Recent Advances in Nemertean Biology: Proceedings of the Second International Meeting on Nemertean Biology, Tjarno Marine Biological Laboratory, August 11 – 15, 1986

Front Matter....Pages I-XII
The role of hoplonemerteans in the ecology of seagrass communities....Pages 1-11
Ecological implications of the reproductive biology of symbiotic nemerteans....Pages 13-22
Diversity among nemertean egg predators of decapod crustaceans....Pages 23-30
Temporal variation in abundance of the egg predator Carcinonemertes epialti (Nemertea) and its effect on egg mortality of its host, the shore crab, Hemigrapsus oregonensis ....Pages 31-38
Impact of the nemertean Lineus viridis on its polychaete prey on an intertidal sandflat....Pages 39-46
Food and feeding behavior of the hoplonemertean Oerstedia dorsalis ....Pages 47-51
Neuroendocrine control of gonadogenesis in regenerating Lineus lacteus (Heteronemertea)....Pages 53-60
Evolutionary relationships between mono- and polystiliferous hoplonemerteans: Nipponnemertes (Cratenemertidae), a “ missing link ” genus ?....Pages 61-74
Marine relatives of terrestrial nemerteans: The genus Prosadenoporus Bürger, 1890 (Hoplonemertea)....Pages 75-86
Remarks on marine interstitial nemertines and key to the species....Pages 87-92
Polymorphism in Oerstedia dorsalis (Abilgaard, 1806) revisited....Pages 93-98
Hubrecht, Macfarlane, Jensen and Willmer: On the nature and testability of four versions of the nemertean theory of vertebrate origins....Pages 99-104
On the anatomy and taxonomy of Cerebratulus hepaticus Hubrecht, 1879 (Nemertini) from the Mediterranean (Banyuls-sur-Mer)....Pages 105-113
On the hoplonemertean Sagaminemertes nagaiensis (Iwata, 1957), with consideration of its systematics....Pages 115-124
 Notogaeanemertes folzae gen. n., sp. n., an additional ecologically restricted hoplonemertean from New Zealand....Pages 125-133
Heavy metals in marine nemerteans....Pages 135-143
Pyridine alkaloid distribution in the hoplonemertines....Pages 145-151
Ecdysteroids in nemerteans: Presence and physiological role ....Pages 153-160
Water and solute regulation in Procephalothrix spiralis Coe and Clitellio arenarius (Müller) III. Long-term acclimation to diluted seawaters and effect of putative neuroendocrine structures....Pages 161-173
No direct contact between the excretory system and the circulatory system in Prostomatella arenicola Friedrich (Hoplonemertini)....Pages 175-181
The colour Pattern of Lineus atrocaeruleus (Nemertea)....Pages 183-189
Oxytalan fibres in the epidermal basement membrane of Lineus atrocaeruleus (Nemertea)....Pages 191-197
Back Matter....Pages 199-207