XI Symposium on Flatworm Biology: deadline extension!

The deadline for reduced registration and submission of abstracts for oral presentations in the XI International Symposium on Flatworm Biology was postponed to May 15, 2009. Do not miss it!

The event has been organised at Hasselt University, Diepenbeek, Belgium, and will happen in 26-30 July 2009.

Immediately posterior to the XI ISFB will happen also the 3rd International Macrostomum Meeting (IMM) at the same place.

For more informations visit the page of both meetings here.

XI Symposium on Flatworm Biology: Deadline Reduced Registration!

The deadline for reduced registration and submission of abstracts for oral presentations in the XI International Symposium on Flatworm Biology is next May 1, 2009. The event has been organised at Hasselt University, Diepenbeek, Belgium, and will happen in 26-30 July 2009.

Immediately posterior to the XI ISFB will happen also the 3rd International Macrostomum Meeting (IMM) at the same place.

For more informations visit the page of both meetings here.

Happy 2009...

The "MeiofaunaBrasil" wishes everyone a wonderful 2009!
The coming year will have many interesting meetings (see below), so be prepared for a great year!

16th International Symposium on Ostracoda
Local: University of Brasilia, Brasilia, Brazil
Date: 20-30 July 2009
Deadline for Abstract Submission: 31 Jan 2009
Deadline for Registration: 31 May 2009
More Information: http://www.finatec.org.br/eventos/ostracoda

XII International Symposium on Flatworm Biology (International Symposium on the Biology of Turbellaria)
Local: Hasselt University, Diepenbeek, Belgium
Date: 26-30 July 2009
Deadline for early registration and Abstract submission: 1 May 2009
More Information: http://alpha.uhasselt.be/~lucdk/CMK/FLATWORMS/HOMEFrameset.html

11th International Symposium on Tardigrada
Local: Tubingen, Germany
Date: 3-6 August 2009
Deadline for Abstract Submission: 1 Jun 2009
Deadline for early registration: 1 Apr 2009
More Information: http://www.tardigrada-symposium-2009.org/

XII International Rotifer Symposium (Rotifera XII)
Local: Leibniz-Institute of Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries, Humboldt University and Natural History Museum, Berlin, Germany
Date: 16-21 August 2009
Deadline for early registration and Abstract submission: 31 Jan 2009
More Information: http://www.rotifera-xii.igb-berlin.de/

International Nematology Symposium in Hanoi, Vietnam
(Representing also the VIIIth Meeting of the Russian Society of Nematologists)
Local: Hanoi, Vietnam
Date: 16-21 August 2009
Deadline for Abstract Submission: 31 May 2009
Deadline for early registration: 25 April 2009
More Information: soon…

2nd International Congress of Tropical Nematology
Local: Maceio, Brazil
Date: 4-9 October 2009
Deadline for Abstract Submission: 30 Apr 2009
Deadline for early registration: 30 Apr 2009
More Information: http://docentes.esalq.usp.br/sbn

Water Bear meets the Turbellarian... on the YOU TUBE!

Hope you enjoy it...

XI International Symposium on Flatworm Biology

The XI International Symposium on Flatworm Biology (formely International Symposium on the Biology of Turbellaria) will be organised at Hasselt University, Diepenbeek, Belgium, 26-30 July 2009. Immediately posterior to the XI ISFB will happen also the 3rd International Macrostomum Meeting (IMM) at the same place.

For more informations visit the page of both meetings here.

Turbellaria

Os Turbellaria...

Because of their postion among the simplest of metazoans, the “Turbellaria” have always received considerable attention concerning thier comparative morphology and systematics and the inter-relationship of these with their phylogeny or the evolution. However, may still represented a useful facies of a predominantly freeliving flatworm with a ciliated epidermis distinguishable from the similar Gnathostomulida by, among other things, the lack of a pair of jaws and base plate in the mouth.
Turbelarians are ubiquitous forms in freshwater and marine habitats; they are very associate with other organisms to various degrees (some are parasistic). About 2/3 are small (1 – 2 mm long or less), but osme, the marine polyclads and terrestrial triclads in particular, can grow to many centimeters in length. There are three main turbellarian life cycles types: univoltine, bivoltine, and polyvoltine. Among which have either continuous or discontinuous sexual maturity throughout the year. Univoltine and bivoltine life cycles are predominantly found in all other taxa. Turbellarians are very common on and in various benthic substrates (soft bottom, sandy bottom, calcareous bottom, gravel, mussel associations, vegetation) both intertidally and subtidally. Some turbellarians live in ground waters and caves in the stygobios.