PEET: Systematic and Phylogenetic Analysis of the Polychaeta: The Families Cirratulidae, Orbiniidae, Oweniidae, Paraonidae, Scalibregmatidae, and Spionidae

该项目将解决对海洋环境中的一个主要动物群--多毛类环节动物蠕虫--进行分类研究和培训的需要。分类工作的核心将由四个科组成，它们分别是：眼镜蛇科、眼镜蛇科、眼镜蛇科和蜘蛛科。主要的专题重点将放在圆盘螺科上，其中特征的同源性存在争议，目前对属的定义很差。数据库活动将侧重于为这四个多毛类家族提供尽可能多的信息。比较研究将使用广泛的技术和特征，包括光学显微镜、扫描电子显微镜、生殖生物学、幼虫形态和发育以及适当的分子技术。这项工作将使海洋环境的许多常见和重要组成部分得到准确识别，并将培训博士生使用现代系统方法。这名学生将根据一部关于螺旋科的专著撰写一篇论文，从而获得从事多毛类分类学工作所需的特殊知识和技能。结论将通过万维网向广大用户提供。

The project will address the need for taxonomic research and training on one of the dominant faunal groups in the marine environment, the polychaete annelid worms. Four families will form the core of taxonomic work, the Cirratulidae, Orbiniidae, Scalibregmatidae, and Spionidae. The primary monographic focus will be on the Cirratulidae in which homology of characters is controversial and genera currently poorly defined. Data base activities will focus on making as much information as possible accessible for these four polychaete families. Comparative studies will use a wide range of techniques and characters including light microscopy, scanning electron microscopy, reproductive biology, larval morphology and development, and development, and molecular techniques where appropriate. This work will make many common and important components of marine environments accurately identifiable and will train a doctoral student in modern systematic methods. This student will develop a dissertation based upon a portion of the monograph of Cirratulidae, thereby acquiring the special knowledge and skills needed for a career in polychaete taxonomy. Conclusions will be made accessible to a wide user community via the World Wide Web.