Abstract
The history of the International Polychaetology Association and the triennial International Polychaete Conferences is reviewed. The first conference was held in Sydney, Australia, in July 1983; there have been nine subsequent meetings with the latest in Lecce, Italy, in June 2010. Venues have now spanned five continents and nine countries. Each conference has produced a peer-reviewed publication of the proceedings. The proceedings to date have included papers on a wide variety of topics including ecology, reproduction and development, morphology, phylogeny, and systematics. A total of 186 new species of polychaetes were described in the first nine proceedings. The International Polychaetology Association (IPA) was established at the second conference in Copenhagen, Denmark, in August 1986. A Constitution was drawn up that included a slate of officers (President, Secretary-Treasurer) and an Executive Council with membership selected from participants of countries represented at the Conference. The IPA was intended to encourage research on polychaetes, select venues for the triennial conference, serve as a forum among polychaetologists, and introduce new students to the field. The membership consists of the participants who enroll at individual conferences with each individual having a vote at the Business Meeting. Later amendments to the Constitution included defining instructions for proposing a venue for a conference and adding the position of Vice President to the slate of officers.
Introduction
Prior to 1983, apart from meetings focused on special topical themes or memorial gatherings, there had never been an international meeting dedicated entirely to polychaete biology and systematics. The idea of hosting such a meeting was conceived by Drs. Pat Hutchings and Sebastian Rainer as part of a series of Conferences that were organized to celebrate the 150th Anniversary of the Australian Museum. This meeting, formally known as the First International Polychaete Conference (IPC), took place at the Australian Museum in Sydney, Australia, in July 1983. At the close of the first conference, the participants agreed to meet again in Copenhagen, Denmark, in 1986 and every three years thereafter. Triennial meetings have continued through the 10th Conference in Lecce, Italy, in June 2010.
At the Second International Polychaete Conference in Copenhagen, the International Polychaetology Association (IPA) was formed with a formal Constitution and election of officers. At the same time, one or more representatives were elected by each member country to form an Executive Council. The IPA as originally conceived was intended to serve as the governing board for the triennial conferences, invite proposals for future conference venues, generally encourage research on polychaetes, provide a forum to exchange ideas, and introduce new students to the field.
This article reviews the scope of the IPA and the highlights of each the 10 conferences held over the past 27 years. Each of the 10 meetings has produced a formal publication of results that provides a major resource of information on polychaetes. A review of the scope of these publications and summary of new taxa described is also presented. In addition, a summary of other meetings and workshops dedicated to advancing polychaete research and resulting publications is included.
The International Polychaetology Association
The IPA was established in 1986 in Copenhagen when Dr. Jørgen Kirkegaard, Convener of the Second International Polychaete Conference, proposed the idea and developed a Constitution that was adopted at the meeting.
Initially, the primary function of the Association was focused on selecting a venue and Convener for the next triennial Conference. Representatives from individual countries comprised the IPA Executive Council whose role was to provide guidance to the Organizing Committee and to ensure that the host for the next Conference be made aware of all the people in that country or countries who were working on polychaetes. The membership of the IPA consisted of the participants who enrolled at individual conferences and each individual had a vote at the Business Meeting. No additional fees were to be paid for membership.
The second President, Dr. J. David George, who was elected during the third conference at Long Beach, simplified the language of the Constitution. Dr. Pat Hutchings replaced Dr. George after the fourth conference in France and developed procedures to select venues for the meetings and to ensure that there were several proposals to consider. This system was used in China to select the venue for the sixth meeting in Brazil in 1998. However, in subsequent years the number of proposals for venues declined. While there were three proposals presented at the sixth meeting in Brazil and two proposals at the Iceland meeting in 2001, there was only one at each of the three subsequent meetings. In fact, there were no pre-Conference proposals available when the Executive Council met in Madrid in 2004. The proposal by Dr. James Blake to host the ninth conference in Portland, Maine, was actually conceived while in Madrid and was not fully confirmed until the support of Dr. Kevin Eckelbarger (University of Maine) was obtained after the conference. Given the reality of decreasing proposals to host the triennial conference, Dr. Blake, as IPA President for 2007–2010, initiated discussions with several potential conveners for venues in 2013, but also suggested that they consider 2016 or a subsequent meeting year if they were not prepared for 2013. With this approach, potential conveners should have a longer timeframe in which to plan for such meetings.
The Constitution
The updated Constitution that was ratified at the 1995 Conference in Qindao, China, was posted on the Annelid Resources website (http://www.annelida.net) and remained unchanged until the 2007 conference in Portland, Maine. At that time, the Constitution was amended to include the addition of the Office of Vice President, which was made necessary by the absence of the elected President at the Meeting. The Vice President will also provide an additional senior voice to help guide the IPA and Conference Conveners. The first Vice President, Dr. Robin Wilson, was elected at the recent conference in Lecce, Italy. The current version of the Constitution is attached to this article as Appendix A.
The Officers
Past and present officers of the IPA are listed here.
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Jørgen B. Kirkegaard (1986–1989) |
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J. David George (1989–1992) | |
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Pat Hutchings (1992–1995) | |
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Kristian Fauchald (1995–1998) | |
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Donald J. Reish (1998–2001) | |
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Maria Cristina Gambi (2001–2004) | |
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Guillermo San Martin (2004–2007) | |
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James A. Blake (2007–2010) | |
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Paulo Lana (2010–2013) | |
| Vice President: | = |
Robin Wilson (2010–2013) |
| Secretary-Treasurer: | = |
Donald J. Reish (1986–1998) |
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Andrew S.Y. Mackie (1998–2004) | |
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Ruth Barnich (2004–2010) | |
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Damhnait McHugh (2010–2013) |
Current Membership of The Executive Council (*present at 10th IPC Executive Council Meeting in Lecce, Italy)
*Australia: Pat Hutchings
*Brazil: Paulo Lana
Canada: Sheila Byers
Chile: Franklin Carrasco
China: Pei-Yuan Qian
*Denmark: Danny Eibye-Jacobsen
France: Michel Bhaud
*Germany: Brigitte Ebbe
*Germany: Albrecht Fischer
*Greece: Christos Arvanitidis
*Israel: Nechama Ben-Eliahu
*Italy: Maria Cristina Gambi
*Japan: Waka Sato-Okoshi
*Mexico: Vivianne Solis-Weis
*Norway: Torkild Bakken
*Russia: Temir Britayev
*South Africa: Carole Simon
*Spain: Maite Aguado
*Turkey: Melih Ertan Cinar
*UK: Susan Chambers
USA: Dan Dauer
*USA: Damhnait McHugh
*Past President: James A. Blake
*Current President: Paulo Lana
*Current Secretary-Treasurer: Damhnait McHugh
The future of the IPA
In addition to publishing the triennial Proceedings of the International Conference, the possibility of a journal devoted to polychaete research has been discussed for many years. With the success of Zootaxa and its affiliated journals such as Molluscan Research, Phytotaxa, and Zoosymposia, the possibility of such a journal is all the more possible. The IPA can play an important role in promoting a journal of polychaete research.
A dedicated website for the IPA is needed. Such a site will allow the main documents of the IPA (Constitution and minutes of the Executive Council Meetings) to be lodged and provide an easy venue for communication of IPA activities, and links for upcoming and past Conferences as well as other activities as may be appropriate.
The International Polychaete Conferences (1983–2010)
To date, there have been 10 triennial meetings of the IPC in 9 countries on 4 continents. Each conference has had its own unique flavor, often dictated by the customs and preferences of the host country, but also by the interests of the conveners. The planned venue in Sydney, Australia in 2013 will represent the first host city to repeat and it is fitting that Sydney, which hosted the first IPC, will also host the 30th anniversary meeting.
The 10 IPC venues are as follows:
| • | Sydney, Australia – 1983 | ||||
| • | Copenhagen, Denmark – 1986 | ||||
| • | Long Beach, California (USA) – 1989 | ||||
| • | Angers, France – 1992 | ||||
| • | Qingdao, China – 1995 | ||||
| • | Curitiba, Brazil – 1998 | ||||
| • | Reykjavik, Iceland – 2001 | ||||
| • | Madrid, Spain – 2004 | ||||
| • | Portland, Maine (USA) – 2007 | ||||
| • | Lecce, Italy – 2010 | ||||
The First International Polychaete Conference
The First International Polychaete Conference was hosted by the Australian Museum in Sydney from 4–9 July 1983 with representation by 90 scientists and family from 20 countries. During the week, 52 papers were presented orally, together with 17 poster presentations. The conveners were Drs. Pat Hutchings and Sebastian Rainer. Dr. Hutchings was also the editor of the Proceedings, which included 36 papers and was published by the Linnean Society of New South Wales. For many participants, direct contact with polychaete researchers known previously only through correspondence was established for the first time. The participants are shown in . A mid-conference excursion to the Blue Mountains was followed by a barbeque at the home of Dr. Hannelore Paxton. One of the highlights of this meeting was a post-symposium trip to the Lizard Island Research Station on the Great Barrier Reef, attended by some of the participants.
Figure 1. Participants at the First International Polychaete Conference, Sydney, Australia, July 1983.
During this first conference, the participants unanimously agreed to hold additional meetings in this format. To this end, Dr. Jørgen Kirkegaard agreed to host a second conference in Copenhagen, Denmark, in 1986.
The Second International Polychaete Conference
The Second International Polychaete Conference was hosted by the Zoological Museum of the University of Copenhagen, Denmark, and held at the adjacent August Krogh Institute from 18–23 August 1986. Approximately 150 scientists and 50 guests representing 22 countries were present. The conveners were Drs. Jørgen B. Kirkegaard and Mary E. Peterson, who also were the editors of the Proceedings. During the Conference, 74 oral papers and 30 posters were presented. Of these, 67 manuscripts were published in the Proceedings, a supplementary volume of Ophelia. In addition, abstracts of many of the other papers that were presented at the Conference but not submitted for publication were included in the Proceedings.
Dr. Kirkegaard reached out to a broad range of polychaete workers and arranged funding so that several Russian colleagues were able to attend the conference and publish their findings. For many of the participants, this was the first time they had met their Russian counterparts. Another notable attendee was Dr. John H. Day of South Africa. Mid-conference excursions to the Marine Biological Laboratory at Helsingør and the Helsingør Castle, as well as an evening at Tivoli Gardens, were social highlights of the Conference. The participants are shown in .
Figure 2. A, Participants at the Second International Conference, Copenhagen, Denmark, August 1986; B, Participants at the Third International Polychaete Conference, Long Beach, California, August 1989; C, Participants at the Fourth International Polychaete Conference, Angers, France, July 1992.
During the Second Conference, a committee drew up documentation for the establishment of the IPA including a draft Constitution, which was voted upon and accepted by the membership. At the same time, the first officers of the IPA were elected, including a President, Jørgen B. Kirkegaard, and a Secretary-Treasurer, Donald J. Reish. Presentations to host the third conference were made by Dr. Kristian Fauchald for Washington, DC, USA, and Dr. Reish for Long Beach, California, USA, in 1989. The Long Beach venue was selected by a vote of the membership.
The Third International Polychaete Conference
The Third International Polychaete Conference was held on the campus of the California State University, Long Beach, California, from 6–11 August 1989. Dr. Donald J. Reish was the convener. A total of 112 scientists plus guests attended the conference. Thirty-eight oral papers and 50 posters were presented, of which 40 were accepted for publication in the Proceedings, a dedicated issue of the Bulletin of Marine Science. Another 43 abstracts of papers presented at the conference, but not submitted for publication, were also included in the Proceedings. Obituaries for John H. Day (1909–1989) and David Dean (1926–1991) were documented in the Proceedings. Dr. Dean had attended the Long Beach Conference. The participants are shown in .
Prior to the conference, a workshop on systematic and phylogenetic problems was convened by Dr. Pat Hutchings. During the mid-conference break, participants were given options for a trip to Catalina Island, SeaWorld in San Diego, or visits to the Allan Hancock Foundation and the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County.
At the business meeting, Dr. J. David George was elected President of the IPA and Dr. Reish continued as Secretary-Treasurer. As a special tribute, Dr. Marian H. Pettibone, who attended the conference, was elected Honorary President. Angers, France, was selected as the venue for the fourth Conference in 1992.
The Fourth International Polychaete Conference
The Fourth International Polychaete Conference was held at the Centre de Congrès, Angers, France, from 27 July to 1 August 1992. The convener was Dr. Patrick Gillett, who was supported by an organizing committee headed by Dr. Lucien Laubier and a team that included Drs. Gérard Bellan, Michel Bhaud, Jean-Claude Dauvin, Daniel Desbruyéres, Andre Dhainaut, Nicole Dhainaut-Courtois, Yves Gruet, Christian Retière, and Jean Vovelle. A total of 200 scientists and students from 32 countries attended and presented 71 oral papers and 101 posters. The Proceedings of the Conference were published in the Mémoires du Muséum National d'histoire Naturelle and included 65 papers together with abstracts from all contributions to the conference. Tributes and obituaries were included in the Proceedings for the late Drs. Pierre Fauvel (1866–1958), Ralph I. Smith (1916–1993), Pavel V. Uschakov (1903–1992), and Douglas P. Wilson (1902–1991). Dr. Smith had attended the Conference in France. The participants are shown in .
Mid-conference excursions included visits to the Loire Valley and Bourgneuf Bay. At the business meeting, Dr. Pat Hutchings was elected President of the IPA, and Dr. Reish continued as Secretary-Treasurer. Qingdao, China, was selected as the venue for the fifth Conference in 1995.
The Fifth International Polychaete Conference
The Fifth International Polychaete Conference was held 2–7 July 1995 in Qingdao, People's Republic of China. Professor Wu Bao-Ling was the Chair and convener of the conference, but due to illness was unable to participate. Professor Fu-Shiang Chia therefore served as Chair of the Conference with Dr. Pei-Yuan Qian serving as the Secretary General. A total of 130 scientists and another 24 family members from 24 countries attended the conference. There were 44 oral papers and 42 posters presented, of which 35 were accepted for publication in the Proceedings of the Conference. The Proceedings was published as a dedicated issue of the Bulletin of Marine Science. The Proceedings also included a Dedication to Professor Wu, an obituary for Dr. Meredith L. Jones (1926–1996), and an extended obituary for Dr. Ralph I. Smith (1916–1993).
Mid-conference activities included collecting trips to nearby intertidal locations and travel to the Laoshan Mountains. At the business meeting, Dr. Kristian Fauchald was elected IPA President, with Dr. Donald J. Reish continuing as Secretary-Treasurer. Curitiba, Brazil, was selected as the venue for the sixth conference in 1998.
The Sixth International Polychaete Conference
The Sixth International Polychaete Conference was held in Curtiba, Paraná, Brazil, during the week of 2–7 August 1998. Dr. Paulo Lana was the convener of the conference and organized the program. A total of 145 scientists and 20 friends and relatives from 29 countries attended the conference. Forty-two papers were presented orally together with 78 poster presentations. For the third time, a special issue of the Bulletin of Marine Science was used to publish the Proceedings of the Conference, with Drs. Donald J. Reish and Paulo Lana serving as editors. A total of 45 manuscripts were accepted for publication together with those abstracts for which manuscripts were not included. Obituaries were included for Drs. David W. Kirtley (1927–1997), Charlotte P. Mangum (1938–1998), Carl Støp-Bowitz (1914–1997), Norman Tebble (1924–1998), and Wu Bao-Ling (1925–1998).
A mid-conference excursion to the Paraná coast and the Center for Marine Studies in Portal do Sul by train and bus was enhanced by dining and shopping for local curios. Following the Conference, many participants traveled to other parts of Brazil and South America. The participants on the excursion are shown in .
Figure 3. A, Participants at the Sixth International Conference, Curitiba, Brazil, August 1998; B, Participants at the Seventh International Polychaete Conference, Reykjavik, Iceland, July 2001.
A pre-conference workshop on polychaetes in Rio de Janeiro was arranged by Dr. Paulo Paira and included Drs. Paul Schroeder, Pei-Yaun Qian, Hiro Tsutsumi, and Edmundo Nonato as lecturers. Another workshop on polychaete cladistics was offered to students at the Porto do Sul Marine laboratory. Drs. Greg Rouse, Kristian Fauchald, Kirk Fitzhugh, Frederik Pleijel, and Thomas Dahlgren were lecturers.
During the conference, a special session was organized by the Brazilian hosts to honor Dr. Edmundo Ferraz Nonato, the father of Brazilian polychaetology. At the business meeting, Dr. Donald J. Reish was elected President of the IPA and Dr. Andrew S.Y. Mackie was elected Secretary-Treasurer. Reykjavik, Iceland, was selected as the venue for the seventh conference in 2001.
The Seventh International Polychaete Conference
The Seventh International Polychaete Conference was held in Reykjavik, Iceland, from 2–6 July 2001. The conference was held at the University of Iceland's Háskólabíó conference center. Members of the organizing committee were Drs. Elín Sigvaldadóttir, Guðmundur Víðir Helgason, Jörundur Svavarsson, Guðmundur Guðmundsson, and Sigmar A. Steingrímsson. A total of 160 scientists from 29 countries attended the conference. There were 52 oral and 99 poster presentations at the conference. After submission of 51 manuscripts, 37 papers were eventually accepted for publication in the Proceedings, which were published in a separate volume of Hydrobiologia (496) and compiled in a bound book in the Developments in Hydrobiology series (No. 170) from Kluwer Academic Publishers.
A spectacular mid-conference excursion to the glaciated area of þórsmörk was highlighted by bus rides across flowing rivers and hikes along a glaciated valley. After the Conference, many participants spent extra time traveling around Iceland to visit other geological sites. The participants on the excursion are shown in .
A three-week post-conference course in polychaete systematics was held at the Sandgerði Marine Centre. Fifteen students participated in this course, which was organized by Drs. Elín Sigvaldadóttir, Frederik Pleijel, and Greg Rouse.
At the business meeting, Dr. Maria Cristina Gambi was elected President of the IPA and Dr. Mackie continued as Secretary-Treasurer. The membership voted to hold the eighth conference in Madrid, Spain, in 2004.
The Eighth International Polychaete Conference
The Eighth International Polychaete Conference was held in Madrid, Spain, from 4–9 July 2004. The convener was Dr. Guillermo San Martin, supported by a team of Spanish scientists including Drs. Rafael Sardá, Guillermo San Martin, Eduardo López, and Daniel Martín. A total of 180 scientists from 26 countries participated in the conference. There were 47 oral and 127 poster presentations together with an address from Dr. Maria Cristina Gambi, President of the IPA, and four presentations to honor the memories of Drs. Enrique Rioja (1895–1963), Antonio Campoy (1951–1981), Marian H. Pettibone (1908–2003), and Joseph L. Simon (1937–2004). The Proceedings were published as a supplemental issue of Scientia Marina volume 70. After peer review, 37 manuscripts were accepted for publication together with obituaries for Drs. Enrique Rioja and Antonio Campoy. The participants are shown in .
Figure 4. A, Participants at the Eighth International Conference, Madrid, Spain, July 2004; B, Participants at the Ninth International Polychaete Conference, Portland, Maine, August 2007.
Prior to the conference, a one-week course on ‘Cladistics and Polychaetes’ was taught by Drs. Arne Nygren, Fredrick Pleijel, and Greg Rouse, the third such program to be associated with the IPC. As part of the mid-conference excursion, a visit was made to Segovia, an old city with a wonderful Roman aqueduct and El Escorial, a museum and the burial place of Spanish royalty.
During the business meeting, Dr. Guillermo San Martin was elected President of the IPA and Dr. Mackie was asked to continue as Secretary-Treasurer until a replacement could be found. Dr. Ruth Barnich subsequently agreed to the take over the position and was appointed by Dr. San Martin. Portland, Maine (USA) was selected as the venue for the ninth IPC in 2007.
The Ninth International Polychaete Conference
The Ninth International Polychaete Conference was held in Portland, Maine (USA) from 12–17 August 2007 at the Conference Center of the Holiday Inn by the Sea. Dr. Kevin Eckelbarger and Ms. Linda Healy of the Darling Marine Center, University of Maine, Walpole, Maine, and Drs. James A. Blake and Nancy J. Maciolek of AECOM Environment's Marine & Coastal Center in Woods Hole, Massachusetts, organized and planned the Conference. A total of 170 scientists and students from 30 countries registered for the meeting. The program consisted of 70 oral and 115 poster presentations. In addition to the daily activities, special evening sessions included a workshop on digital illustration presented by Dr. Jason Williams, videos illustrating the crawling and swimming behavior of polychaetes by Dr. Albrecht Fischer, and a description of the new ‘Encyclopedia of Life’ project by David Patterson. The banquet featured an after-dinner presentation by Dr. James T. Carlton, an authority on invasive species, entitled ‘Ship-Worms: Global Humans and Global Polychaetes.’ The conference Proceedings was published in Zoosymposia, a new journal from the publishers of Zootaxa. After peer review, 35 manuscripts were accepted for publication; in addition, obituaries for Drs. Edward B. Cutler (1935–2006), Torleif Holthe (1946–2007), Jørgen B. Kirkegaard (1920–2006), and Nathan W. Riser (1920–2006) were included in the Proceedings by invitation. Drs. Nancy J. Maciolek and James A. Blake were the editors of the Proceedings.
Mid-conference activities included an overnight collecting trip to the Darling Marine Center, where numerous species of polychaetes were obtained for morphological and molecular analysis. Other activities included a tour of the Maine Maritime Museum and a shopping trip to L.L. Bean and other factory outlet stores in Freeport. After all participants had returned from the daytime excursions, a cruise on Casco Bay on the M/V Bay Mist was followed by a traditional Maine lobster and clam bake on Peaks Island. The participants who were on the Peaks Island excursion are shown in .
The triennial business meeting of the IPA proved to be more significant than usual because a constitutional amendment was required in order to establish the position of Vice President, stimulated by the absence of the current President, Dr. Guillermo San Martin. Dr. Daniel Dauer, US representative to the IPA, served as acting President at the request of the Conference organizers. The establishment of the position of Vice President and the required Constitutional amendment were introduced at the Business Meeting on Friday, chaired by Dr. Dauer. The constitutional amendment was adopted, to take effect at the Tenth IPC. The Vice President would replace the President in the event that he/she was unable to complete the term or was otherwise unable to attend the triennial meeting. It was also agreed that the Vice President would have other functions at the request of the President. Dr. James A. Blake was elected President of the IPA and Dr. Ruth Barnich continued as Secretary-Treasurer. Dr. Maria Cristina Gambi then presented her proposal for hosting the Tenth IPC in Lecce, Italy, in 2010. There were no other proposals and the site was selected by acclamation.
The Tenth International Polychaete Conference
The results of the Tenth International Polychaete Conference is the subject of the current Proceedings and discussion of the conference is found in the Preface to this volume of the Italian Journal of Zoology. A group photograph of the participants is shown in .
Figure 5. Participants at the Tenth International Conference, Lecce, Italy, June 2010.
Publications of the International Polychaete Conferences
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Hutchings PA. (Ed.). 1984. Proceedings of the 1st International Polychaete Conference, Sydney, Australia, July 1883. Linnean Society of New South Wales. 483 pp.
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Petersen ME, Kirkegaard JB. (Eds.). 1991. Systematics, Biology, and Morphology of World Polychaeta. Proceedings of the 2nd International Polychaete Conference, Copenhagen 1986. Ophelia Supplement 3. 723 pp.
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Reish DJ. (Ed.). 1991. Proceedings of the 3rd International Polychaete Conference, California State University, Long Beach California, August 1989. Bulletin of Marine Science 48(2):177–596. [Open access].
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Dauvin J-C, Laubier L, Reish DJ. (Eds.). 1994. Actes de la 4ème Conference international des Polychètes. Mémoires du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle. 162 Zoologie: 642 pp.
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Reish DJ, Qian P-Y. (Eds.). 1997. Proceedings of the 5th International Polychaete Conference, Qingdao, Peoples' Republic of China, July1995. Bulletin of Marine Science 60(2):217–628. [Open access].
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Reish DJ, Lana P. (Eds.). 2000. Proceedings of the 6th International Polychaete Conference, Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil, August 1998. Bulletin of Marine Science 67(1):1–675. [Open access].
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Sigvaldadóttir E, Mackie ASY, Helgason GV, Reish DJ, Svavarsson J, Steingrímsson SA, Guðmundsson G. (Eds.). 2003. Advances in Polychaete Research, Proceedings of the 7th International Polychaete Conference, Reykjavik, Iceland, July 2001. Hydrobiologia 496:1–399. (Reprinted as Developments in Hydrobiology, 170.)
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Sardá R, San Martín López E, Martin D, George D. 2006. Scientific Advances in Polychaete Research, Proceedings of the 8th International Polychaete Conference, Madrid, Spain, July 2004. Scientia Marina 70S3:1–368. [Open access].
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Maciolek NJ, Blake JA. 2009. Proceedings of the 9th International Polychaete Conference. Zoosymposia 2:1–600. [Open access].
Data summaries for the first nine international polychaete conferences
Summary statistics for the first nine International Polychaete Conferences are presented in . The number of participants has stabilized at about 170 over the last three conferences and this is probably the number of participants to be expected with conferences in North America, South America, and Europe where there are the highest concentrations of polychaete workers. The numbers may decrease when venues are farther from these areas. However, the number of countries represented will likely remain constant because more distant venues such as Australia will draw more participation from Pacific Rim countries and fewer from Europe and the Americas.
Table I. Data summaries from the first nine International Polychaete Conferences
The number of presentations (oral plus poster) peaked at 185 with the ninth Conference (Portland). There is, however, more or less an upper limit of about 70 oral presentations possible at any one conference, given the usual four days of paper sessions. The number of posters, however, has steadily increased, as this is a convenient venue for students to present results of their research. Following the Copenhagen conference, the Executive Council requested that purely taxonomic descriptive papers be limited to posters, rather than oral presentations. In general, this format has been followed, but varies somewhat depending on the conveners.
The number of published manuscripts in the Proceedings has averaged 44.1 over the first nine conferences, with the highest numbers of 67 and 65 in the Copenhagen and Angers Proceedings, respectively. Other Proceedings have ranged from 35 to 45 manuscripts and this trend appears to be consistent over the past five conferences.
Taxonomic papers with descriptions of new taxa are an important element of the Proceedings. To date, two new families, the Archinomidae Kudenov, 1991 and Pseudocirratulidae Petersen 1994, have been introduced in the first nine conference Proceedings together with 20 new genera, and 186 new species (; Appendix B). Families with the most new species are the Cirratulidae (22), Magelonidae (18), Spionidae (17), and Syllidae (17). A complete listing of all new taxa described in the first nine polychaete conferences is presented in Appendix B.
Papers on ecology, morphology, reproduction, and larval biology have also been prominent in the Proceedings over the years. Phylogenetic contributions have increased in recent years, but are entirely limited to morphological approaches. Despite an increasing number of oral and poster presentations on molecular systematics and phylogeny since 2000, none have been published in the Proceedings.
Pre-1983 gatherings of polychaetologists
Prior to the establishment of the International Polychaete Conferences in 1983, there were few venues for polychaetologists to assemble in a formal setting and present papers. Three pre-1983 meetings were intended to recognize either the achievements or memories of important polychaetologists: Edith and Cyril Berkeley, Olga Hartman, and Kay Hobson. A meeting of the American Society of Zoologists in 1979 was one of the first open meetings with international participation where papers were presented on a variety of topics that dealt specifically with polychaetes. In 1982, Drs. Albrecht Fischer and Hans Pfannenstiel organized an international symposium on polychaete reproduction and reproductive biology as part of the International Symposium at Helgoland, Germany. The results of this meeting were published and served as a model for later meetings dedicated to polychaete biology and morphology. Pre-1983 meetings and results are as follows.
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1971. Special issue of the Journal of the Fisheries Research Board of Canada dedicated to Edith & Cyril Berkeley:
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Journal of the Fisheries Research Board of Canada, 28(10):1359–1681. [16 of 30 papers were on polychaetes of which one new family, two new genera, and 11 new species of polychaetes were described.]
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1974. Olga Hartman Memorial Symposium, Long Beach, California. Arranged by Kristian Fauchald and Donald J. Reish. This meeting resulted in the following publication:
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Reish DJ, Fauchald K. (Eds.). 1977. Essays on Polychaetous Annelids in Memory of Dr. Olga Hartman. Special Publication of the Allan Hancock Foundation, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California. 604 pp. [32 papers of which 2 were biographies for Dr. Hartman and 30 were on research topics. From these, 1 new family, 9 new genera, 22 new species of polychaetes were described.]
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1978. Kay Hobson Memorial Symposium (Western Society of Naturalists), San Francisco, California. Arranged by James A. Blake. No publications resulted from this meeting.
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1979. Polychaete Symposium (American Society of Zoologists), Tampa, Florida. Arranged by Joseph L. Simon.
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Abstracts of this meeting were published in the American Zoologist 19:Abstracts 53–54, 61–70, 158–165, 252–256, 374, and 614. [A wide variety of topics were presented over two days.]
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1982. Polychaete Reproduction, Progress in Comparative Reproductive Biology: International Symposium at Helgoland, Germany (1982). Arranged by Albrecht Fischer and Hans-Dieter Pfannenstiel. This meeting resulted in the following publication:
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Fischer A, Pfannenstiel H-D. (Eds.). 1984. Polychaete reproduction. Progress in comparative biology. Fortschritte der Zoologie 29:Preface + 341 pp. Gustav Fischer Verlag, Stuttgart and New York. [22 papers on 3 topics: Control of sexuality and reproduction; Gametogenesis and fertilization; and Reproductive mechanisms and speciation.]
Other venues, special symposia, workshops, and publications since 1983
A variety of special meetings or compilations of papers have focused on special biological topics relative to annelids or polychaetes. In addition, topics to honor retiring or senior polychaete specialists have also occurred. More recently special workshops on topics such as polychaetes from the abyssal plains, the Southern Ocean or other topics have tended to focus defined interests. A number of important publications from the efforts have resulted and others are planned.
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1984. Symposium Dedicated to Marian H. Pettibone on the Occasion of her 75th Birthday at the American Society of Zoologists Annual Meeting in December 1984 in Denver, Colorado. Arranged by Joseph L. Simon and Kristian Fauchald. This meeting resulted in the following publication:
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Fauchald K. (Ed.). 1988. Studies on Polychaetes in honor of Marian H. Pettibone. Bulletin of the Biological Society of Washington 7:1–309. [30 papers mostly on polychaete systematics and adult and larval morphology; 2 new families, 8 new genera, and 26 new species were described together with numerous new combinations and synonymies.]
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1986. The Ultrastructure of Polychaeta. A workshop arranged by Wilfried Westheide and Colin O. Hermans (September 1986) in Osnabruck, Germany. This meeting resulted in the following publication:
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Westheide W, Hermans, CO. (Eds.). 1988. The ultrastructure of the Polychaeta. Microfauna Marina 4:1–494. Gustav Fischer Verlag, Stuttgart and New York. [21 papers on all aspects of polychaete morphology and biology.]
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1995. Special compilation of papers dedicated to Gesa Hartmann-Schröder and Gerdhard Hartmann on the occasion of their retirement:
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Keyser D, Whatley R. (Eds.). 1995. Zur Zoogeographie und Systematik insbesondere der Polychaeten und Ostracoden, Ergänzungsband zu Ehren von Gesa Hartmann-Schröder und Gerhard Hartmann. Mitteilungen aus dem Hamburgisichen Zoologischen Museum und Institute 92:i–ix + 415 pp. [30 papers were published of which 13 were on polychaetes and 12 were on ostracods. Two new genera and 8 new species of polychaetes were described together with 12 new species of ostracods.]
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1997. International Symposium on The Reproductive Strategies and Developmental Patterns in Annelids, Osnabruck, Germany, September 1997. Arranged by Adriaan W.C. Dorresteijn and Wilfried Westheide. This meeting resulted in the following publication:
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Dorresteijn AWC, Westheide W. (Eds.). 1999. Reproductive strategies and developmental patterns in annelids. Hydrobiologia 402:i–xi + 314 pp. [18 papers on all aspects of reproduction and development of annelids.]
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2002. Morphology, Molecules, Evolution and Phylogeny in Polychaeta and Related Taxa, Osnabruck, Germany, September 2002. Arranged by Thomas Bartolomaeus and Günter Purschke. This meeting resulted in the following publication:
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Bartolomaeus T, Purschke G. (Eds.). 2003. Morphology, molecules, evolution and phylogeny in Polychaeta and related taxa. Hydrobiologia 535/536, i–xii + 387 pp. [20 papers on annelid morphology, evolution and phylogeny.]
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2005. Special issue of Marine Ecology dedicated to Kristian Fauchald on the occasion of his 70th birthday. Arranged by Maria Cristina Gambi, Lisa Levin, and Greg Rouse. This issue was published as follows:
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Marine Ecology, 26(3/4):141–293. [16 papers presented including a tribute to Dr. Fauchald, a summary of his publications and described taxa, and 14 contributions on polychaetes, including new species of Owenia (3) and Aberranta (2).]
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2007 and 2009. The First National Polychaetologists Symposium (Mexico) held in the campus of the Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León, Monterrey, Nuevo León, Mexico, 15–16 October 2007. Arranged by Jesús Angel de León-González and María Elena García-Garza. This meeting was followed by the Second National Polychaetologists Symposium (Mexico) in Puerto Ángel, Oaxaca, at the Universidad del Mar campus, on 17–19 September 2009. Arranged by Rolando Bastida Zavala. As part of these two meetings approximately 60 oral presentations and 30 posters were presented. In addition, participants at these meetings began planning a faunal guide for the polychaetes of Mexico and tropical America that was published in 2009:
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de León-González JA, Bastida-Zavala JR, Carrera-Parra LF, García-Garza ME, Peña-Rivera A, Salazar-Vallejo SI, Solís-Weiss V. (Eds). 2009. Poliquetos (Annelida: Polychaeta) de México y Amírica Tropical. Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León, Monterrey, México, 737 pp. (3 vols.).
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2007. Abyssal Polychaete Intercalibration Project (APIP), Natural History Museum, London, 2007. Arranged by Gordon Patterson and Adrian Glover (Census of Marine Life). [A gathering of polychaete taxonomists interested in deep-sea taxa; teams examined selected families from abyssal locations in the Pacific, Atlantic, and Southern Oceans.] The following publication is a product of this effort.
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Paterson GLJ, Glover AG, Barrio Frojan CRS, Whitaker A, Budaeva N, Chimonides J, Doner S. 2009. A census of abyssal polychaetes. Deep-Sea Research II: 1739–1746.
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A subset of this group gathered at the AECOM Office in Woods Hole, Massachusetts following the Ninth IPC in Portland Maine in August 2007. This group examined abyssal Cirratulidae from the NOAA Pacific Benthic Impact Experiment (1993–1994) provided by James Blake.
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2010. Southern Ocean Annelid Project (SOAP), Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, 2010. Arranged by Brigitte Ebbe with local support by James Blake and Stacy Doner (Census of Marine Life). [Lectures and laboratory sessions were developed on selected families from off South America, the Southern Ocean, and along the Antarctic continental margins. Numerous new species were identified and plans were developed to publish results.]
Acknowledgements
This article was presented in part as a Presidential Address at the Tenth IPC in Lecce, Italy. The intent was to provide some history, particularly to our younger polychaetologists, regarding the origin of the IPA and IPC and who the organizers were. Although most of the information presented here was derived from the IPC Proceedings, IPC program booklets, and personal memories, I am grateful for Maria Cristina Gambi, Vivian Solis-Weiss, Donald J. Reish, Pat Hutchings, and Nancy J. Maciolek for comments relative to what content would interest readers from a historical perspective. Nancy J. Maciolek provided a careful review of the manuscript.
Notes
1 Amended August 17, 2007 – Business Meeting at Portland, Maine, USA
Appendix A International Polychaetology Association Footnote 1
Constitution
Article I. Name
Section 1. The name of this organization shall be the International Polychaetology Association.
Article II. Objectives
Section 1. The objectives of the International Polychaetology Association are to encourage research on Polychaeta and stimulate others to participate and cooperate through informal meetings and correspondence; to provide a forum for exchange of ideas; to establish a means and an opportunity for personal contact and interaction in aiming for better mutual understanding; to serve as a liaison body among polychaetologists; and to introduce new students to the workers in this field.
Article III. Membership and Affiliation
Section 1. Members. Any individual who supports the objectives of the International Polychaetology Association and is willing to contribute to the achievement of these objectives is qualified for membership. Participants at the International Meetings automatically become members of the Association, thus payment of a registration fee for the Conference automatically enrolls that person in the Association until the next meeting (i.e. a member for 3 years). Members shall be eligible to hold elective positions in the Association and shall have the right to:
| a. | Vote for the President, Vice President, Secretary-Treasurer, and for a regional representative on the Advisory Council and to nominate additional candidates for these positions. | ||||
| b. | Vote on the recall of elective officers. | ||||
| c. | Vote on amendments to the Constitution and Bylaws. | ||||
| d. | Members may nominate and elect Honorary Members of the Association; these will be scientists who have made significant contributions to polychaete research. | ||||
| e. | Should a Councilor be unable to attend a Conference then he/she may nominate somebody else in writing to the President who is attending the meeting to represent the Councilor at the meeting. | ||||
Section 2. The membership consists of all those on the Secretary-Treasurer's list of participants enrolled for the previous International meeting, plus those persons becoming members upon application to the Secretary-Treasurer.
Section 3. Affiliations. The International Polychaetology Association may affiliate with other scientific associations upon approval of the Advisory Council. Suggestions for such affiliations may be made by any member to the Advisory Council.
Article IV. Officers
Section 1. The officers shall be the President, Vice President and the Secretary-Treasurer.
Section 2. Duties:
| a. | The President shall preside at the business meetings, chair the Advisory Council, and represent the Association on appropriate occasions and undertake such other duties as may be associated with this office. | ||||
| b. | The Vice President in the absence and with permission of the President shall perform duties of the President and other duties as may be assigned by the President. | ||||
| c. | The Secretary-Treasurer shall produce an accurate membership list following each Conference, with supplements as necessary. A copy of this list shall be supplied to each member. The Secretary-Treasurer shall also supply to each member a copy of the minutes of the business meetings and a report of the Conference, maintain the official files of the Association, collect any prescribed dues and manage excess funds generated by the triennial meetings, and undertake such other duties as may be assigned by the President. | ||||
It is to be encouraged that any profits generated by a Conference be made available to the Organizing Committee of the following Conference to act as “seed money” for that Conference.
Section 3. At the triennial business session at the International Conference, the officers shall be elected by the members of the Association present at the International Meeting from a list of candidates presented by the Nominations Committee. Additional nominations may be made by members present and/or by letter from members absent. The term of office shall be three years for the President and Vice President, and six years for the Secretary-Treasurer.
Article V. Advisory Council
Section 1. Duties. The Advisory Council shall advise the President on matters he/she brings before it, for example, Conference site selection. It shall also serve as the Nominations Committee, act in the absence of the President, and elect a new President, Vice President, and/or Secretary-Treasurer if these officers resign or cannot serve.
Section 2. Membership. The advisory Council shall provide balanced representation among regions and shall consist of at least ten members in addition to the President, Vice President, Secretary-Treasurer, Past President and past Conference Host. The term of office shall be six years, with half of the membership elected each triennium. The representative for each country or geographical area (region) should be nominated by the polychaete workers from that country/area who are attending the Polychaete Conference and elected upon by members in that region and ratified by the delegates at the Conference.
Meetings of the Advisory Council will normally only occur during an International meeting.
The regions from which Councilors are elected may vary over time as the number of active polychaete workers varies.
Section 3. The Advisory Council will meet every three years during the Conference and will communicate between Conferences by mail, e-mail, or teleconference as required.
Section 4. If members of the Advisory Council are unable to attend the Conference then a substitute delegate from that country/area may represent that country/area.
Article VI. Conference Host
Section 1. The host country shall set up a program committee to arrange the scientific program for the triennial Conference. The Conference Host shall be the member of that committee who will be responsible for the domestic arrangements for the triennial Conference at the host institution.
Section 2. Whenever possible, the program committee will be responsible for arrangements for the publication of the papers read at the Conference in conjunction with the Editorial Committee of the Association.
Article VII. Code of Ethics
Section 1. In order to protect individual rights and to promote discussion it shall be an established requirement of each Conference that no information presented is to be used later in formal publication or formal presentation without permission from the individual making the contribution.
Article VIII. Amendments
Section 1. Amendments to this constitution may be proposed by any member. Proposed amendments must be submitted in writing to the Secretary-Treasurer, at least 24 hours before the business meeting.
Section 2. Voting on the amendments shall take place at a business session of the Conference or by mail, at the discretion of the President. If presented at a meeting, a proposed amendment shall require for its adoption a favorable vote of two-thirds (2/3) of the membership attending the business meeting. If presented by mail, a proposed amendment shall require for its adoption a favorable vote of a simple majority of the responding membership of the IPA.
Protocol for selecting the venue for the following International Meeting
Members wishing to host a forthcoming Polychaete Conference should notify their Representative on the Advisory Council and prepare the following submission which would be presented initially to the Advisory Council and after discussion it would be presented to members and in the case of where more than one submission had been received the members would vote. The purpose of the submission being discussed with the Advisory Council initially is to ensure that sufficient information is available. It is to be recommended that a copy of the submission be mailed to all Councilors a month prior to the meeting so that they can discuss it with their fellow members who are unable to attend the meeting.
The Submission should contain the following information as possible: - (although in all cases they will be very provisional).
| • | The Host sponsor, Conference venue, the facilities available in terms of lecture rooms, projecting facilities, location of posters, displays etc. | ||||
| • | Accommodation- the range available and the approximate costs and distance from the Conference venue, and means of transport. Special attention should be given to obtaining student housing for cheap affordable accommodation. | ||||
| • | Location of nearest International Airport and transport to Conference venue. The necessity for visas and the ease with which these can be achieved. | ||||
| • | Social events and likely costs. | ||||
| • | Field trips both mid week and post Conference tours, likely costs. | ||||
| • | Approximate costs for registration. | ||||
| • | Organizing committee and likely sponsors. | ||||
| • | Facilities available for assisting with the Conference, Institutional support. | ||||
| • | Timetabling for sending out notices. Publication, venue, Editor, mechanism of production of the Proceedings, Editorial Board. | ||||
| • | Mechanism for reviewing the papers, especially important for non English speaking countries. Potential possible support for travel, student involvement. | ||||
| • | Proposed dates for meeting. | ||||
| • | Potential for specialized seminars or workshops prior to the meeting or after the meeting. | ||||
| • | Presentation of a draft budget for the Conference and publication of the Proceedings. While selection of a venue for the following Conference is not based on costs, some consideration of the likely costs, availability of student accommodation and access to student refectories etc will influence people's voting pattern. | ||||
Appendix B List of New Polychaete Taxa described in IPC Proceedings 1–9
New Families
Archinomidae Kudenov, 1991 (IPC2): [Type-genus: Archinome Kudenov, 1991 (IPC2)
Pseudocirratulidae Petersen, 1994. [Type-genus: Pseudocirratulis Augener, 1922]
New Genera
Alciopidae
Pseudalciopa Støp-Bowitz, 1991 (IPC2) [Type-species: P. modesta Støp-Bowitz, 1991 (IPC2)]
Ampharetidae
Adercodon Mackie, 1994 [Type-species: A. pleijeli Mackie, 1994]
Archinomidae
Archinome Kudenov, 1991 (IPC2) [Type-species: Euphrosine rosacea Blake, 1985]
Capitellidae
Pseudonotomastus Warren & Parker, 1994 [Type-species: P. southerni Warren & Parker, 1994]
Chrysopetalidae
Strepternos Watson-Russell in Bhaud & Cazaux, 1987 [1991 (IPC2) First definition; Type-species: S. didymopyton Watson-Russell in Bhaud & Cazaux, 1987]
Cirratulidae
Aphelochaeta Blake, 1991 (IPC2) [Type species: Tharyx monilaris Hartman, 1961]
Fauveliopsidae
Laubieriopsis Petersen, 2000 [Type-species: Fauveliopsis cabiochi Amoureux, 1982]
Hesionidae
Pleijelius Salazar-Vallejo & Orensanz, 2006 [Type-species: P. longae Salazar-Vallejo & Orensanz, 2006]
Magelonidae
Meredithia Hernandez-Alcántara & Solís-Weiss, 2000 [Type-species: M. spinifera Hernandez-Alcántara & Solís-Weiss, 2000]
Maldanidae
Chirimia Light, 1991 (IPC2) [Type species: Chrysothemis amoena Kinberg, 1867]
Metasychis Light, 1991 (IPC2) [Type-species: Maldane disparidentatus Moore, 1904]
Petaloclymene Green, 1997 [Type-species: P. pacifica Green, 1997]
Nereididae
Imajimainereis de Leon-Gonzalez & Solis-Weiss, 2000 [Type-species: I. pacifica de Leon-Gonzalez & Solis-Weiss, 2000]
Polynoidae
Drieschiopsis Stop-Bowitz, 1991 (IPC2) [Type-species: D. guineana Støp-Bowitz, 1991 (IPC2)]
Ophthalmonoe Petersen & Britayev, 1994 [Type-species: O. pettiboneae Petersen & Britayev, 1997]
Sabellidae
Calcisabella Perkins, 1991 (IPC3) [Type-species: C. piloseta Perkins, 1991 (IPC3)]
Stylomma P. Knight Jones, 1997 [Type-species: Sabella palmata Quatrefages, 1865]
Syllidae
Karroonsyllis San Martín & López, 2003 [Type-species: K. exogoneformis San Martín & López, 2003]
Spionidae
Aonidella Maciolek in López-Jamar, 1989 [2000; First definition; Type-species: Prionospio cirrobranchiata Day, 1961]
Terebellidae
Pseudopista Hutchings & Smith, 1997 [Type-species: P. rostrata Hutchings & Smith, 1997]
New Species
Acoetidae
Eupanthalis glabra Ben-Eliahu & Fiege, 1994
Alciopidae
Pseudalciopa modesta Støp-Bowitz, 1991 (IPC2)
Vanadis brevirostris Støp-Bowitz, 1991 (IPC2)
Rhynchonereella longicirrata Støp-Bowitz, 1991 (IPC2)
Ampharetidae
Adercodon pleijeli Mackie, 1994
Capitellidae
Capitella teleta Blake, Grassle & Eckelbarger, 2009
Pseudonotomastus southerni Warren & Parker, 1994
Chrysopetalidae
Arichildon gathofi Watson-Russell, 2000
Strepternos didymopyton Watson-Russell in Bhaud & Cazaux, 1987. [1991 (IPC2), first description of species].
Cirratulidae
Aphelochaeta bullata Doner & Blake, 2009
Aphelochaeta guttata Doner & Blake, 2009
Aphelochaeta malefica Elías & Rivero, 2009
Caulleriella venefica Doner & Blake, 2006
Chaetozone allanotai Blake 2006
Chaetozone anasima Doner & Blake 2006
Chaetozone brunnea Blake, 2006
Chaetozone christiei Chambers, 2000
Chaetozone diodonta Doner & Blake, 2006
Chaetozone gibber Woodham & Chambers, 1994
Chaetozone hystricosa Doner & Blake, 2006
Chaetozone jubata Chambers & Woodham, 2003
Chaetozone palaea Blake, 2006
Monticellina acunai Dean & Blake, 2009
Monticellina antelaxa Dean & Blake, 2009
Monticellina baptistae Blake, 1991 (IPC2
Monticellina carrikeri Dean & Blake, 2009
Monticellina elongata Dean & Blake, 2009
Monticellina giribeti Dean & Blake, 2009
Monticellina setosa Dean & Blake, 2009
Protocirrineris angelicollatio Elías & Rivero, 2009
Tharyx kirkegaardi Blake, 1991 (IPC2)
Ctenodrilidae
Raricirrus beryli Petersen & George, 1991 (IPC2)
Dorvilleidae
Arenotrocha lanzarotensis Brito & Nuñez, 2003
Exallopus blakei Hilbig, 1991 (IPC2)
Exallopus pentadiaphoros Hilbig, 1991 (IPC2)
Ophryotrocha kagoshimaensis Miura, 1997
Ophryotrocha paragerlachi Brito & Nuñez, 2003
Ophryotrocha spatula Fournier & Conlan, 1994
Ophryotrocha splendida Brito & Nuñez, 2003
Ophryotrocha wubaolingi Miura, 1997
Paraophryotrocha rhadina Oug, 2006
Pettiboneia wui Carrasco & Palma, 2000
Protodorvilleia orensanzi Carrasco & Palma, 2000
Schistomeringos sphairatolobos Glasby, 1984
Eunicidae
Eunice marcusi Zanol, Paiva & Attolini, 2000
Eunice romanvivesi de León-González & Casteñada, 2006
Marphysa formosa Steiner & Amaral, 2000
Marphysa mullawa Hutchings & Karageorgopoulos, 2003
Marphysa sebastiana Steiner & Amaral, 2000
Marphysa veracruzensis de León-González & Casteñada, 2006
Palola brasiliensis Zanol, Paiva & Attolini 2000
Fauveliopsidae
Fauveliopsis jameoaquensis Nuñez in Nunez, Ocaña & Brito, 1997
Flabelligeridae
Diplocirrus capensis Darbyshire & Mackie, 2009
Diplocirrus incognitus Darbyshire & Mackie, 2009
Diplocirrus stopbowitsi Darbyshire & Mackie, 2009
Hesionidae
Microphthalmus coustalini Fournier, 1991 (IPC3)
Microphthalmus hystrix Fournier, 1991 (IPC3)
Pleijelius longae Salazar-Vallejo & Orensanz, 2006
Lumbrineridae
Augeneria riojai Aguirrezabalaga & Carrera-Parra, 2006
Cenogenus eliae Hernández-Alcántara, Pérez-Mendoza & Solís-Weiss, 2006
Lumbricalus campoyi Aguirrezabalaga & Carrera-Parra, 2006
Ninoe jessicae Hernández-Alcántara, Pérez-Mendoza & Solís-Weiss, 2006
Ninoe marthae Hernández-Alcántara, Pérez-Mendoza & Solís-Weiss, 2006
Magelonidae
Magelona cepiceps Mortimer & Mackie, 2006
Magelona conversa Mortimer & Mackie, 2003
Magelona falcigera Mortimer & Mackie, 2003
Magelona gemmata Mortimer & Mackie, 2003
Magelona kamala Nateewathana & Hyllegerg, 1991 (IPC2)
Magelona mahensis Mortimer & Mackie, 2006
Magelona marianae Hernandez-Alcántara & Solís-Weiss, 2000
Magelona methae Nateewathana & Hyllegerg, 1991 (IPC2)
Magelona mickminni Nateewathana & Hyllegerg, 1991 (IPC2)
Magelona noppi Nateewathana & Hyllegerg, 1991 (IPC2)
Magelona pectinata Nateewathana & Hyllegerg, 1991 (IPC2)
Magelona petersenae Nateewathana & Hyllegerg, 1991 (IPC2)
Magalona pygmaea Nateewathana & Hyllegerg, 1991 (IPC2)
Magelona symmetrica Mortimer & Mackie, 2006
Magelona tehuanensis Hernandez-Alcántara & Solís-Weiss, 2000
Magelona tinae Nateewathana & Hyllegerg, 1991 (IPC2)
Meredithia spinifera Hernandez-Alcántara & Solís-Weiss, 2000
Meredithia uebelackerae Hernandez-Alcántara & Solís-Weiss, 2000
Maldanidae
Chirimia fauchaldi Light, 1991 (IPC2)
Clymenella fauchaldi Carrasco & Palma, 2003
Maldane californiensis Green, 1991 (IPC3)
Petaloclymene pacifica Green, 1997
Sabaco steineri Light, 1991 (IPC2)
Nephtyidae
Inermonephtys brasiliensis Martin, Gil, & Lana, 2009
Micronephthys oculifera Mackie, 2000
Nephtys chemulpoensis Jung & Hong, 1997
Nereididae
Ceratonereis lizardensis Ben-Eliahu, Hutchings, & Glasby, 1984
Eunereis eugeniae de Leon-Gonzalez & Solis-Weiss, 2000
Imajimainereis pacifica de Leon-Gonzalez & Solis-Weiss, 2000
Nereis baolingi de Leon-Gonzalez & Solis-Weiss, 2000
Rullierinereis ancornunezi Nuñez & Brito, 2006
Rullierinereis fauchaldi de Leon-Gonzalez & Solis-Weiss, 2000
Nerillidae
Mesonerilla diatomeophaga Nuñez in Nunez, Ocaña & Brito, 1997
Mesonerilla neridae Worsaae & Rouse, 2009
Onuphidae
Brevibrachium hanneloreae da Cunha Lana, 1991 (IPC3)
Hyalinoecia abranchiata Lechapt, 1997
Hyalinoecia bathyalis Lechapt, 1997
Kinbergonuphis fauchaldi da Cunha Lana, 1991 (IPC3)
Kinbergonuphis nonatoi da Cunha Lana, 1991 (IPC3)
Mooreonuphis colosensis Brito & Nuñez, 2003
Mooreonuphis lineata da Cunha Lana, 1991 (IPC3)
Nothria benthophyla da Cunha Lana, 1991 (IPC3)
Opheliidae
Ophelia algida Maciolek & Blake, 2006
Ophelina alata Elías, Bremec, Lana, & Orensanz, 2003
Ophelina gaucha Elías, Bremec, Lana, & Orensanz, 2003
Travisia amadoi Elías, Bremec, Lana, & Orensanz, 2003
Travisia monroi Maciolek & Blake, 2006
Travisia palmeri Maciolek & Blake, 2006
Travisia tincta Maciolek & Blake, 2006
Oweniidae
Galathowenia wilsoni Blake, 1984
Paraonidae
Aricidea (Allia) bulbosa Hartley, 1984
Aricidea (Allia) roberti Hartley, 1984
Paradoneis eliasoni Mackie, 1991 (IPC2)
Pilargidae
Litocorsa annamita Darbyshire & Mackie, 2003
Litocorsa dentata Darbyshire & Mackie, 2003
Litocorsa seychellensis Darbyshire & Mackie, 2003
Poecilochaetidae
Poecilochaetus martini Brantley, 2009
Polynoidae
Bathynoe cascadiensis Ruff, 1991 (IPC2)
Drieschiopsis guineana Støp-Bowitz, 1991 (IPC2)
Harmothoe cascabullicola Brito, Nuñez & Bacallado, 1991 (IPC3)
Herdmanella aequatorialis Støp-Bowitz, 1991 (IPC2)
Ophthalmonoe pettiboneae Petersen & Britayev, 1997
Questidae (now referred to Orbiniidae)
Questa ersei Jamieson & Webb, 1984
Sabellidae
Amphicorina schlenzae Nogueira & Amaral, 2000
Branchiomma moebii P. Knight-Jones, 1994
Branchiomma spongiarum P. Knight-Jones, 1994
Calcisabella piloseta Perkins, 1991 (IPC3)
Magelomma kaikourense P. Knight-Jones, 1997
Magelomma nechamae P. Knight-Jones, 1997
Pseudobranchiomma perkinsi P. Knight-Jones & Giangrande, 2003
Pseudobranchiomma tarantoensis P. Knight-Jones & Giangrande, 2003
Scalibregmatidae
Scalibregma celticum Mackie, 1991 (IPC3)
Serpulidae
Filograna revizee Nogueira & Abbud, 2009
Hydroides bannerorum Bailey-Brock, 1991 (IPC3)
Pseudovermilia harryi Nogueira & Abbud, 2009
Vermiliopsis zibrowii Nogueira & Abbud, 2009
Sigalionidae
Fimbriostehelais marianae de Cunha Lana, 1991 (IPC2)
Sthenelanella peterseni de Cunha Lana, 1991 (IPC2)
Spionidae
Aonidella dayi Maciolek in Lopez-Jamar, 1989 [2000; First description of species]
Aonides selvagensis Brito, Nuñez & Riera, 2006
Laonice aperata Radashevsky & Lana, 2009
Laonice magnacristata Maciolek, 2000
Laonice parvabranchiata Radashevsky & Lana, 2009
Laonice petersenae Radashevsky & Lana, 2009
Laonice pinnulata Radashevsky & Lana, 2009
Marenzelleria jonesi Maciolek, 1984
Polydora nanomon Orensky & Williams, 2009
Pseudatherospio fauchaldi Lovell, 1994
Scolelecolepides carunculatus Maciolek, 1984
Scolelepis burkovskii Sikorski, 1994
Scolelepis korsuni Sikorski, 1994
Scolelepis (Scolelepis) laciniata Eibye-Jacobsen, 1997
Scolelepis matsugae Sikorski, 1994
Scolelepis (Scolelepis) vazaha Eibyi-Jacobsen, 2000
Spiophanes abyssalis Maciolek, 2000
Syllidae
Autolytus longoprimicirratus López, San Martín, & Jiménez, 1997
Autolytus juventudensis San Martin, 1994
Haplosyllis crassicirrata Aguado, San Martín, & Nishi, 2006
Karroonsyllis exogoneformis San Martín & López, 2003
Odontosyllis rubens Ding & Westheide, 1997
Opisthosyllis longidentata San Martin, 1991 (IPC3)
Parapionosyllis floridana San Martin, 1991 (IPC2)
Parapionosyllis uebelackerae San Martin, 1991 (IPC2)
Pionosyllis corallicola Ding & Westheide, 1997
Pionosyllis dionisi Nuñez & San Martin, 1991 (IPC3)
Pionosyllis serratisetosa López, San Martín, & Jiménez, 1997
Psammosyllis wui Ding & Westheide, 1997
Sphaerosyllis perkinsi Riser, 1991 (IPC2)
Streptosyllis campoyi Brito, Nuñez, & San Martin, 2000
Syllides sanyaensis Ding & Westheide, 1997
Syllis cruzi Nuñez & San Martin, 1991 (IPC3)
Syllis marugani San Martín, & Nishi, 2006
Terebellidae
Neoleprea papillata Hutchings & Smith, 1997
Nicolea armilla Hutchings & Smith, 1997
Pista pegma Hutchings & Smith, 1997
Pista shizugawaensis Nishi & Tanaka, 2006
Pseudopista rostrata Hutchings & Smith, 1997
Streblosoma toddae Hutchings & Smith, 1997
Thelepus australiensis Hutchings & Smith, 1997
Trichobranchidae
Terebellides atlantis Williams, 1984
Terebellides californica Williams, 1984
Terebellides distincta Williams, 1984
Terebellides reishi Williams, 1984
Myzostomida
Myzostoma pseudocuniculus Lanterbecq & Eeckhaut, 2003
Myzostoma toliarense Lanterbecq & Eeckhaut, 2003