10th International Polychaete Conference: Registration Open!

Official Registration on-line is open now for participate in the 10th International Polychaete Conference. You can see all information about the conference on the website here.

10th International Polychaete Conference: 3rd Circular

The page of the 10th International Polychaete Conference was updated recently with the third circular containing many important information about the event, including the opportunity for fellowships of 800 euros. You can read the circular visiting the conference website here.

10th International Polychaete Conference: Abstract Deadline

The deadline for submit your abstract to participate in the 10th International Polychaete Conference – is next 31 December. You can see all information about the conference on the website here.

10th International Polychaete Conference: pre-registration deadline!

Just a quick reminder:

The deadline for pre-registration to participate in the 10th International Polychaete Conference – is next 30 September. You can see all information about the conference on the website here.

10th International Polychaete Conference

The 10th International Polychaete Conference will be held in LECCE,
ITALY from JUNE 20th to 26th, 2010.

The Conference will be hosted by the University of Salento (DiSTeBA Department, Lecce). The venue will be the Grand Hotel TIZIANO, a major Hotel and Convention Center serving in Lecce.

For more information look here.

The Polychaeta...

Polychaeta is relatively primitive annelids, apparently very close to the stem species of the Articulata. A general definition of the Polychaeta does not exist, except that they are worm-like, soft-bodied invertebrates with a metamerically organized body. The more than 10.000 species of polychaetes can be arranged into about 80 mostly well-defined families, which, however, often show little similarity. The meiofaunal polichaetes do not represent a single taxonomic group. They evolved in several independent lines from larger species which may have in or on top the sediment.
Length of polychaete species range between 3 m to less than 1 mm; the smallest wpecies are those of the genus Diurodrilus (about 300 um). There are several families which are exclusively meiofaunal: Dinophilidae, Diurodrilidae, Nerillidae, Protodrilidae, Protodriloidae, Saccocirridae, Polygordiidae, Parergodrilidae, Psammodrilidae, nearly all Psionidae and many Syllidae are meiobenthic.