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11th International Polychaete Conference Sydney, Australia 4-9 August 2013 Program Handbook and Abstracts A workshop for invited polychaete taxonomists is being held after the Lizard Island Polychaete Workshop conference at the Australian Museum’s Lizard Island Research Station Funding for the 2013 polychaete taxonomic workshop at Lizard Island being (photos inside front and back cover), thanks to support from the Lizard held directly after the conference has been proudly provided by LIRRF. This funding is part of the on-going mission of LIRRF. Most visiting research Island Reef Research Foundation scientists who use the facilities of the Lizard Island Research Station (LIRS) are affiliated with academic or research institutions and are dependent on grants. The "bench fees" they can afford to pay are insufficient to cover LIRS operating and capital costs. The Australian Museum and LIRRF make up the gap. Every year LIRRF is having to increase the amount it collects from its donor base to support LIRS because government funding for the Museum and academic research is in steady long-term decline. The need to continue research at Lizard Island has never been greater. The Great Barrier Reef with its associated sand, seagrass, mangrove and inter-reefal communities is one of the largest and most diverse ecosystems on our planet. It is immensely rich in undiscovered and unexplored life forms. We need to extend our understanding of this amazing place (a) because we humans are inherently curious about other life forms, especially those as diverse as those found on the reef; (b) because research in this wonderland is yielding information of enormous practical use and potential; and (c) because the reef is at risk as a result of human activity; we need to know the scientific basis and extent of that risk and how to conserve the area for future generations. For more details regarding the facilities available at Lizard Island check out the website http://australianmuseum.net. au/image/Lizard-Island-Research-Station/LIRS. LIRS has been operating since 1973 as a facility of the Australian Museum. The Station has an extensive library and local field-guide database. The library now has over 1,600 publications based on research carried out at LIRS and the field guide database has accumulated a wealth of location-specific and species- specific information. The polychaete workshop will generate important contributions to both the library and the field guide database. It will also serve as a pilot for future workshops focusing on other taxa. This is an excellent way to accelerate the discovery and documentation of Lizard Island biodiversity. The Foundation is very much aware that outside of the marine science community there is relatively little appreciation of the incredible number and diversity of polychaete species, their beauty, their amazing biology, their importance in the food chain, or the work they do in grooming their environment for the benefit of other life. LIRRF needs scientists and taxonomists to share the wonder, to help develop and sustain donor support. Publicity associated with the International Polychaete Conference being hosted by the Australian Museum in Sydney will assist in this regard. 2013 INTERNATIONAL POLYCHAETE CONFERENCE IPC2013 PROGRAM AND ABSTRACT HANDBOOK 4 - 9 August 2013 Australian Museum Sydney, New South Wales Photographic Credits Front cover (from left top, clockwise): Phyllodoce sp. (photo by A. Semenov); Serpula uschakovi Kupriyanova, 1999, (photo by A. Semenov); Teuthidodrilus samae Osborn, Madin & Rouse, 2011, (photo by M. Aw); Pseudopotamilla reniformis (Bruguière, 1789), (photo by A. Semenov); Alitta virens (M. Sars, 1835), (photo by A. Semenov); Myrianida pachycera (Augener, 1913), (photo by G. Rouse); Loimia sp. (photo by G. Cranitch). Lizard Island photos on the inside covers (from left top, to right) Inside front cover: Vanessa Messmer, Anne Hoggett, Lyle Vail (2), Inside back cover: Anne Hoggett, Charlie Shuetrim Loimia on Contents page: Gary Cranitch © International Polychaete Conference. 2013 Abstracts may be reproduced provided that appropriate acknowledgement is given and the reference cited. Requests for this book should be made to: Dr Pat Hutchings Senior Principal Research Scientist Science and Learning - Marine Invertebrates Australian Museum 6 College Street Sydney NSW 2010 Australia Cost: $33.00 plus postage Date of Publication: 01 August 2013 Program and Abstracts for the 2013 11th International Polychaete Conference (4 - 9 August 2013, Sydney, New South Wales Australia) Conference Logo: Jeremy Austen, Australian Museum Layout and typeset: Narelle Hall Printed by: jtpress, Redcliffe, Queensland CONFERENCE SECRETARIAT Narelle Hall, RealEvents Pty Ltd, 358 Bular Road, Kilkivan Qld 4600. [email protected] 2 CONTENTS Australian Museum Map .................................................................................................................................... 4 Welcome from IPC2013 Committee Chair ............................................................................................................ 5 General Conference Information ......................................................................................................................... 6 Conference Social Functions ................................................................................................................................ 7 Invited Keynote Speakers .................................................................................................................................... 8 Professor Damhnait McHugh .............................................................................................................................. 8 Phylogeny of polychaetes Monday 8:50 - 9:20 am Our current understanding of annelid evolutionary relationships Professor Pei-Yuan Qian ...................................................................................................................................... 9 Development: Tuesday 8:40 - 9:10 am Molecular mechanisms of larval attachment and metamorphosis of Hydroides elegans Dr Jim Gehling ...................................................................................................................................................10 Bird’s Eye View Plenary: Thursday 8:35-9:05 am When the worm turned: the quest for Ediacaran bilaterians Professor Günter Purschke ...............................................................................................................................11 Systematics, Evolution and Phylogeny of Annelida Friday 8.35-9.05 Systematics, Evolution and Phylogeny of Annelida – a morphological perspective Thank You to our Sponsors ................................................................................................................................12 Program Explanation and Timetable - Sunday ...................................................................................................15 Timetable - Monday ..........................................................................................................................................16 Timetable - Tuesday ..........................................................................................................................................18 Timetable - Wednesday & Thursday ..................................................................................................................20 Members night – Thursday 8th August 2013 22 Timetable - Friday 9 August ...............................................................................................................................23 Poster Presentations .....................................................................................................................................25-34 Table of Contents (Abstracts) ........................................................................................................................35-46 Abstracts - Oral and Poster Presentations ...................................................................................................47-131 Delegate List ............................................................................................................................................132-134 3 AUSTRALIAN MUSEUM MAP 4 WELCOME FROM IPC2013 COMMITTEE CHAIR Dear Fellow Polychaetologists, First of all I would like to welcome you to Sydney for the 11th International Polychaete Conference, for some it represents a return to Sydney after 30 years but for others it will be your first visit to Sydney and to the Australian Museum. Way back in 1981/82 after having attended the Crustacean, Mollusc and Echinoderm conferences being held at the Australian Museum, I began to think of hosting a polychaete conference. At that stage we had never had such a meeting. I visited the Smithsonian Institute in Washington and the Natural History Museum in London, and I obtained the promise from both Meredith Jones and David George that if the meeting went ahead they would come. I thought they would be excellent drawcards. So back in Sydney I started planning the meeting with Sebastian Rainer and about 95 people from about 15 countries came downunder. I relied upon my friends to help me with the welcome picnic in the Botanical Gardens on the Sunday and museum volunteers prepared all the lunches and morning and afternoon teas. We even had a field trip to Lizard directly after the meeting. This was all done before the advent of the internet and letters were