Pogonophora <protostome>

Annelida, the ringed worms, is a highly diverse animal phylum that includes more than 15,000 described species and constitutes… Expand

Shortly after the discovery of chemosynthetic ecosystems at deep-sea hydrothermal vents, similar ecosystems were found at cold… Expand

BackgroundAnnelida comprises an ancient and ecologically important animal phylum with over 16,500 described species and members… Expand

ABSTRACT Submarine mud volcanoes are formed by expulsions of mud, fluids, and gases from deeply buried subsurface sources. They… Expand

Transmission of obligate bacterial symbionts between generations is vital for the survival of the host. Although the larvae of… Expand

Two mud volcano fields were explored during the French–Dutch MEDINAUT cruise (1998) with the submersible NAUTILE, one south of… Expand

We report a contiguous region of more than half (> 7,500 nt) of the mitochondrial genomes for Platynereis dumerii (Annelida… Expand

Vertebrate segmentation has been proposed as an evolutionary inheritance either from some metameric protostome or from a more… Expand

We describe "universal" DNA primers for polymerase chain reaction (PCR) amplification of a 710-bp fragment of the mitochondrial… Expand

Trophosome tissue of the hydrothermal vent tube worm, Riftia pachyptila (Vestimentifera), contains high activities of several… Expand