine invertebrates.

Instructors: Nataliya Budaeva(1), Igor Kosevitch(2) and Maria Semenova(3)
Invited lecturers: Svetlana Maslakova(4), George von Dassow(4), Stefano Piraino(5)

1 Laboratory of Ocean Benthic Fauna, P.P. Shirshov Institute of Oceanology Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
2 Dept. of Invertebrate Zoology, M.V. Lomonosov Moscow State University, Russia
3 Dept. of Embryology, M.V. Lomonosov Moscow State University, Russia
4 Oregon Institute of Marine Biology, University of Oregon, USA
5 Laboratory of Zoology and Marine Biology, University of Salento, Italy

Location:
The White Sea Biological Station is located on the wild and scenic coast of Kandalaksha Bay of the White Sea (66 34' N, 33 08' E). It is a remote and isolated University settlement accessible only by boat from the nearest village Poyakonda. Poyakonda is connected to major cities by train: 21 hours from St. Petersburg, and 36 hours from Moscow.

Course description:
This course will provide extensive laboratory experience observing embryonic and larval development in a large diversity of marine invertebrates. Students will participate in several field trips to collect adult animals, and learn to obtain gametes, fertilize eggs, and maintain live cultures of marine embryos and larvae in the laboratory. Lectures will examine development in major invertebrate phyla in an evolutionary context. Different types of cleavage, gastrulation, larval morphology and metamorphosis will be discussed. Students are expected to observe as many different developmental stages of various invertebrates as possible, and to maintain a notebook of drawings.

Please visit http://wsbs-msu.ru/doc/index.php?ID=68 for detailed descriptions of the application process and course fees.

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I am sorry, I forgot PDF

2009-11-23T09:18:49Z

Hi all
I am going to send for you the paper: Phylogenetic analysis of Petaloproctus (Maldanidae, Polychaeta) with description of a new species from southeastern Brazil.
Authors: José Eriberto De Assis, Martin Lindsey Christoffersen and Paulo da Cunha Lana, in Scientia Marina, 74(1) 111-120.
Best wishes

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Phylogenetic analysis of Petaloproctus

2009-11-23T07:41:48Z

Hi all

I am going to send for you the paper: Phylogenetic analysis of Petaloproctus (Maldanidae, Polychaeta) with description of a new species from southeastern Brazil.

Authors: José Eriberto De Assis, Martin Lindsey Christoffersen and Paulo da Cunha Lana, in Scientia Marina, 74(1) 111-120.

Best wishes

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Phylogeny of Paraonidae

2009-11-21T12:22:32Z

Dear vermophiles,
can you think of any study about the phylogeny of Paraonidae? Morphological or molecular studies to resolve the phylogeny of the genera and species within this family would be of interest. Thanks for your help!
cheers,
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Re: Sabellariidae (Lygdamis) key/papers

2009-11-18T17:33:51Z

Dear Sara,

If you do not have it already you should use your library service to get
hold of the Kirtley monograph. It revises the Sabellariidae, and has a new
subfamily, Lygdaminae, for all sabellariids with 4 parathoracic segments,
including Lygdamis. Unfortunately the book may be difficult to obtain in
places, but someone may have fresh information on it subsequent to the
discussion we had in August this year on the list.

Kirtley DW 1994. A review and taxonomic revision of the Family
Sabellariidae Johnston, 1865 (Annelida; Polychaeta). ist ed. Vero Beach,
Sabecon Press. 223 p.

A Lygdamis described later and near to the Mediterranean is L. wirtzi from
shallow subtidal of Madeira & Canary I. Lygdamis muratus is British
waters but may have Med records. Whereas I didn't notice any native
Mediterranean Lygdamis in the Kirtley book.

Nishi E, Núñez J 1999. A new species of shallow water Sabellariidae
(Annelida: Polychaeta) from Madeira Island, Portugal, and Canary Islands,
Spain. Arquipélago. Life and Marine Sciences 17A: 37-42.

Also check:

Bhaud M 1975. Nouvelles donnees sur les larves de Sabellariidae recoltees
en Mediterranee. Annals de l'Institut Oceanographique Monaco 51: 155-172

Geoff

On Thu, November 19, 2009 3:04 am, Sara Marzialetti wrote:

> Dear Wormologists,
>
> I am looking for an updated key or recent papers on the Sabellaridae
> family (Lygdamis genus in particular) especially if regarding species
> distributed in the Mediterraneas basin.
> Can anyone help me?
>
> Thanks and best regards!
> Sara
>
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> ISPRA, Istituto Superiore di Protezione e Ricerca Ambientale
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2009-11-18T16:20:59Z

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