World Polychaeta Database. We will soon cover taxonomy & current status for all annelids (Animalia incertae sedis edits also). Tweets by Geoff Read

Joined November 2012
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Redescription of Polydora limicola Annenkova, 1934, with review of the Polydora ciliata species complex (#Annelida: #Spionidae) #taxonomy doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.589…
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Nearly 30 years studying this family, and have described or redescribed over 50% of known species #wormwednesday
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While exploring the #abyssalplain in international waters south of the Hawaiian Islands over 5,600 meters (18,300 feet) deep, we spotted a flamboyant #squidworm floating through the water, carrying what looks like a piece of #seacucumber.
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新種フカバハボウキ Ilyphagus salazarvallejoi を水深約5600mという非常に深い日本の海から発見しました! Ilyphagus属は深海の中でも更に深いところからしか見つからず、ほとんど研究のおこなわれていないグループです。日本からは初めての本属の報告となります。
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A New Species of Ilyphagus (Annelida: Flabelligeridae) from Japan #polychaetes #deepsea #SpeciesDiversity 🔓doi.org/10.12782/specdiv.31.…
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A commented catalogue of #Polyophthalmus Quatrefages, 1850 (#Annelida, #Opheliidae) including a new species from #Brazil #taxonomy #newspecies doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.587…
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New species and records of #Cirratulidae (#Annelida, #Polychaeta) from methane seep and seamount habitats in the Pacific Ocean off Costa Rica #taxonomy #newspecies doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.586…
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『Two New Species of Owenia from South China』 Article: zoolstud.sinica.edu.tw/Journ… Research Highlight: zoolstud.sinica.edu.tw/annoD…
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Well day 4 at IPC15 in Frankfurt certainly started with a smoking topic, and the underworld of Hydrothermal vents. This set up for a great set of talks on ecology, biodiversity and conservation.
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Global diversity and taxonomic overview of the phylum #Annelida: An integrative review #taxonomy doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.584…
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🐛 Genetic and morphological analyses have been used to clarify the true boundaries of the scale worm genus Eunoe, revealing that only six of the twenty-one species previously assigned to it truly belong there. 🔍 Read more: doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1283…
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The first new species of Oxydromus (#Annelida: #Hesionidae) from the #China Seas #taxonomy #newspecies doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.584…
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Two new species of #Aricidea (Aricidea) (#Annelida: #Paraonidae) from the Andaman coast and the Gulf of #Thailand #taxonomy #newspecies doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.584…
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A new species of deep-sea #Fouling Hyalopomatus (#Annelida: #Serpulidae) from the Mexican Pacific #taxonomy #newspecies doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.584…
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Two new species of pilargid polychaetes (#Annelida: #Pilargidae) from the southern Gulf of California, #Mexico #taxonomy #newspecies doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.583…
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🌊 New deep-sea worm species, Phalacrostemma ritto, described from 675 m depth on the Ritto Seamount of West Mariana Ridge, representing the deepest record of Sabellariidae in Japan and first occurrence of the genus in the region. ➡️ Check it out: doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1282…
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Description of five new species of #Capitellidae (#Annelida, #Canalipalpata, #Capitellida) from the coast of Chile (#SouthAmerica), and re-description of Mediomastus branchiferus Hartmann-Schröder, 1962 #taxonomy #newspecies doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.581…
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Four new species of Fauveliopsidae (#Annelida, Sedentaria) from the Gulf of #Thailand #taxonomy doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.580…
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