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PSAMMONALIA The Newsletter of the International Association of Meiobenthologists Number 152, August 2009 Composed and Printed at: Department of Zoology Federal University of Pernambuco Recife, PE, 50670-420 BRAZIL DON’T FORGET TO RENEW YOUR MEMBERSHIP IN IAM! THE APPLICATION CAN BE FOUND AT THE END OF THIS ISSUE OR AT: http://www.meiofauna.org/appform.html Don’t forget… Ghent - Belgium July 12-16, 2010 This Newsletter is not part of the scientific literature for taxonomic purposes. 1 The International Association of Meiobenthologists Executive Committee Paulo Santos Dept. of Zoology, Federal University of Pernambuco, Recife, Chairperson PE 50670-420 Brazil [[email protected]] Keith Walters Dept. of Marine Science, Coastal Carolina University, POB Past Chairperson 261954, Conway, SC 29528-6054 USA [[email protected]] Ann Vanreusel Lab Morphologie, Universiteit Gent, Ladengancjstraat 35, Treasurer B-9000 Gent, Belgium [[email protected]] Jyotsna Sharma Dept. of Biology, University of Texas at San Antonio, San Assistant Treasurer Antonio, TX 78249-0661, USA [[email protected]] Monika Bright Dept. of Marine Biology, University of Vienna, Vienna, A- (term expires 2013) 1090, Austria [[email protected]] Tom Moens Ghent University, Biology Department, Marine Biology (term expires 2013) Section, Gent, B-9000, Belgium [[email protected]] Kevin Carman Dept. of Biology, A103 Life Sciences, Louisiana State (term expires 2010) University, Baton Rouge LA 70803 USA [[email protected]] Emil Olafsson Menntun Consultoría, c/Cava Alta 9, 2ºC, Madrid 28005 (term expires 2010) Spain [[email protected]] Ex-Officio Executive Committee (Past Chairpersons) 1966-67 Robert Higgins 1984-86 Olav Giere Founding Editor 1968-69 W. Duane Hope 1987-89 John Fleeger 1970-71 John Gray 1990-92 Richard Warwick 1972-73 Wilfried Westheide 1993-95 Paul Montagna 1974-75 Bruce Coull 1996-98 Magda Vincx 1976-77 Jeanne Renaud-Mornant 1999-2001 Yoshihisa Shirayama 1978-79 William Hummon 2002-04 John Lambshead 1980-81 Robert Higgins 2005-07 Keith Walters 1982-83 Carlo Heip Board of Correspondents Antonio Todaro Dipartimento di Biologia Animale, Univeristy di Modena e Reggio Emilia, Via Campi 213/d, I-41100 Modena, Italy Teresa Radziejewska Department of Palaeoceanology, University of Szczecin, ul. Mickiewicza 18, 70-383 Szczecin, Poland Webmaster Jeffrey Baguley University of Nevada, Reno, Department of Biology, Mailstop 314, Reno, NV 89557 [[email protected]] This Newsletter is not part of the scientific literature for taxonomic purposes. 2 Editorial Bom dia! Next Conference In my first Editorial I suggested that the exchange of information about on- going Projects, student training The International Association of opportunities/courses, occurrences of Meiobenthologists is pleased to invite known (or unknown) taxa and several you to participate in its 14th other activities may possibly increase International Meiofauna Conference – our networking. Such information FourtIMCo – in Ghent, Belgium, from would increase interactions among July 12th – 16th 2010. members and hence inject some new blood in IAM. Despite this Full registration + abstract submission encouragement few members are deadline: 15/03/2010. sending news of their activities that could be useful for others. Well, I am More details in: trying an alternative way. Gathering http://www.fourtimco.ugent.be/index.asp recent literature enabled me to see how many people are publishing on meiofauna but are still not members of Workshop IAM. I am thus making use of this list of people/mails to invite them to come to Fourtimco (I expect they will not be The Census of Marine Life project bothered by my emails) and also to ChEss (Biogeography of Deep-Water become members of our association. Chemosynthetic Ecosystems) is Nevertheless I insist that exchanging organizing a workshop on ‘Meiofauna back-stage information will prove most from chemosynthetic deep-sea helpful for maintaining the Association environments’ in conjunction with the health. Send your news! 14th International Meiofauna Conference at the Ghent University Cheers, August, 17 2010. This workshop is Paulo organized by Monika Bright and Ann Vanreusel and we would like to invite you to attend for free. The aim of this workshop is to bring together meiofauna researchers who are interested in any biological aspect concerning deep- sea reducing environments, such as hydrothermal vents, cold seeps, whale falls, sunken wood, and areas of low oxygen that intersect with continental margins and seamounts. This Newsletter is not part of the scientific literature for taxonomic purposes. 3 We will have sessions in which we will Bloomington, IL 61702-2900, USA. discuss the current state of knowledge Phone: 309-556-1063. of biogeography, biodiversity and e-mail: [email protected] abundance, ecology, origin and evolution, morphological and molecular Susan M. Sewell, 790 County Road 37, phylogeny, and taxonomy, and future Leesburg, AL USA. Phone: 256-526- plans. Further we will discuss the 7335. possiblities of multidisciplinary and e-mail: [email protected] integrative research, building a platform of researchers to combine our Eric N. Powell, 6959 Miller Ave., Port efforts in databases, field programmes, Norris, NS 08349, USA Phone: 856- and outreach activities. 785-0074 x4309. e-mail: [email protected] Webpage: http://www.hydrothermalvent.com/php/c Hiroshi Yamasaki, Division of Natural hess-workshop.html History Sciences, Hokkaido University Kita 10 Nishi 8 Sapporo 0600810 Japan Registration: email to Monika Bright e-mail: [email protected] [email protected] Emil Ólafsson (new address) Deadline of registration June 30, 2010 I.E.O.- Centre Oceanogràfic de les Balears P.O. Box 291 Any questions and suggestions: email to 07080 Palma (Spain) Monika Bright Phone: (34) 971401877 [email protected] Fax: (34) 971404945 E-mail: [email protected] http://www.ieo.es New Members Stephen C. Landers, 219A MSCS Dept. Gastrotricha project Bio. Env. Sci., Troy University, Troy, AL 36082, USA . Phone: 334-670-3661. The US-NSF has funded a 3-year e-mail: [email protected] project entitled “An International Approach to the Biodiversity, Frank A. Romano III, Dept. Biology, Biogeography and Evolution of Jacksonville State Univ., 700 Pecham Caribbean Gastrotricha” PI is Rick Rd. N., Jacksonville, AL 36265, USA Hochberg (UM-Lovell-USA), other Phone: 256-782-5038 people involved are W.D. Hummon e-mail: [email protected] (USA), M.A. Todaro (Italy), C.Y. Chang Interests: Meiofauna of the Gulf of (Korea), A. Schmidt-Rhaesa (Germany), Mexico, Tardigrades A. Kieneke (Germany) and S.Z: Togouet (Cameroon). William Jaeckle, Dept. of Biology, Illinois Wesleyan Univ., P.O. Box 2900, This Newsletter is not part of the scientific literature for taxonomic purposes. 4 Goals of the Project. The proposed findings at conferences and in regional research (2010-2012) will be the most and international journals. comprehensive survey of marine International conferences and journals gastrotrichs from the western targeted by our project members hemisphere. The primary goals are as include: SICB, International Meiofauna follows: Conference, Caribbean Journal of 1. To survey, collect and catalogue Science, Invertebrate Biology, Journal marine gastrotrichs from a variety of of Morphology, Molecular Phylogenetics diverse habitats in the wider Caribbean. and Evolution, Zoologischer Anzeiger, This objective includes A) the Zoologica Scripta, Zootaxa identification of species-rich habitats 4. Enhance molecular databases within four marine ecoregions and B) through the sequencing of genes (coxI, determination if individual SIDS have 18S, 28S). Specific databases include distinct faunal assemblages. SIDS and the following: Genbank, Consortium for specific islands of interest include the the Barcode of Life, Moorea Biocode following: Bahamas - Perry Institute, Database Bahamas - Gerace, Barbados - Bellairs 5. Test hypotheses of cryptic speciation, Institute, Belize - Carrie Bow Cay, organ system evolution, and gastrotrich Bocas del Toro, Panama – STRI, phylogeny Cayman Islands- CCMI, Curacao – 6. Train multinational undergraduate CARMABI, Grenada – SGU, Jamaica – and graduate students in gastrotrich DMBL, Turks-Caicos – CMRS, US systematics and provide Training in Virgin Islands - VIERS Tropical Taxonomy Workshop to 2. Amend current electronic databases Central and South American students and build new museum archives in the with an interest in meiobenthology. USA, Central and South America, and internationally. Museums targeted for enhanced meiofauna collections include: Instituto de Biologia at the Universidad Course Nacional Autónoma de México, National Zoological Collection of Suriname, Jon Norenburg (NMNH) and Rachel University of Suriname, Smithsonian Collin (STRI) are offering some Institute National Museum of Natural vacancies for participants in the History, American Museum of Natural Meiofauna Diversity and Taxonomy History, Zoological Museum of the Course that will occur between the 7th University of Hamburg, Germany, The and 18 June, 2010 at Bocas Research Natural History Museum of Denmark, Station, Bocas del Toro, Panama. Copenhagen, Denmark, Natural History Museum of Ewha Womans University, Please see more information about the South Korea. course and application procedures at: 3. Construct CD-ROM, print and http://striweb.si.edu/taxonomy_training/ internet guides to the taxonomy of future_courses/2010/2010_encyclopedia_ Caribbean Gastrotricha,