Advances in Polychaete Research : Proceedings of the 7th International Polychaete Conference held in Reykjavik, Iceland, 2-6 July 2001

In July 2001 experts from all around the world met in Reykjavik, Iceland to discuss various issues of polychaete biology. In particular the latest developments in cladistic inference of polychaete phylogeny were presented. Some studies applied recent molecular techniques, revealing unknown genetic relationships between the different families of polychaetous annelids. This volume is of interest to specialists and students seeking an introduction to the latest developments in the field of systematics and ecology of polychaetous annelids. This book is one in a series presenting results from the International Polychaete conferences. Front Matter....Pages i-x Scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and light microscopy (LM) study of important characters in the identification of Sigalionidae (Annelida: Polychaeta)....Pages 1-16 Horizontal distribution pattern of the syllid fauna (Annelida: Polychaeta) in the fringing reef lagoon of Anse Forbans (Seychelles, Mahé) and redescription of the abundant Streptosyllis aequiseta ....Pages 17-26 Three new interstitial dorvilleids (Annelida: Polychaeta) from the Cymodocea nodosa meadows of the Canary Islands....Pages 27-34 Two new species of polychaetes from the sublittoral bottoms off Antofagasta, Northern Chile: Clymenella fauchaldi n. sp. (Maldanidae) and Mooreonuphis colosensis n. sp. (Onuphidae)....Pages 35-39 A new species of Chaetozone (Polychaeta: Cirratulidae) from deep water in the northeast Atlantic, with comments on the diversity of the genus in cold northern waters....Pages 41-48 Snowflakes and feather-dusters — some challenges for soft-bottom fanworm systematics....Pages 49-62 Species of Litocorsa (Polychaeta: Pilargidae) from the Indian Ocean and South China Sea....Pages 63-73 Opheliidae (Polychaeta) from the Southwestern Atlantic ocean, with the description of Travisia amadoi n. sp., Ophelina gaucha n. sp. and Ophelina alata n. sp....Pages 75-85 Designation of a neotype of Marphysa sanguinea (Montagu, 1813) and a description of a new species of Marphysa from eastern Australia....Pages 87-94 Two new species of an atypical group of Pseudobranchiomma Jones (Polychaeta: Sabellidae)....Pages 95-103 Live history evolution in Serpulimorph polychaetes: a phylogenetic analysis....Pages 105-114 Myzostomida from Madagascar, with the description of two new species....Pages 115-123 Phylogenetic relations among spirorbid subgenera and the evolution of opercular brooding....Pages 125-143 Inter-population variability and character description in the sponge-associated Haplosyllis spongicola complex (Polychaeta: Syllidae)....Pages 145-162 The Magelonidae (Annelida: Polychaeta) from the Seychelles, with the description of three new species....Pages 163-173 Problems in polychaete systematics....Pages 175-189 A new genus of Syllidae (Polychaeta) from Western Australia....Pages 191-197 Siboglinid evolution shaped by habitat preference and sulfide tolerance....Pages 199-205 Functional morphology and feeding behavior of Streblospio benedicti and S. shrubsolii (Polychaeta: Spionidae)....Pages 207-213 Morphology and ultrastructure of the anterior end of Diplocirrus longisetosus Marenzeller, 1890 (Flabelligeridae, Polychaeta, Annelida)....Pages 215-223 Novel aspects of the nervous system of Bonellia viridis (Echiura) revealed by the combination of immunohistochemistry, confocal laser-scanning microscopy and three-dimensional reconstruction....Pages 225-239 Ultrastructural studies of dorsal ciliated organs in Spionidae (Annelida: Polychaeta)....Pages 241-251 Chaetae and mechanical function: tools no Metazoan class should be without....Pages 253-258 Palp morphology in two species of Prionospio (Polychaeta: Spionidae)....Pages 259-267 Comparative study of the diaphragm (gular membrane) in Terebelliformia (Polychaeta, Annelida)....Pages 269-278 Identification of adults and larvae in Spiochaetopterus (Polychaeta, Chaetopteridae): consequences for larval transport and recruitment....Pages 279-287 Ecological aspects of syllids (Annelida: Polychaeta: Syllidae) on Thalassia testudinum beds in Venezuela....Pages 289-298 Using indicator species to assess the state of macrobenthic communities....Pages 299-309 Abundance and diversity patterns of annelids from intertidal sandy beaches in Iceland....Pages 311-319 Response of polychaetes to oil spills in natural and defaunated subtropical mangrove sediments from Paranaguá bay (SE Brazil)....Pages 321-328 Changes in pelagic Polychaete assemblages along the California current system....Pages 329-336 Distribution and diversity of the Syllidae (Annelida: Polychaeta) from the Mexican Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean....Pages 337-345 Recent advances in the use of meiofaunal polychaetes for ecotoxicological assessments....Pages 347-353 Particle size selection in individuals from epifaunal versus infaunal populations of the nereidid polychaete Neanthes succinea (Polychaeta: Nereididae)....Pages 355-360 Bathymetric distribution and diversity of deep water polychaetous annelids in the Sigsbee Basin, northwestern Gulf of Mexico....Pages 361-370 Radiocarbon dating and metal analyses of ‘fossil’ and living tubes of Protula (Annelida: Polychaeta)....Pages 371-383 Polychaete community structure of the northwestern coast of Mexico: patterns of abundance and distribution....Pages 385-398 Back Matter....Pages 399-399