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

该项目将满足对海洋环境中的主要动物群之一多毛类环节蠕虫进行分类研究和培训的需要。 四个科将形成分类工作的核心，Cirratulidae，Orbiniidae，Scalibregmatidae和Spionidae。 主要专题重点将是在Cirratulidae的同源性的字符是有争议的，属目前定义不明确。 数据库活动的重点将是尽可能多地为这四个多毛类家庭提供信息。 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，发育和分子技术在适当的情况下。这项工作将使海洋环境的许多共同和重要的组成部分准确识别，并将培养一名博士生在现代系统方法。 该学生将根据Cirratulidae专题论文的一部分撰写论文，从而获得多毛类分类学职业所需的特殊知识和技能。 将通过万维网向广大用户提供结论。

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.