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In any scientific discipline, meetings with presented papers and discussions are the most effective stimulus to the advancement of knowledge. Nemerteans have long been largely neglected because their taxonomy is difficult: the need for histological study of serial sections has proved inhibiting to most zoologists. During the last twenty years, however, this intriguing phylum has attracted the attention both of increasing numbers of taxonomists as well as of workers interested in many aspects of, for example, their ecology, evolution, physiology and fine structure. The enthusiam stemming from the First International Meeting held in Philadelphia during December 1983 made it abudantly clear that regular meetings of this type should be continued. The Second, at the Tjärnö Marine Biological Laboratory in Sweden (August 1986), emphasized the importance of such international gatherings. The Third Meeting was held in Britain, at Y Coleg Normal, Bangor, North Wales, August 10--15, 1991, with 24 participants from six countries. This volume records most of the papers given at the conference.
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Advances in Nemertean Biology Developments in Hydrobiology 89 Series editor H. J. Dumont Advances in Nemertean Biology Proceedings of the Third International Meeting on Nemertean Biology, Y Coleg Normal, Bangor, North Wales, August 10-15, 1991 Edited by R. Gibson, J. Moore & P. Sundberg Reprinted from Hydrobiologia, vol. val. 266 (1993) Springer-Science+Business Media, B.v. Kluwer Academic Publishers Dordrecht / Boston / London Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data A C.LP. Catalogue record for this book is available from the Library of Congress. ISBN 978-94-010-4909-2 ISBN 978-94-011-2052-4 (eBook) DOI 10.1007/978-94-011-2052-4 Printed an acid-free paper AII Rights Reserved © 1993 Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht Originally published by Kluwer Academic Publishers in 1993 No part of the material protected by this copyright notice may be reproduced or utilized in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical including photocopying, recording or by any information storage and retrieval system, without written permission from the copyright owner. v Contents Preface. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. vii List of participants and contributors .................................................. Vlll PART ONE: ECOLOGY Life cycles of nemerteans that are symbiotic egg predators of decapod Crustacea: adaptations to host life histories by A. M. Kuris ............................................................... Nemertea inhabiting the Haploops (Amphipoda) community of the northern 0resund with special reference to the biology of Nipponnemertes pulcher (Hoplonemertea) by 1. 1. McDermott ........................................................... Aspects of the biology of Pantinonemertes californiensis, a high intertidal nemertean by P. Roe ................................................................... The infestation and dispersion patterns of Carcinonemertes spp. (Nemertea) on their crab hosts by 1. D. Shields .............................................................. Carcinonemertes pinnotheridophila sp. nov. (Nemertea, Enopla, Carcinonemertidae) from the branchial chambers of Pinnixa chaetopterana (Crustacea, Decapoda, Pinnotheridae): description, incidence and biological relationships with the host by 1. 1. McDermott & R. Gibson ............................................... Ecological studies of the nemertean fauna in an estuarine system of the northwestern Gulf of Mexico by 1. O. Wern ..................................