From g.read from niwa.co.nz Wed Jul 2 18:15:57 2008 From: g.read from niwa.co.nz (Geoff Read) Date: Wed Jul 2 18:18:30 2008 Subject: [Annelida] Fireworm inflammation Message-ID: <486CB4ED.8045.00D5.0@niwa.co.nz> FYI Another suggestion as to the cause of fireworm inflammations in humans. I don't have access, and I don't know the authors' emails, but you can buy access to this three page article for GBP 24 should you wish. Nakamura, K.; Tachikawa, Y.; Kitamura, M.; Ohno, O.; Suganuma, M. ; Uemura, D. 2008: Complanine, an inflammation-inducing substance isolated from the marine fireworm Eurythoe complanata. Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry 6 (12): 2058 - 2060. http://www.rsc.org/publishing/journals/OB/article.asp?doi=b803107j Abstract: "The marine fireworm, Eurythoe complanata, is known as a dangerous animal for humans because it induces skin inflammation through its small setae. Here, the inflammation-inducing substance was successfully isolated from the whole body using a methanolic extraction, and the inflammatory activity was determined using a bioassay. The structure was spectroscopically revealed to be a trimethylammonium with an unsaturated carbon chain and was named complanine. Complanine enhanced PKC activity in combination with TPA in vitro. This may explain the molecular mechanism behind its inflammation-inducing activity. While I'm on the topic, here is a recent open access paper on taxonomy of Eurythoe complanata & Hermodice carunculata Barroso, R. ; Paiva, P. C. 2007: Amphinomidae (Annelida: Polychaeta) from Rocas Atoll, Northeastern Brazil. Arquivos do Museu Nacional, Rio de Janeiro 65(3): 357-362. http://www.biologia.ufrj.br/labs/labpoly/BarrosoPaiva2007.pdf Abstract: "Three amphinomid species from Rocas Atoll - Northeastern Brazil are reported. The re-description of Eurythoe complanata, Hermodice carunculata and the description of Linopherus cf. canariensis is provided. Geoff -- Geoff Read http://www.annelida.net/ http://www.niwascience.co.nz/ncabb/ From g.read from niwa.co.nz Thu Jul 3 01:49:06 2008 From: g.read from niwa.co.nz (Geoff Read) Date: Thu Jul 3 01:56:23 2008 Subject: [Annelida] Carbon cycle and earthworms Message-ID: <486D1F21.8045.00D5.0@niwa.co.nz> Hi all, Remember that news item last year "Gas from worm farms" which reported worms produced nitrous oxide? So you stopped making compost, or you were slightly downhearted about the side-effects? ""Are worm farms bad for the environment? Hamburg, DPA German researchers have found that worm composting systems produce more greenhouse gases than landfill sites." http://www.bio.net/bionet/mm/annelida/2007-July/002789.html You can cheer up and start again. Because there's new research. Briones, M. J. I.; Ostle, N. J. ; Piearce, T. G. 2008: Stable isotopes reveal that the calciferous gland of earthworms is a CO2-fixing organ. Soil Biology and Biochemistry 40(2): 554-557. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.soilbio.2007.09.012 Abstract: "Since they were first described in 1829, earthworm calciferous glands have intrigued invertebrate anatomists and physiologists alike. These organs are present in all species of the family Lumbricidae, occurring in a range of morphological forms. A common feature of the glands is that constituent secretory cells produce a concentrated suspension of calcium carbonate. A number of possible biological roles have been suggested for the secretion (i.e. egg formation, pH buffering of the blood and ingested food, excretion and respiration) but the true function has not yet been demonstrated satisfactorily. Here, we investigated the putative respiratory function of these organs by exposing the worms to 13C-labelled CO2 and glucose and measuring tracer incorporation into the body wall, the gland tissues and the calcareous secretion. Our results support the view that these organs provide a mechanism of CO2 regulation in their tissues and that both environmental and metabolic CO2 can be fixed in this way." The article concludes: "This production and release of CaCO3 concretions could potentially have an important role to play in soil-carbon dynamics. Individual worms can produce 1?3 concretions (>250 ?m diameter) a week (Canti, 1998), many of which survive for significant time below ground, with examples commonly found in quaternary and archaeological deposits (e.g. Canti, 1998). By taking an average concretion weight of 21 mg, and assuming that 96% of this mass is CaCO3 (Robertson, 1936), it is possible to estimate that an earthworm population of 100 individuals m?2 would fix 12.5 g C m?2 y?1. Although densities of 100?500 earthworms m?2 have been recorded (Lavelle and Spain, 2001) in neutral and high-pH soils, an equivalent of 10?20 large L. terrestris per square metre is often recorded. This average population density would yield 12.5?25 kg C ha?1 y?1, suggesting that this mechanism of C sequestration could be extremely important." Actually biologists seemed to know a fair amount about the functions of the glands a long time ago. See: http://jeb.biologists.org/cgi/reprint/13/3/279.pdf Robertson, J. D. 1936: The function of the calciferous glands of earthworms. Journal of Experimental Biology 13: 279?297. Conclusions: "1. In the Lumbricidae the secretion of the calciferous glands consists mainly of calcium carbonate, the percentage of carbonate in the calcite concretions being 95-97 per cent. 5. The amount of carbon dioxide bound as carbonate by the glands was measured in a series of experiments with earthworms kept in different calcium salts. The percentage of carbon dioxide excreted as carbonate never exceeded 10 per cent, of the total metabolic carbon dioxide. 7. The true function of the calciferous glands is excretion, calcium carbonate being passed into the gut as crystals of calcite which are chemically inactive in the gut. -- Geoff Read http://www.annelida.net/ http://www.niwascience.co.nz/ncabb/ From g.read from niwa.co.nz Thu Jul 3 03:06:46 2008 From: g.read from niwa.co.nz (Geoff Read) Date: Thu Jul 3 03:16:27 2008 Subject: [Annelida] Sabella spallanzanii in Lyttelton NZ? In-Reply-To: <483F05E9.8045.00D5.0@niwa.co.nz> References: <483F05E9.8045.00D5.0@niwa.co.nz> Message-ID: <486D3156.8045.00D5.0@niwa.co.nz> FYI. Update news release on the Lyttelton arrival of the alien Sabella. Mediterranean fanworm widespread in Lyttelton Port http://www.biosecurity.govt.nz/media/03-07-08/fanworm "We shall fight them on the beaches" ? No, the government agency seems disinclined to intervene. A pity. They are fairly conspicuous, and the inner shipping harbour isn't that big and is semi-enclosed. But it would cost a fair bit, with no guarantees. Geoff >>> On 29/05/2008 at 7:37 p.m., "Geoff Read" wrote: > FYI > > The intrepid Sabella spallanzanii may have made the inevitable trans Tasman > transition. > Just one on a wharf pile, but where there's one ... better have another look > there soonest I'd say. > > http://www.biosecurity.govt.nz/media/28-05-08/mediterranean-fanworm > > "MAF Biosecurity New Zealand acts on marine pest find in Lyttelton Port > May 28, 2008 From g.read from niwa.co.nz Thu Jul 3 21:01:42 2008 From: g.read from niwa.co.nz (Geoff Read) Date: Thu Jul 3 21:04:47 2008 Subject: [Annelida] Vouchers again In-Reply-To: <4864ADF5.8045.00D5.0@niwa.co.nz> References: <4863C4DD.8045.00D5.0@niwa.co.nz> <4864ADF5.8045.00D5.0@niwa.co.nz> Message-ID: <486E2D46.8045.00D5.0@niwa.co.nz> >>> On 27/06/2008 at 9:08 a.m., "Geoff Read" wrote: >> GBR >>>> "Revisions or updates to GenBank entries can be made by the submitters" >>> Right, only by the submitters, but they don't do it. > > However, I'm told that the 'only' above is not correct because others can > submit comments. > > Quote: "There is a procedure for "third-party annotation" whereby corrections > etc. may be submitted by people other than the original authors. I believe > that any such contribution must be based on already-published material." Well, I've checked this out since. "Third-party annotations" has a precise meaning in GenBank and are sequences derived or assembled from primary sequences. And nothing to do with error correcting of misidentifications plucked out of the air by original submitters. PS. "Lumbricus" coupled with "bimastus", an invented binominal mentioned by Csuzdi Csaba, can be purchased from Beijing Baiao Pharmaceuticals. This company may warrant further scrutiny. A simple biological supply house it ain't. But no time today. Geoff From paulo.paiva from gmail.com Thu Jul 3 21:24:42 2008 From: paulo.paiva from gmail.com (Paulo Paiva) Date: Thu Jul 3 21:26:46 2008 Subject: [Annelida] Fireworm inflammation In-Reply-To: <486CB4ED.8045.00D5.0@niwa.co.nz> References: <486CB4ED.8045.00D5.0@niwa.co.nz> Message-ID: <1e0b04ad0807031924o538ef180jb9ce06a9d4a1e2f5@mail.gmail.com> By tha way, regarding recent publication on Amphinomidae we just posted in our lab page another one on a new deep sea Paramphinome, and regarding Rocas Atoll, there is one on Sabellids from the same place. All of them are in the page: http://www.biologia.ufrj.br/labs/labpoly/publications.html Yours, Paulo 2008/7/2 Geoff Read : > FYI > > Another suggestion as to the cause of fireworm inflammations in humans. I > don't have access, and I don't know the authors' emails, but you can buy > access to this three page article for GBP 24 should you wish. > > Nakamura, K.; Tachikawa, Y.; Kitamura, M.; Ohno, O.; Suganuma, M. ; Uemura, > D. 2008: Complanine, an inflammation-inducing substance isolated from the > marine fireworm Eurythoe complanata. Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry 6 > (12): 2058 - 2060. > > http://www.rsc.org/publishing/journals/OB/article.asp?doi=b803107j > > Abstract: "The marine fireworm, Eurythoe complanata, is known as a > dangerous animal for humans because it induces skin inflammation through its > small setae. Here, the inflammation-inducing substance was successfully > isolated from the whole body using a methanolic extraction, and the > inflammatory activity was determined using a bioassay. The structure was > spectroscopically revealed to be a trimethylammonium with an unsaturated > carbon chain and was named complanine. Complanine enhanced PKC activity in > combination with TPA in vitro. This may explain the molecular mechanism > behind its inflammation-inducing activity. > > While I'm on the topic, here is a recent open access paper on taxonomy of > Eurythoe complanata & Hermodice carunculata > > Barroso, R. ; Paiva, P. C. 2007: Amphinomidae (Annelida: Polychaeta) from > Rocas Atoll, Northeastern Brazil. Arquivos do Museu Nacional, Rio de > Janeiro 65(3): 357-362. > > http://www.biologia.ufrj.br/labs/labpoly/BarrosoPaiva2007.pdf > > Abstract: "Three amphinomid species from Rocas Atoll - Northeastern Brazil > are reported. The re-description of Eurythoe complanata, Hermodice > carunculata and the description of Linopherus cf. canariensis is provided. > > Geoff > > > -- > > Geoff Read > http://www.annelida.net/ > http://www.niwascience.co.nz/ncabb/ > > > > _______________________________________________ > Annelida mailing list > Post: Annelida@net.bio.net > Help/archive: http://www.bio.net/biomail/listinfo/annelida > Resources: http://www.annelida.net > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.bio.net/bionet/mm/annelida/attachments/20080703/c64bd0e0/attachment.html From g.read from niwa.co.nz Sun Jul 6 22:44:18 2008 From: g.read from niwa.co.nz (Geoff Read) Date: Sun Jul 6 22:46:17 2008 Subject: [Annelida] Name a seaworm 'Immortality' Message-ID: <487239D0.8045.00D5.0@niwa.co.nz> Hi all, Nancy Maciolek found this AP item, but I think our list filters didn't like the full text. Want scientific immortality? Name a sea worm http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5gdCsVn1kOO3zUiKKD6aTZwE6GL-wD91KG8A07 I see that apparently "It's common for discoverers to name a new species after themselves" But we know different eh? It's very bad form to do that. Geoff From g.read from niwa.co.nz Wed Jul 9 22:53:40 2008 From: g.read from niwa.co.nz (Geoff Read) Date: Wed Jul 9 22:56:58 2008 Subject: [Annelida] Welsh earthworms get slugged Message-ID: <48763084.8045.00D5.0@niwa.co.nz> FYI New worm-eating 'ghost' slug found in Cardiff garden. Possible/probable alien belonging to a slug group known in Turkey and Georgia http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/south_east/7498195.stm http://www.museumwales.ac.uk/en/rhagor/article/?article_id=193 Rowson B, Symondson WOC (2008) Selenochlamys ysbryda sp. nov. from Wales, UK: a Testacella-like slug new to Europe (Stylommatophora: Trigonochlamydidae). J. Conchology xx:?? [Nothing further about this paper online at this time] Geoff From g.read from niwa.co.nz Thu Jul 10 21:21:05 2008 From: g.read from niwa.co.nz (Geoff Read) Date: Thu Jul 10 21:23:57 2008 Subject: [Annelida] Welsh earthworms get slugged In-Reply-To: <48763084.8045.00D5.0@niwa.co.nz> References: <48763084.8045.00D5.0@niwa.co.nz> Message-ID: <48776C51.8045.00D5.0@niwa.co.nz> Not that it matters but: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/south_east/7498195.stm Quote: "Mr Rowson said: "Selenochlamys ysbryda seemed appropriate for this spooky, nocturnal hunter and indicates where it was first found. We think this is the first time a Welsh word has been used in an animal's scientific name." Unlikely to be true, do you think? There's 250 years' worth of names out there already. For example Gwynia (Gwynia capsula), gwyni ( Limatula gwyni , ) gwynana (Melitta gwynana) conceivably could have been derived from Welsh gwyn "white" or "fair hair". Then there may be any number of place names, personal names, etc. Geoff From Ben.Rowson from museumwales.ac.uk Fri Jul 11 05:46:45 2008 From: Ben.Rowson from museumwales.ac.uk (Ben Rowson) Date: Fri Jul 11 15:43:08 2008 Subject: [Annelida] Slug and name Message-ID: Dear Geoff Thanks for your interest in our slug story. The full reference is: Rowson B, Symondson WOC (2008) Selenochlamys ysbryda sp. nov. from Wales, UK: a Testacella-like slug new to Europe (Stylommatophora: Trigonochlamydidae). Journal of Conchology [UK] 39 (5): 537-552. If any oligochaete experts are interested, they can contact me for a reprint or PDF. We would be delighted to know of any sightings of Selenochlamys or Testacella verified by specimens or good photos, from the UK or elsewhere. S. ysbryda is so far only verified from Cardiff and Caerphilly, both in South Wales. We looked into the Welsh name issue early on and it appears there are no other taxon names derived from words in Welsh. Of course we excluded those derived from the names of people or places, such as "lloydia","jeffreysi", "griffithsjonesi","cambrensis", etc. We reasoned that these were not, strictly speaking, Welsh words. The "gwyni", "gwynia", and "gwynana" mentioned just as easily be derived from the common Welsh boys' name "Gwyn" (as in the malacologist John Gwyn Jeffreys). If anyone knows otherwise we would be pleased to hear from them. Best wishes Ben Ben Rowson Amgueddfa Cymru - National Museum Wales From selim_samia from yahoo.com Mon Jul 21 13:07:16 2008 From: selim_samia from yahoo.com (Samia Selim) Date: Mon Jul 21 22:01:11 2008 Subject: [Annelida] information about lessepsian migration Message-ID: <698325.96650.qm@web90604.mail.mud.yahoo.com> Dear all, Does anyone have any recent publications (after 2005) about "lessepsian migration through Suez Canal". I will be so grateful if any send me any information about this article (prefer electronically, as possible). ? ? Thanks anyone trying to help me. My address is: Dr. Samia Abdel-Halim Selim National Institute of Oceanography and Fisheries ?El-Anfoushy, Kayet-Beh, Alexandria, Egypt. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.bio.net/bionet/mm/annelida/attachments/20080721/869e32ff/attachment.html From Christopher.B.Floyd from usace.army.mil Fri Jul 25 16:45:50 2008 From: Christopher.B.Floyd from usace.army.mil (Floyd, Christopher B POA) Date: Fri Jul 25 18:04:42 2008 Subject: [Annelida] amber waves of polychaetes Message-ID: <3C0A8F722A1D704FB428E4D5B593523A07EC58E1@poa-ml1anc.poa.ds.usace.army.mil> While running a little submersible camera in Akutan Bay (about 54.13^N, 165.82^W, in the eastern Aleutian Islands) last month for a harbor study, my colleagues and I came across some impressive fields of what I suspect is a tubiculous polychaete. I am not a marine biologist, and have only a passing (if admiring) acquaintance with Polychaeta. I've attached several screen-shots from the digitized video. The resolution is extremely poor, but we could see beds (sometimes very dense, sometimes sparse) of dark brownish tubes, about 1 cm in diameter and extending maybe 10-20 cm from the seafloor. The tubes seemed to be semi-rigid but resilient, and there is a hint of a small pale-to-reddish tuft emerging from the top. We viewed the masses of tubes over hundreds of meters of transect, in waters roughly 25 to 8 meters deep, but don't have a real idea over how wide an area the field covered. Unfortunately, we didn't have a dredge with us, and couldn't grab a sample. Questions: Are these polychaetes we're looking at here? Assuming these are polychaetes, is it possible to say anything about the taxonomy of these fellows (even just down to order or family) based on the gross information available in the photos (size, living habit, etc.)? They resemble a blurry photograph I've found of a wad of Alaskan polychaetes brought up in a dredge, identified as 'Sabella sp.'. I had assumed such tubiculous polychaetes were primarily infaunal (based on the few illustrations I'd seen), and not extending so far above the sediment as seen in the photos and video. Thanks much for any guidance or insight you might be able to provide, Chris Floyd Environmental Resources US Army Corps of Engineers Anchorage, Alaska -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: AkutanNorth_poly08.jpg Type: image/jpeg Size: 25876 bytes Desc: AkutanNorth_poly08.jpg Url : http://www.bio.net/bionet/mm/annelida/attachments/20080725/89f3a130/AkutanNorth_poly08.jpg -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: AkutanNorth_poly06.jpg Type: image/jpeg Size: 26303 bytes Desc: AkutanNorth_poly06.jpg Url : http://www.bio.net/bionet/mm/annelida/attachments/20080725/89f3a130/AkutanNorth_poly06.jpg -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: AkutanNorth_poly05.jpg Type: image/jpeg Size: 27629 bytes Desc: AkutanNorth_poly05.jpg Url : http://www.bio.net/bionet/mm/annelida/attachments/20080725/89f3a130/AkutanNorth_poly05.jpg -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: AkutanNorth_poly04.jpg Type: image/jpeg Size: 25025 bytes Desc: AkutanNorth_poly04.jpg Url : http://www.bio.net/bionet/mm/annelida/attachments/20080725/89f3a130/AkutanNorth_poly04.jpg -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: AkutanNorth_poly03.jpg Type: image/jpeg Size: 26073 bytes Desc: AkutanNorth_poly03.jpg Url : http://www.bio.net/bionet/mm/annelida/attachments/20080725/89f3a130/AkutanNorth_poly03.jpg -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: AkutanNorth_poly02.jpg Type: image/jpeg Size: 29374 bytes Desc: AkutanNorth_poly02.jpg Url : http://www.bio.net/bionet/mm/annelida/attachments/20080725/89f3a130/AkutanNorth_poly02.jpg -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: AkutanSouth_poly01.jpg Type: image/jpeg Size: 26884 bytes Desc: AkutanSouth_poly01.jpg Url : http://www.bio.net/bionet/mm/annelida/attachments/20080725/89f3a130/AkutanSouth_poly01.jpg From H.A.tenHove from uva.nl Sat Jul 26 04:15:36 2008 From: H.A.tenHove from uva.nl (H.A. ten Hove) Date: Sat Jul 26 17:28:45 2008 Subject: [Annelida] amber waves of polychaetes In-Reply-To: <3C0A8F722A1D704FB428E4D5B593523A07EC58E1@poa-ml1anc.poa.ds .usace.army.mil> References: <3C0A8F722A1D704FB428E4D5B593523A07EC58E1@poa-ml1anc.poa.ds.usace.army.mil> Message-ID: <20080726091540.ADF283F94@mta-fe.casema.nl> At 23:45 25-7-2008, you wrote: > >While running a little submersible camera in Akutan Bay (about 54.13^N, >165.82^W, in the eastern Aleutian Islands) last month for a harbor study, my >colleagues and I came across some impressive fields of what I suspect is a >tubiculous polychaete. I am not a marine biologist, and have only a passing >(if admiring) acquaintance with Polychaeta. > >I've attached several screen-shots from the digitized video. The resolution >is extremely poor, but we could see beds (sometimes very dense, sometimes >sparse) of dark brownish tubes, about 1 cm in diameter and extending maybe >10-20 cm from the seafloor. The tubes seemed to be semi-rigid but resilient, >and there is a hint of a small pale-to-reddish tuft emerging from the top. >We viewed the masses of tubes over hundreds of meters of transect, in waters >roughly 25 to 8 meters deep, but don't have a real idea over how wide an area >the field covered. Unfortunately, we didn't have a dredge with us, and >couldn't grab a sample. > >Questions: Are these polychaetes we're looking at here? Assuming these are >polychaetes, is it possible to say anything about the taxonomy of these >fellows (even just down to order or family) based on the gross information >available in the photos (size, living habit, etc.)? They resemble a blurry >photograph I've found of a wad of Alaskan polychaetes brought up in a dredge, >identified as 'Sabella sp.'. I had assumed such tubiculous polychaetes were >primarily infaunal (based on the few illustrations I'd seen), and not >extending so far above the sediment as seen in the photos and video. > > >Thanks much for any guidance or insight you might be able to provide, > >Chris Floyd >Environmental Resources >US Army Corps of Engineers >Anchorage, Alaska Dear Chris, Don't know if you already had reactions upon your question. Anyhow, I am a specialist in calcareous tubeworms, family Serpulidae. Even though these can form fields of the size like figured by you, the individual size of the serpulid builders is less than what you figure, and the structure of the reefs is more compact, not as open as your fields. Moreover, serpulids build rigid calcareous tubes. Your tubes remind me of the family Sabellidae. Not all of them are "infaunal", many are epifaunal. Must say that I never have seen such large aggregations of this family, but I have mainly worked in tropical waters. The "tufts" in your photographs are too blurred unfortunately, and not the nice radiolar crowns typical for sabellids, but that may be due to the screenshot quality. Have a feeling that Bush (1905) photographed Alaskan sabellids of your indicated size (Bush, K.J., 1905.- Tubicolous annelids of the tribes Sabellides and Serpulides from the Pacific Ocean. Harriman Alaska Exp. 12, 1904 [publ.1905]: 169-355, pl.21-44. ) Maybe one of my sabellid colleagues can give a better guess. wormly dr. Harry A. ten Hove Zoological Museum University of Amsterdam Mauritskade 57 P.O.B. 94766, 1090 GT Amsterdam the Netherlands H.A.tenHove@uva.nl From g.read from niwa.co.nz Sun Jul 27 16:24:24 2008 From: g.read from niwa.co.nz (Geoff Read) Date: Sun Jul 27 16:29:08 2008 Subject: [Annelida] amber waves of polychaetes In-Reply-To: <20080726091540.ADF283F94@mta-fe.casema.nl> References: <3C0A8F722A1D704FB428E4D5B593523A07EC58E1@poa-ml1anc.poa.ds.usace.army.mil><3C0A8F722A1D704FB428E4D5B593523A07EC58E1@poa-ml1anc.poa.ds .usace.army.mil> <20080726091540.ADF283F94@mta-fe.casema.nl> Message-ID: <488D9047.8045.00D5.0@niwa.co.nz> >>> On 26/07/2008 at 9:15 p.m., "H.A. ten Hove" wrote: > The "tufts" in your photographs are too blurred > unfortunately, and not the nice radiolar crowns typical for > sabellids, but that may be due to the screenshot quality. Have a > feeling that Bush (1905) photographed Alaskan sabellids of your > indicated size (Bush, K.J., 1905.- Tubicolous annelids of the tribes > Sabellides and Serpulides from the Pacific Ocean. Harriman Alaska > Exp. 12, 1904 [publ.1905]: 169-355, pl.21-44. ) > > Maybe one of my sabellid colleagues can give a better guess. Hi Harry & Chris, I have rather more interest in sabellids than I once did, but ain't an expert. But what you need here is a local-area biologist who would recognise these instantly, despite the low resolution. They sure look sabellid-like tubes and it's too shallow for siboglinids. As Harry indicates the discordant note is the non-fully-emergent fans in all images, if fans they be, or else the fans are very short. Bush's paper is a very good suggestion, but her species names are much combined & synonymised since, although her genera Pseudopotamilla (usually too small?), Eudistylia and Schizobranchia remain. The original expedition reports are scarce, but someone may have digitised this one. Also it was reprinted in 1972. The photos are of individual worms. "During the summer of 1899, [the expedition] cruised the waters off southeastern and southern Alaska and the eastern Aleutians, and the Bering Sea, making stops for scientific investigations and collecting at many places" Geoff -- Geoff Read http://www.annelida.net/ http://www.niwascience.co.nz/ncabb/ From g.read from niwa.co.nz Mon Jul 28 15:38:17 2008 From: g.read from niwa.co.nz (Geoff Read) Date: Mon Jul 28 15:40:56 2008 Subject: [Annelida] 2nd ed Westheide, Interstitial families Message-ID: <488ED6F8.8045.00D5.0@niwa.co.nz> FYI I see there is a second edition of Wilfried's 1990 Field Studies Council guide available now, or imminent to be published, price GBP 29. Westheide, Wilfried. 2008: Polychaetes: Interstitial Families. Synopsis of the British Fauna New Series 44 (2nd Ed): 1-120. "This new edition of the Synopsis has been brought completely up to date, with many new references, an updated species list, and extensive additional information included about species featured in the First edition." The little 'Synopses' guides have a unique style, and are generally of much wider value than the 'British' might indicate. Try your favourite online bookdealer, or: http://www.stevensimpsonbooks.com/si/978630.html http://www.field-studies-council.org/publications/pubsinfo.aspx?Code=44 Not visible at Amazon or Backhuys currently. Geoff From mikegravy from gmail.com Tue Jul 29 07:34:06 2008 From: mikegravy from gmail.com (mikegravy@gmail.com) Date: Tue Jul 29 14:50:15 2008 Subject: [Annelida] Polychaete books/ ID Message-ID: Hi List, I am currently involved in research on Arenicola loveni in South Africa. I go sampling often and come across other species which I would like to identify but haven't been able to due to a lack of literature. Does any one have suggestions as to the best literature/ books that I can use to try and identify and learn about the worms I might find in this area? Thanks a bunch -- Mike Gray International Ocean Institute- Southern Africa Department of Biodiversity and Conservation Biology University of the Western Cape South Africa From eri.assis from gmail.com Tue Jul 29 08:57:41 2008 From: eri.assis from gmail.com (=?ISO-8859-1?Q?Jos=E9_Eriberto_Assis?=) Date: Tue Jul 29 14:51:10 2008 Subject: [Annelida] Kudenov 's papers Message-ID: Dear polychaetogist I am needing of the references above. If some can to indicate how do I get. Thank you very much *Kudenov, J. D.: Sedentary polychaetes from the Gulf of California,* *Mexico. J. nat. Hist. 9, 205-231 (1975)* * * *Kudenov, J. D.: The functional morphology of feeding in three* *species of maldanid polychaetes. J. Linn. Soc. (Zool.) 60,* *95-109 (1977)* * * *Kudenov, J. D.: The feeding ecology of Axiothella rubrocincta* *(Johnson) (Polychaeta: Maldanidae). J. exp. mar. Biol. Ecol.* *31, 207-221 (1978)* * * *Kudenov, J. D.: Rates of seasonal sediment reworking in Axiothella* *rubrocincta (Polychaeta: Maldanidae). Mar. Biol. 70,* *181-186 (1982)* 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/20080729/1910afb0/attachment.html From g.read from niwa.co.nz Tue Jul 29 20:41:03 2008 From: g.read from niwa.co.nz (Geoff Read) Date: Tue Jul 29 20:44:27 2008 Subject: [Annelida] Polychaete books/ ID In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <48906F6D.8045.00D5.0@niwa.co.nz> Hello Mike, I just address South Africa - whereas, if you need it, general polychaete id'ing help might start with Kristian Fauchald's 'pink book' digitised at: http://hdl.handle.net/10088/3435 and include Robin Wilson's (& co) Intkey databases http://researchdata.museum.vic.gov.au/polychaetes/ Getting a bit old now, but "A monograph on the Polychaeta of Southern Africa", (British Museum) by J. H Day, 1967, is definitely your Eldorado. Day wrote lots of papers before that, and distilled those studies into the monograph. Unfortunately there don't seem to be any 2nd hand copies on sale at the moment, and seemingly it has not been digitised yet (open to correction on that). University libraries should have it. And long before Day, there was McIntosh. This one below I know is digitised - try http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/ to find it. McIntosh, W. C. 1903: Marine Annelids (Polychaeta) of South Africa. Part 1. Marine Investigations in South Africa 3(1): 18-50. There's a nice historical introduction in that to those workers before McIntosh. And there's a part 2. Since Day, further taxonomic work has lagged rather. But what a great foundation he laid. The rest of the world should be so lucky. Geoff >>> On 30/07/2008 at 12:34 a.m., wrote: > I am currently involved in research on Arenicola loveni in South > Africa. I go sampling often and come across other species which I > would like to identify but haven't been able to due to a lack of > literature. Does any one have suggestions as to the best literature/ > books that I can use to try and identify and learn about the worms I > might find in this area? From g.read from niwa.co.nz Tue Jul 29 21:05:33 2008 From: g.read from niwa.co.nz (Geoff Read) Date: Tue Jul 29 21:08:33 2008 Subject: [Annelida] 50+ Years of Polychaete Research Message-ID: <4890752C.8045.00D5.0@niwa.co.nz> FYI, Sharing this lecture etc from Kristian, which I had not seen before. http://www.hcmr.gr/english_site/institutes/marine_gen/events/2005.html Yet another demonstration that there are few public utterings on the internet safe from the search engines. Geoff From s.ahyong from niwa.co.nz Thu Jul 31 16:03:20 2008 From: s.ahyong from niwa.co.nz (Shane Ahyong) Date: Thu Jul 31 16:07:34 2008 Subject: [Annelida] Invertebrate postdoctoral opportunity Message-ID: <4892D158.8B08.0071.0@niwa.co.nz> Dear colleagues, We have a 2 year postdoctoral position in invertebrate taxonomy available now at NIWA, Wellington, New Zealand. The successful candidate will conduct collection-based taxonomic research in their area of expertise and assist with taxonomic identifications for various biosecurity or benthic ecology programmes. Please circulate this to any other colleagues who may be interested. Applications close 15 August 2008. The position description and online application can be found at: http://www.niwascience.co.nz/about/jobs/jobs/post_doctoral_fellow_a_marine_invertebrate_taxonomy Cheers, Shane. ******************************************** Dr. Shane T. Ahyong Marine Biodiversity and Biosecurity National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research Private Bag 14901, Kilbirnie Wellington New Zealand