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

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