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Fauna of Australia 4A Phylum Sipuncula
FAUNA of AUSTRALIA Volume 4A POLYCHAETES & ALLIES The Southern Synthesis 5. PHYLUM SIPUNCULA STANLEY J. EDMONDS (Deceased 16 July 1995) © Commonwealth of Australia 2000. All material CC-BY unless otherwise stated. At night, Eunice Aphroditois emerges from its burrow to feed. Photo by Roger Steene DEFINITION AND GENERAL DESCRIPTION The Sipuncula is a group of soft-bodied, unsegmented, coelomate, worm-like marine invertebrates (Fig. 5.1; Pls 12.1–12.4). The body consists of a muscular trunk and an anteriorly placed, more slender introvert (Fig. 5.2), which bears the mouth at the anterior extremity of an introvert and a long, recurved, spirally wound alimentary canal lies within the spacious body cavity or coelom. The anus lies dorsally, usually on the anterior surface of the trunk near the base of the introvert. Tentacles either surround, or are associated with the mouth. Chaetae or bristles are absent. Two nephridia are present, occasionally only one. The nervous system, although unsegmented, is annelidan-like, consisting of a long ventral nerve cord and an anteriorly placed brain. The sexes are separate, fertilisation is external and cleavage of the zygote is spiral. The larva is a free-swimming trochophore. They are known commonly as peanut worms. AB D 40 mm 10 mm 5 mm C E 5 mm 5 mm Figure 5.1 External appearance of Australian sipunculans. A, SIPUNCULUS ROBUSTUS (Sipunculidae); B, GOLFINGIA VULGARIS HERDMANI (Golfingiidae); C, THEMISTE VARIOSPINOSA (Themistidae); D, PHASCOLOSOMA ANNULATUM (Phascolosomatidae); E, ASPIDOSIPHON LAEVIS (Aspidosiphonidae). (A, B, D, from Edmonds 1982; C, E, from Edmonds 1980) 2 Sipunculans live in burrows, tubes and protected places. -
Guide to the MEDITERRANEAN SIPUNCULANS
Guide to the MEDITERRANEAN SIPUNCULANS Introduction Sipunculans, commonly known as peanut worms, are a group of exclusively marine benthic organisms. They are protostome, coe- lomate, unsegmented bilaterally symmetric invertebrates. Since the mid-twentieth century Sipuncula was considered an independ- ent phylum (Hyman 1959; Stephen 1964; Clark 1969; Stephen & Edmonds 1972), but nowadays this status is unclear and recent genetic studies would place the group within the phylum Annelida in a clade yet to be determined (e.g. Struck et al. 2007, 2011; Dordel et al. 2010). Sipunculans are likely to be placed in their own class in Annelida due to their distinctive features; e.g. lack of segmentation, U-shaped digestive tube and a sipunculan-specific larva (pelagosphera). From this perspective, in the present work no particular taxonomic rank has been assigned them. Nowadays, the sipunculans remain a group of little known and scarcely studied animals. This is mainly due to a lack of specialists (no more than 20 worldwide) and difficulties in species identifi- cation, since a detailed dissection is often required to clarify the details of their internal anatomy. Dissection is a difficult technique that requires skills and training, since most of the specimens are just a few mm in length. Moreover there is a lack of specific teach- ing materials. Although a few monographs aid in identification (Saiz-Salinas 1993; Cutler 1994; Pancucci-Papadopoulou et al. 1999), the information included is insufficiently illustrated, which is always a major problem. There are thus large gaps in the knowl- edge of this taxon. Unfortunately, most sipunculans collected in macrobenthic studies are not identified further than Phylum level, except for a few common species. -
Trophic Cascade Modelling in Bathyal Ecosystems
Doctoral Thesis Trophic cascade modelling in bathyal ecosystems Author: Supervisor: Valeria Mamouridis Dr. Francesc Maynou A thesis submitted in fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in the Bio-Economic Modelling Research Group Dept. de Recursos Marins Renovables (ICM-CSIC) and the Dept. de Ingenier´ıa Hidr´aulica, Mar´ıtima y Ambiental (EHMA-UPC) February 2015 Declaration of Authorship I, Valeria Mamouridis , declare that this thesis titled, ’Trophic cascade modelling in bathyal ecosystems’ and the work presented in it are my own. I confirm that: ∎ This work was done wholly or mainly while in candidature for a research degree at this University. ∎ Where any part of this thesis has previously been submitted for a degree or any other qualification at this University or any other institution, this has been clearly stated. ∎ Where I have consulted the published work of others, this is always clearly attributed. ∎ Where I have quoted from the work of others, the source is always given. With the exception of such quotations, this thesis is entirely my own work. ∎ I have acknowledged all main sources of help. ∎ Where the thesis is based on work done by myself jointly with others, I have made clear exactly what was done by others and what I have contributed myself. Signed: Date: iii INSTITUT DE CI ENCIES` DEL MAR (CSIC) UNIVERSITAT POLIT ECNICA` DE CATALUNYA Abstract Dept. de Ingenier´ıa Hidr´aulica, Mar´ıtima y Ambiental (EHMA-UPC) Dept. de Recursos Marins Renovables (ICM-CSIC) Doctor of Philosophy Trophic Cascade Modelling in Bathyal Ecosystems by Valeria Mamouridis In this Ph.D. -
Polychaeta: Serpulidae)
Memoirs of Museum Victoria 71: 85–95 (2014) Published December 2014 ISSN 1447-2546 (Print) 1447-2554 (On-line) http://museumvictoria.com.au/about/books-and-journals/journals/memoirs-of-museum-victoria/ A review of the occurrence and ecology of dense populations of Ditrupa arietina (Polychaeta: Serpulidae) JOHN P. HARTLEY (http://zoobank.org/urn:lsid:zoobank.org:author:5C51172A-E84D-426C-918B-8DE2EAD48986) Hartley Anderson Limited, Blackstone, Dudwick, Ellon, Aberdeenshire AB41 8ER, UK ([email protected]) Abstract Hartley, J.P. 2014. A review of the occurrence and ecology of dense populations of Ditrupa arietina (Polychaeta: Serpulidae). Memoirs of Museum Victoria 71: 85–95. Dense populations of the free-living serpulid Ditrupa arietina were first recorded to the west and north of the Shetland Isles in the 1920s and have since been reported from the Celtic and North Seas, the Armorican shelf, the Mediterranean and the Azores. These dense populations (of many thousands per square metre) numerically dominate the benthic fauna, and the tubes provide sites of attachment for a range of other species. Vacated tubes are also occupied by other animals, and tube fragments can contribute significantly to biogenic carbonate sediments, both Recent and fossil. Dense Ditrupa populations have been the subject of detailed autecological research over the last 15 years, but in spite of the apparent ecological importance of the species, it is not reflected in the European Nature Information System (EUNIS) or other North-east (NE) Atlantic habitat classifications. This paper provides a synthesis of the environmental conditions where high densities of Ditrupa have been found, with new data from seabed samples and photos. -
Drilling Predation Upon Ditrupa Arietina (Polychaeta: Serpulidae) from the Mid-Atlantic Açores, Portugal
AÇOREANA, Suplemento 6, Setembro 2009: 157-165 DRILLING PREDATION UPON DITRUPA ARIETINA (POLYCHAETA: SERPULIDAE) FROM THE MID-ATLANTIC AÇORES, PORTUGAL Brian Morton & E.M. Harper Department of Zoology, The Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, London SW7 5BD, UK. E-mail: [email protected] Department of Earth Sciences, University of Cambridge, Downing Street, Cambridge CB2 3EQ, UK. E-mail: [email protected] ABSTRACT A small, but significant proportion of the empty tubes of the free-living serpulid Ditrupa arietina dredged from the seabed off São Miguel, Açores, were punctured by small round holes. Analysis of these holes shows that they are typically single, made from the outside of the tube and located preferentially, suggesting that they represent the work of a predator. The likely identity of the predator is discussed but based on the co-occurrence in the dredges and the fact that most of the holes have a distinctive countersunk mor- phology, it is suggested that they were made by the small naticid Natica prietoi. If so, this study is the first record of such a predator/prey relationship. RESUMO Uma pequena mas significativa porção de tubos do serpulídeo livre Ditrupa arietina dragados do fundo marinho ao largo de São Miguel, Açores, estavam perfurados por pequenos orifícios redondos. Análise desses orifícios mostra que eles são tipicamente singulares, feito a partir do exterior do tubo e localizados preferencialmente, sugerindo que representam o trabalho de um predador. Discute-se a identidade provável do predador mas, com base na co-ocorrência nas dragagens e no facto de que a maioria dos orifícios possui uma distinta morfologia chanfrada, sugere-se que foram feitos pelo pequeno naticídeo Natica prietoi. -
Biodiversity and Ecological Composition of Macrobenthos on Cold-Water Coral Mounds and Adjacent Off-Mound Habitat in the Bathyal Porcupine Seabight, NE Atlantic
ARTICLE IN PRESS Deep-Sea Research I 54 (2007) 654–672 www.elsevier.com/locate/dsri Biodiversity and ecological composition of macrobenthos on cold-water coral mounds and adjacent off-mound habitat in the bathyal Porcupine Seabight, NE Atlantic Lea-Anne Henry, J. Murray Robertsà Scottish Association for Marine Science, Dunstaffnage Marine Laboratory, Oban, Argyll, PA37 1QA, UK Received 25 May 2006; received in revised form 11 January 2007; accepted 15 January 2007 Available online 7 February 2007 Abstract The cold-water scleractinian corals Lophelia pertusa and Madrepora oculata form mound structures on the continental shelf and slope in the NE Atlantic. This study is the first to compare the taxonomic biodiversity and ecological composition of the macrobenthos between on- and off-mound habitats. Seven box cores from the summits of three mounds and four cores from an adjacent off-mound area in the Belgica Mound Province in the Porcupine Seabight yielded 349 species, including 10 undescribed species. On-mound habitat was three times more speciose, and was richer with higher evenness and significantly greater Shannon’s diversity than off-mound. Species composition differed significantly between habitats and the four best discriminating species were Pliobothrus symmetricus (more frequent off-mound), Crisia nov. sp, Aphrocallistes bocagei and Lophelia pertusa (all more frequent on-mound). Filter/suspension feeders were significantly more abundant on-mound, while deposit feeders were significantly more abundant off-mound. Species composition did not significantly differ between mounds, but similarity within replicates decreased from Galway MoundoThe´ re` se Moundooff-mound. We propose that, despite having greater vertical habitat heterogeneity that supports higher biodiversity, coral mounds have a characteristic ‘‘reef fauna’’ linked to species’ biology that contrasts with the higher horizontal habitat heterogeneity conferred by the action of deposit feeders and a varied seabed sedimentary facies off- mound. -
Influence of Anthropogenic Impacts and Sediment Characteristics on Their Distribution
Animal Biodiversity and Conservation 34.1 (2011) 101 Soft–bottom sipunculans from San Pedro del Pinatar (Western Mediterranean): influence of anthropogenic impacts and sediment characteristics on their distribution L. M. Ferrero–Vicente, Á. Loya–Fernández, C. Marco–Méndez, E. Martínez–García & J. L. Sánchez–Lizaso Ferrero–Vicente, L. M., Loya–Fernández, Á., Marco–Méndez, C., Martínez–García, E. & Sánchez–Lizaso, J. L., 2011. Soft–bottom sipunculans from San Pedro del Pinatar (Western Mediterranean): influence of anthropogenic impacts and sediment characteristics on their distribution. Animal Biodiversity and Conservation, 34.1: 101–111. Abstract Soft–bottom sipunculans from San Pedro del Pinatar (Western Mediterranean): influence of anthropogenic impacts and sediment characteristics on their distribution.— We analysed the distribution of soft bottom sipun- culans from San Pedro del Pinatar (Western Mediterranean). This study was carried out from December 2005 to June 2010, sampling with biannual periodicity (June and December). Physical and chemical parameters of the sediment were analysed (granulometry, organic matter content, pH, bottom salinity and shelter availability). Nine different species and subspecies were identified, belonging to five families.Aspidosiphon muelleri muelleri was the dominant species, accumulating 89.06% of the total abundance of sipunculans. Higher sipunculan abundances were correlated with stations of higher percentage of coarse sand, empty mollusc shells and empty tubes of the serpulid polychaete Ditrupa arietina, -
The Biology of the Zoning Subtidal Polychaete Ditrupa Arietina (Serpulidae) in the Açores, Portugal, with a Description of the Life History of Its Tube
AÇOREANA, Suplemento 6, Setembro 2009: 145-156 THE BIOLOGY OF THE ZONING SUBTIDAL POLYCHAETE DITRUPA ARIETINA (SERPULIDAE) IN THE AÇORES, PORTUGAL, WITH A DESCRIPTION OF THE LIFE HISTORY OF ITS TUBE Brian Morton & Andreia Salvador Department of Zoology, The Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, London SW7 5BD, U.K. e-mail addresses: [email protected]; [email protected] ABSTRACT In the Açores, Portugal, the steeply descending continental shelf is characterized at dif- ferent depths by two endobenthic suspension feeding species: the shallower-living (0-~100 metres) bivalve Ervilia castanea and the deeper-residing serpulid (~100–250 metres) Ditrupa arietina. As a dominant member of the continental shelf fauna, D. arietina provides a habi- tat for a number of epibiont species that attach to its tubes anteriorly. These include the cemented, introduced, serpulid Hydroides elegans, three species of foraminiferans and a number of species of, mostly unidentifiable, bryozoans. Tubes of D. arietina are also drilled and, hence, predated by a prosobranch naticid gastropod, possibly Natica prietoi. Ditrupa arietina lives for ~2 years with most growth occurring during the first year and with sex- ual maturity also occurring in the first year of life so that, post reproduction and death, its tube becomes available for secondary colonization by Aspidosiphon muelleri (Sipuncula). At this time, anterior epibionts die, because the sipunculan orientates the tube anterior end down, but further epibionts can now colonize the posterior end of the tube. With time and wear, the tube slowly degenerates. Throughout its life history, therefore, the tube of D. ari- etina functions as an inhabitable substratum and is thus a locally important Açorean habi- tat for a suite of other epibenthic species. -
Biogenic Formations V2.Pdf
BIOGENIC FORMATIONS IN THE SLOVENIAN SEA LOVRENC LIPEJ, MARTINA ORLANDO-BONACA, BORUT MAVRIC PIRAN, 2016 Title: BIOGENIC FORMATIONS IN THE SLOVENIAN SEA Authors: prof. dr. Lovrenc LIPEJ, dr. Martina ORLANDO-BONACA and dr. Borut MAVRIČ Photographs and illustrations: Emiliano GORDINI, Sara KALEB, Simon KERMA, Petar KRUŽIĆ, Lovrenc LIPEJ, Tihomir MAKOVEC, Borut MAVRIČ, Sašo MOšKON, Roberto ODORICO, Martina ORLANDO-BONACA, Milijan šIšKO, Iztok šKORNIK Scientific revision: dr. Janja FRANCÉ IV Lecture: LITTERAE® P. MARINOU – S. VLAVIANOU OE Graphic design: Borut MAVRIČ Publisher: National Institute of Biology, Marine Biology Station Piran For publisher: prof. dr. Tamara LAH Turnšek Print: SCHWARZ PRINT d.o.o. Circulation: 500 Place and year of publishing: Piran, 2016 This document has been printed within the framework of Project on Mapping of key marine habitats in the Mediterranean and promoting their conservation through the establishment of Specially Protected Areas of Mediterranean Importance (SPAMIs)” (MedKeyHabitats Project). The Medkeyhabitats Project is implemented with the financial support of MAVA foundation. CIP - Kataložni zapis o publikaciji Narodna in univerzitetna knjižnica, Ljubljana 551.26(262.3-17) 574.1(262.3-17) LIPEJ, Lovrenc Biogenic formations in the Slovenian sea / Lovrenc Lipej, Martina Orlando-Bonaca, Borut Mavrič ; [photographs Emiliano Gordini ... [et al.] ; illustrations Tihomir Makovec, Milijan Šiško]. - Piran : Nacionalni inštitut za biologijo, Morska biološka postaja, 2016 ISBN 978-961-93486-4-2 1. Orlando-Bonaca, -
In Riferimentoalla Richiesta ISPRA Prot. Nr 0037856 Del 11/06/2018
m_amte.DVA.REGISTRO UFFICIALE.I.0014728.26-06-2018 In riferimentoalla Richiesta ISPRA prot. Nr 0037856 del 11/06/2018, aseguito dell'invio deirisultati del del piano di monitoraggio dell'Ambiente Marino relativo allepiattaformeRospo Mare (AIA DM n°67 del 15/04/2015), inviamo con la presente ladocumentazione integrativa(allegati). Distinti saluti. Edison Spa Segreteria Direzione STUDIOINFO_FIRMA Allegati ALLEGATO 1. Schema delle attività di monitoraggio e codici dei campioni di sedimento prelevati intorno alle piattaforme di Campo Rospo Mare. 3 ALLEGATO 2. Risultati analitici della caratterizzazione granulometrica dei sedimenti prelevati intorno alle piattaforme di Campo Rospo Mare. 21 ALLEGATO 3. Risultati delle analisi chimiche (metalli in traccia, idrocarburi policiclici aromatici e idrocarburi alifatici) effettuate nei sedimenti prelevati intorno alle piattaforme di Campo Rospo Mare. 25 ALLEGATO 4. Lista delle specie rinvenute e risultati complessivi delle analisi delle comunità bentoniche effettuate sui sedimenti prelevati intorno alle piattaforme di Campo Rospo Mare. 35 ALLEGATO 5. Risultati analitici del bioaccumulo di metalli in traccia nei policheti Hediste diversicolor esposti ai sedimenti prelevati intorno alle piattaforme di Campo Rospo Mare. 51 ALLEGATO 6. Risultati analitici delle concentrazioni di metalli in traccia, idrocarburi policiclici aromatici e idrocarburi alifatici misurate nei tessuti dei mitili naturali e di quelli trapiantati sulle piattaforme di Campo Rospo Mare. 55 ALLEGATO 7. Risultati analitici dei biomarker misurati nei tessuti dei mitili naturali e di quelli trapiantati sulle piattaforme di Campo Rospo Mare. 61 ALLEGATO 8. Output del modello Sediqualsoft per l’elaborazione complessiva di tutti i risultati chimici dei campioni di sedimento prelevati intorno alle piattaforme di Campo Rospo Mare. -
Understanding the Marine Environment – Seabed Habitat Investigations of Submarine Structures in the Mid Irish Sea and Solan Bank Area of Search (Aos)
JNCC Report No. 430 Understanding the marine environment – seabed habitat investigations of submarine structures in the mid Irish Sea and Solan Bank Area of Search (AoS) Paul Whomersley, Christian Wilson, Annika Clements, Craig Brown, David Long, Alick Leslie and David Limpenny March 2010 © JNCC, Peterborough 2010 ISSN 0963-8091 For further information please contact: Joint Nature Conservation Committee Monkstone House City Road Peterborough Cambridgeshire PE1 1JY Email: [email protected] Tel: +44 (0)1733 866840 Fax: +44 (0)1733 555948 Website: www.jncc.gov.uk This report should be cited as: Whomersley, P., Wilson, C., Clements, A., Brown, C., Long, D., Leslie, A. & Limpenny. D. 2010. Understanding the marine environment – seabed habitat investigations of submarine structures in the mid Irish Sea and Solan Bank Area of Search (AoS). JNCC Report No. 430. Understanding the marine environment – seabed habitat investigations of submarine structures in the mid Irish Sea and Solan Bank Area of Search (AoS)` Contents 1 Summary ........................................................................................................................................ 1 1.1 Submarine structures in the mid-Irish Sea ............................................................................. 1 1.2 Solan Bank ............................................................................................................................. 2 2 Introduction ................................................................................................................................... -
Annelid Diversity: Historical Overview and Future Perspectives
diversity Review Annelid Diversity: Historical Overview and Future Perspectives María Capa 1,* and Pat Hutchings 2,3 1 Departament de Biologia, Universitat de les Illes Balears, 07122 Palma, Spain 2 Australian Museum Research Institute, Australian Museum, 1 William Street, Sydney 2010, Australia; [email protected] 3 Biological Sciences, Macquarie University, North Ryde 2109, Australia * Correspondence: [email protected] Abstract: Annelida is a ubiquitous, common and diverse group of organisms, found in terrestrial, fresh waters and marine environments. Despite the large efforts put into resolving the evolutionary relationships of these and other Lophotrochozoa, and the delineation of the basal nodes within the group, these are still unanswered. Annelida holds an enormous diversity of forms and biological strategies alongside a large number of species, following Arthropoda, Mollusca, Vertebrata and perhaps Platyhelminthes, among the species most rich in phyla within Metazoa. The number of currently accepted annelid species changes rapidly when taxonomic groups are revised due to synonymies and descriptions of a new species. The group is also experiencing a recent increase in species numbers as a consequence of the use of molecular taxonomy methods, which allows the delineation of the entities within species complexes. This review aims at succinctly reviewing the state-of-the-art of annelid diversity and summarizing the main systematic revisions carried out in the group. Moreover, it should be considered as the introduction to the papers that form this Special Issue on Systematics and Biodiversity of Annelids. Keywords: Annelida; diversity; systematics; species; new developments; special issue Citation: Capa, M.; Hutchings, P. Annelid Diversity: Historical Overview and Future Perspectives.