The aim of this work is to draw attention to the diversity and change of parasite number reported from marine and freshwater fish in Turkey. Comparisons were done among phlums Plathyhelminthes (Monogenea, Digenea, Cestoda), Nemathelminthes, Acanthocephala, Annelida (Hirudinea) according to years. Especially, platyhelminth species number from marine and freshwater fish of Turkey increased seriou...

The South China and Philippine Seas are among the most diverse regions in the Western Pacific. Although there are several local polychaete checklists available, there is none comprising the whole of this region. Presented herein is a comprehensive list of the original names of all polychaete species described from the region. The list contains 1037 species, 345 genera and 60 families; the type ...

Stem cell system in sexual and asexual reproduction of Enchytraeus japonensis (Oligochaeta, Annelida) Chikako Yoshida-Noro, Makoto Takeo, Mutsumi Sugio, Shishin Kawamoto, Shin Tochinai Department of Applied Molecular Chemistry, College of Industrial Technology, Nihon University, Narasihno, Chiba, Japan Department of Dermatology, New York University School of Medicine, New York, United States De...

We report a new case of rhinitis and asthma caused by sea fishing baits. The results showed exposure to Sipunculus nudus (Phylum Sipuncula; order Sipunculida: Sipunculidae) to be the main cause of the allergic symptoms. The intervention of IgE was demonstrated, with the presence of cross-reactions with allergenic extracts from other worm species used as baits, belonging to different orders of A...

Immune cells and structures of Annelida represent a complex subject that was studied for over 120 years. An overwhelming mountain of data have been accumulated during these studies, most of them being the subject of many excellent reviews and books. In the this paper we focused on a brief survay of old studies and some reflection on the findings during recent years.

Acromegalomma, nomen novum, is introduced as a replacement name for the polychaete genus Megalomma Johansson, 1926 (Annelida, Sabellidae), preoccupied by Megalomma Westwood, 1842 (Insecta, Coleoptera, Carabidae). The historical background of the homonymy and a full list with 36 new combinations in the new genus are included, while two species are considered as species inquirenda.

Wesenbergia Hartman, 1955 (Annelida, Hesionidae) is both preoccupied and a junior homonym of Wesenbergia Kryger, 1943 (Hymenoptera, Pteromalidae), and must be renamed. Elisesionenom. n. is proposed as a replacement name, derived from the combination of the first name of the discoverer, Elise Wesenberg-Lund, and Hesione Savigny in Lamarck, 1818. Elisesione mezianeisp. n., is described from the W...

The morphological and anatomical simplicity of soil dwelling animals, such as earthworms, has limited the establishment of a robust taxonomy making it sometimes subjective to authors' criteria. Within this context, integrative approaches including molecular information are becoming more popular to solve the phylogenetic positioning of conflictive taxa. Here we present the description of a new l...

Hox genes are regulators of animal embryonic development. Changes in the number and sequence of Hox genes as well as in their expression patterns have been related to the evolution of the body plan. Lophotrochozoa is a clade of Protostomia characterized by several phyla which show a wide morphological diversity. Despite that the works summarized in this review emphasize the fragmentary nature o...