This database (2nd Edition 1997) contains about 17500 references of the last 300 years on polychaete annelids. It is a searchable version of a downloadable file. For more details on the database and download, visit Annelid Resources. [Information of the supplier]
In response to the ‘Biodiversity Crisis’ and the ‘Taxonomic Impediment’, the aim of this publication is to make available, online, information about ecology and taxonomy of diverse groups of megadrile earthworms, information that is currently scattered, outdated, or otherwise unavailable. This goal complements those advocated by groups such as BioNet, CBD (GTI), Diversitas, GBIF, IUCN/SSG, Wikispecies, ZipcodeZoo and Zoobank. Presentation is a series of discrete chapters in various formats as originally prepared. Several species checklists (partially annotated) provide an invaluable resource for young researchers needing to construct comprehensive faunal lists for a region, for managers or concerned scientists wishing to research answers to simple questions, such as: "What is the correct and current name of this species?" "How's our regional biodiversity?" “Can I add yet another new species name to this group without a full inventory?” ... [Information of the supplier]
Welcome to the internet resources for scientific research of the nereidid polychaete Platynereis dumerilii. This site is a comprehensive database containing the basic information on breeding, development, anatomy of various stages, gene expression patterns, as well as the relevant literature. Regular updates will be made by integrating recent research data. ... [Information of the supplier]
Polychaeta of the Southern Ocean LifeDesk records the biodiversity and taxonomy of Antarctic and Subantarctic polychaetes (Annelida: Polychaeta). The Southern Ocean encircling Antarctica hosts a diverse polychaete fauna. The first benthic samples of polychaetes were taken on the voyage of H.M.S. Erebus & Terror, under the command of Captain Sir James Clark Ross. Ross reached the sea that bears his name in 1841. Many expeditions from many nations have visited Antarctic seas since, and over 700 named species have been recorded for Antarctica’s shelf, slope and deep-sea benthos, mainly from the Ross Sea and the Antarctic Peninsula / Weddell Sea areas. Given this effort over the years the circum Antarctic region has been sampled repeatedly in some places. However, new samples taken on board research vessels continue to yield new, unknown species, and there are large extents of ocean where little sampling has been done. The 551 accepted species names in the classification tree are from the Antarctic seas taxa list of WoRMS. ... [Information of the supplier]
Earthworms are essential to the life and health of the planet's soils, and thus to the life and health of terrestrial ecosystems. Charles Darwin and others have shown that earthworms both make soil, and ensure its fertility. Lumbricus rubellus is a common earthworm, found in many temperate ecosystems, used as a model species by researchers investigating the biology and ecology of the soil, and the effects of pollutants and other chemicals on soil organisms. This website is the home of our efforts to better understand how Lumbricus rubellus and other soil animals "make their living". We are sequencing the genome of Lumbricus rubellus. This will be the first oligochaete annelid genome to be sequenced. The genome sequence will reveal the 'parts list' for this important species, and help us to put together maps of how the worm grows, eats, and reproduces, and how it resists exposures to potentially toxic soil contamination. To do this we are using the resources, instrumentation and expertise of the GenePool, the University of Edinburgh Genomics Facility. The genome sequencing project builds on the successful Lumbricus rubellus Expressed Sequence Tag (EST) transcriptome project. ESTs are a way of sampling the expressed genes of a species, and we, as part of The EcoWorm Consortium gained funding from the UK Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) generate of over 20,000 ESTs. Using a combination of informatics tools these sequences have been analysed and used to build a relational sequence database - LumbriBASE - that can be queried by both sequence similarity and annotation. We have added ESTs from additional annelid species to LumbriBASE to make cross-comparison between species easier. ... [Information of the supplier]
Welcome to the 11th International Polychaete Conference being held in Sydney, Australia in 2013. The conference will be held at the Australian Museum, commencing on the afternoon of Sunday 4th August through to Friday 9th August 2013. The Organising committee is soliciting images from previous meetings which we will play during the opening Ice Breaker and Conference Dinner. ... [Information of the supplier]
The 11th International Symposium on Enchytraeidae (ISE) will take place at "Haus Ohrbeck" in Georgsmarienhütte near Osnabrück, Germany, July 25-27, 2014. Enchytraeids or 'potworms' are small relatives of earthworms distributed worldwide. Most of the species are soil-dwelling but some live in aquatic sediments. The symposium has a traditional focus on taxonomy and applied soil ecology, but actually it covers all aspects of the biology of enchytraeids, including developmental biology, physiology, phylogeny, and ecotoxicology. The symposium intends to be an occasion to share and to discuss new findings and views about these interesting worms while promoting a friendly interaction among experts, newcomers, or any other kind of participant. The symposia are held every two years since 1994 and they include talks, posters, and a taxonomic workshop. A peer-reviewed Proceedings volume, the "Newsletter on Enchytraeidae" is published usually within less than one year. Further information on abstract submission, travel, room & board, and programme will be sent around shortly. You may submit suggestions regarding topics, schedule and focus any time. ... [Information of the supplier]
Polytraits is a database on biological traits of polychaetes (bristle worms, Polychaeta: Annelida). It covers information about morphological, behavioural, reproductive and larval characteristics of polychaete taxa which has been collected from the literature. The project was initially started as an in-house project of the Institute of Marine Biology, Biotechnology and Aquaculture of the Hellenic Centre for Marine Research but since then the database has been continuously expanded to provide data for other analyses as well. ... [Information of the supplier]
We invite you to participate in the 13th International Symposium on Aquatic Oligochaeta - ISAO 2015, which will convene at Masaryk University in Brno, the Czech Republic, 7-11 September 2015. At this university the great oligochaetologist Sergěj Hrabě conducted his remarkable work on Oligochaeta.
We present here an introduction to the Second Edition of Nomenclatura Oligochaetologica – A catalogue of names, descriptions and type specimens of the Oligochaeta – Editio Secunda [N.O.2] in a web-based, navigable format. This Second Edition of Nomenclatura Oligochaetologica [N.O.2] updates (Addenda Editioni Primae)and corrects(Corrigenda Editioni Primae) the generic, subgeneric, specific, and infra-specific names of oligochaetes published to date. We have integrated the accounts included in N.O. (Reynolds and Cook, 1976) with those presented in the three supplements – N.O.S.P.(Reynolds and Cook, 1981), N.O.S.S. (Reynolds and Cook, 1989), and N.O.S.T. (Reynolds and Cook, 1993). We have also updated accounts and their associated information, added accounts for new taxa described since the publication of N.O.S.T. in 1993, and expanded the Index Auctorum, Index Auctoritatum, Index Museorum, Glossarium, and References sections of the original N.O. series. ... [Information of the supplier]
